First Rotary Rebuild (4 port vs 6 port internal questions)
I've been a long time user of this forum but have not had an account until now.
Little history about myself... I've worked on cars for a while and have rebuilt plenty of engines with no issues no having purchased my 4th or 5th rx8 ive decided I want to tackle the rotary engine rebuild I bought this car knowing the engine was toast with zero compression at the rear rotor and upon opening the engine I can see where seals came loose and scored the housing, rotor, and irons (middle and rear) after having researched quite a bit I learned that the 6 port (mine) and the 4 port engines share housings, rotors, and center irons so when I saw a low compression 4 port on craigslist for 250 dollars I bought it the 4 port is in excellent condition apart from what I assume to be excessive carbon buildup as for my questions: Ive learned that the stationary gears from the 4 port are not heat treated but are the rotor gears from the 4 port heat treated (do i need to swap rotor gears from the 6 port to the 4 port rotor I plan to use in my rebuilt 6 port) and I plan to use the eccentric shaft from the 6 port I am rebuilding but I was curious if there is a difference in eccentric shaft between the 4 port and 6 port I've gone through many low output vs high output renesis comparisons on this forum but cannot seem to find the answer to these questions I apologize for the excessive amount of "4 port" and "6 port"s (im just trying to make my thought process clear) any help/shed light is extremely appreciated!:rock: THanks! |
IIRC, the 4 port electronics and 6 port electronics are NOT interchangeable. You might want to look that up.
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yes that is correct (I am using a rotor housing, middle iron, and rotor from a 4 port to rebuilding my 6 port) no conversions here I'm just curious about eccentric shaft differences as well as rotor gears
Thanks |
I'm not an engine builder but I'm pretty sure you wont have any issues doing what you propose to do . The 4 port centre iron has slightly bigger primary ports than the 6 port but I know people that have fitted them without issue.
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Any idea whether or not the 4 port rotor gears are safe to use in the 6 port though?
Im ordering rebuild parts through atkins and possibly some stuff through racing beat Ill see if anyone there knows |
Logic tells me they are exactly the same parts ...........................
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Spoke to Atkins about my apparent lack of "logic" and all rx8 rotor gears are heat treated... rotors are the same across 4 port and 6 port
case closed... sorry for my ignorance ............................. |
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