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Taking apart fresh Mazda REMAN at Mazmart

Old 08-09-2017, 02:00 AM
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I'd appreciate it if the f-bombs would go away. thanks.
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If the nut is on the front, that would be problem. LOL
nut .... bolt. ........ , potatoe .... potarto . It's all the same

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Old 08-09-2017, 11:01 AM
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More pics shortly dear friends.

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Paul, you should be posting this in YouTube live, I pretty sure everyone here will stop what they are doing just to watch it.
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Originally Posted by boricua13
Paul, you should be posting this in YouTube live, I pretty sure everyone here will stop what they are doing just to watch it.
The problem is, this is Mr Engman working, and he does not like company while he works. I take these pictures when he's not around.

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Old 08-09-2017, 12:19 PM
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More, just for you. friends!
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Old 08-09-2017, 12:20 PM
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Ummm...did those side seals fall out?
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What does the dealer and the Mazda reman plant do for cleaning - do they:
1) clean the coolant channels on reused irons
2) clean the SSV and other ports leading to/from engine (mazdaverx8 I think had to do all that himself on his MAzda reman replacement engine)
(3) ...
Old 08-09-2017, 12:44 PM
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Ok that's just teasing, we need more than that. Tell the big boss to go to lunch so you can take more. Better yet, buy him lunch, lol
Old 08-09-2017, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wannawankel
What does the dealer and the Mazda reman plant do for cleaning - do they:
1) clean the coolant channels on reused irons
2) clean the SSV and other ports leading to/from engine (mazdaverx8 I think had to do all that himself on his MAzda reman replacement engine)
(3) ...
Remans don't come with an intake manifold.
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Originally Posted by wannawankel
Ummm...did those side seals fall out?
I would imagine 2 of the 3 if not all held against the flat housing by oil when the flat housing was separated from the 'block'.

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Old 08-09-2017, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by boricua13
Ok that's just teasing, we need more than that. Tell the big boss to go to lunch so you can take more. Better yet, buy him lunch, lol
He's actually out of town now and everything is apart for further modification.

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Blurry photos = fubar

You must need a drink

How about a pre-teardown compression test? Maybe doesn't mean much being oiled down though ....
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
Blurry photos = fubar

You must need a drink

How about a pre-teardown compression test? Maybe doesn't mean much being oiled down though ....
I suck in picture taking. These, nervous shaky hands!

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nice to see you Paul
Thanks Zoom.

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Looks good so far. They have done a good job of cleaning the housing. What we dont know is things like clearances.

My rebuild had a lot of extras such as steel apex seal, billet studs, extra dowels, porting to exhaust, upgraded side seals and may other upgrades.

Its a simple engine and you can spend more money on a bunch of upgrades for little gain.
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Originally Posted by skc
Looks good so far. They have done a good job of cleaning the housing. What we dont know is things like clearances.

My rebuild had a lot of extras such as steel apex seal, billet studs, extra dowels, porting to exhaust, upgraded side seals and may other upgrades.

Its a simple engine and you can spend more money on a bunch of upgrades for little gain.
No housing cleaning. Everything is brand new, as far as housings, rotors and seals.

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In this group of pictures you can see the used front cover.

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So Paul, according to sleep-z (employee at reman plant) they did not always use new rotors or housings, he said it was dependent on condition. What have you seen in this regard? My last reman only lasted 24k or so and had a failed coolant seal, Rob at Pineapple said it looked like it happened during assembly.

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Contrary to what I've previously read about remans, this one looks pretty skookum.
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
So Paul, according to sleep-z (employee at reman plant) they did not always use new rotors or housings, he said it was dependent on condition. What have you seen in this regard? My last reman only lasted 24k or so and had a failed coolant seal, Rob at Pineapple said it looked like it happened during assembly.
That policy seems to have changed, maybe about 2 or even more years ago. ALL of their remans have new rotor housings and rotors. Seems to be the case often with flat housings as well.

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Originally Posted by Mazmart
That policy seems to have changed, maybe about 2 or even more years ago. ALL of their remans have new rotor housings and rotors. Seems to be the case often with flat housings as well.

Paul.
And this is why I bought a reman a few months ago. I believe I read on Banzai's site that they now come with new rotors and housings. I haven't done a compression test on mine (I've got two track weekends on it now) yet, but it seemed awfully nice out of the box. I'll do one this week, though notapreppie's compression tester is highly suspect. :P

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