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Although I hate to disagree with Lynn, I would not recommend willy-nilly use of 3MM apex seals, especially in a non-turbo engine. 3MM ceramic seals have excellent detonation resistance valuable in a turbo engine, but regular 3MM seals are only slightly stronger than the 2MM. However, the 3MM seals supposedly do not seal as well at high RPM (I don't have any real evidence of that, but I've heard it from several trusted sources) and tend to chatter more, increasing wear on both the seals and the rotor housings. Mazda switched from 3MM to 2MM seals because the 2MM seals were better overall. The strength of the seal is just barely relevant in a non-turbo engine. Since aircraft engines spend almost all their time at high RPM, the 3MM seals are particularly disadvantaged (and chatter wear is evident in most disassembled aircraft application rotaries).
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:31 PM, <Lehanover@aol.com> wrote:
That is correct. As far as I know.
But I never had to use any 2MM slot rotors, so I have not tried to find
solids for them. I think Racing Beat and Mazda Trix will gleefully slot
used 2MM rotors to 3MM. A good way to save some used rotors (with bad slots).
3MM apex seals are 1/3 stronger than 2MM seals.
Lynn E. Hanover
In a message dated 11/7/2011 7:37:51 P.M. Paraguay Daylight Time,
keltro@att.net writes:
Lynn,
Probably I
have not looked deep enough but the only solid
corner seals I found at "Mazdatrix"
were for early 12A/13B
engines with 3mm apex
seals..........
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