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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 03:41 PM
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Slash and I can be the testers, I have my goopy seals for 3 years now, and jason will have his E&J.
One day, hopefully a long time from now we will crack open these engines and share pictures!
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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 03:51 PM
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Yes hopefully a long time from now! I plan to be running before the end of July...
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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 03:51 PM
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Slash and I can be the testers, I have my goopy seals for 3 years now, and jason will have his E&J.
One day, hopefully a long time from now we will crack open these engines and share pictures!
I even had 60,000kms on Esmeril seals. The housings in that engine were fine .
20000kms on ALS seals ...housings fine .
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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 06:54 PM
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why wait fazda?
https://www.amazon.com/Aardvark-Hi-D.../dp/B00JQLR0FC
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Old Jun 27, 2016 | 06:54 PM
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Old Jun 28, 2016 | 10:31 PM
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If you suspect steel has gone through the turbine , the damage will be on the inducer ...which you cant see without pulling the housing off.
I couldn't find any indication of damage...




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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 02:20 AM
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Looks like you got lucky there
Any signs of the ethanol eating away at any of the engine/intake components ?
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 08:06 AM
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Looks like you got lucky there
Any signs of the ethanol eating away at any of the engine/intake components ?
Nada señor. The only thing the ethanol has been eating away at is my liver
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 09:23 AM
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They have a class for that...
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 09:25 AM
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I prefer self study
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 09:33 AM
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Speaking of ethanol, my car has been pretty steady until this last weekend, I put in the same mix and the car is running like ****. I need to get one of those test kits, my buddy was having issues in his BMW and tested the E85 and it was E57

I may have to start stock piling it and mixing it myself.
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 09:39 AM
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What have your fuel trims been? If the ethanol percentage is lower than what you are tuned for then your trims will start going negative. Easy way to get an idea without a tester.
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 09:54 AM
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Yeah my STFT trims are negative, almost maxed out. I am 99.9% sure it's the fuel, on the way to the gas station it was running fine.
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 09:59 AM
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Hmm, maxed out at -25%? Sounds like maybe you got a tank of E10. When I went from E10 to E50 my trims went positive by almost +15%, which is what I used to offset my injector scale. If you are tuned for E85 that requires nearly 30% more fuel.
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 10:27 AM
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Hmm, maxed out at -25%? Sounds like maybe you got a tank of E10. When I went from E10 to E50 my trims went positive by almost +15%, which is what I used to offset my injector scale. If you are tuned for E85 that requires nearly 30% more fuel.
Yeah I am going to siphon and start over.
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 05:18 PM
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Ethanol blends - RX8Club.com

Slash ?
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 07:21 PM
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 07:22 PM
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Picked up the kids from their EDM play date after work. RX7 depth apex slots in my RX8 rotors


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Old Jun 30, 2016 | 10:28 AM
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Not a problem. Any tips for me. Lol im a carpenter not a machanic so anything helps. So far ive taken the engine out myself and labled things as best i could and took note haha.
Red line envy,

There's also this guy Aaron Cake that is very helpful:

Video: 13B Rotary Engine Rebuild - RX7Club.com

He has a bunch of free YouTube videos including a rebuild.
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Old Jul 2, 2016 | 10:56 AM
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Modded the alternator bracket so I could easily get to the thermostat. I've been wanting to test the stock vs low temp in the summer here but it was such a pain to remove.





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Old Jul 4, 2016 | 10:13 AM
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Old Jul 4, 2016 | 01:12 PM
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Lol just waiting on corner seals. They are getting coated this week. Sounds like they will probably show up at my house next week but I'll be in Vegas so won't have much to update until I get back the week after next. Having to wait a bit has actually been a good thing since I have a tendency to rush. Instead, I took my time cleaning and prepping everything so when the parts finally show up I can just focus on the build.
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Old Jul 16, 2016 | 10:58 PM
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Old Jul 17, 2016 | 05:01 PM
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Goodies




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Old Jul 17, 2016 | 05:02 PM
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