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Rotaryman88 05-30-2002 02:48 PM

Well, at approximately 4:31 EST, Dr. Rotaryman88 hereby states Time of Death to the SE-X motor...after hours of ATF and hi revs, steam treatment, and everything else Dr. Rotaryman88 could do...the rear rotor only produces one WHOOSH of compression...thus the sign of only 1 to 2 existing APEX seals :(...it didn't give me the clean, whoosh - whoosh - whoosh that the front rotor produced...well, at least now I KNOW I'm gonna be replacing the motor!! I've got til July 21st....my goal will be T78 competition street port w/ 2peice 2mm seals...or maybe 3mm..we'll see how my next few paychecks are, lol...

agrillo 05-30-2002 03:15 PM

They die so young.....I am picking up my 88 today, it has a new motor, transmission and other assorted new stuff....cant wait to drive it...I will be eating bread and water for awhile... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...

vosko 05-30-2002 03:18 PM

that sucks atleast you finally know it is the engine..... now to start the new project https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

Rotaryman88 05-30-2002 03:22 PM

Yea...new project, lol...didn't finish the first one..its kind of all turning into a big blur now. What are you all's opinion on Atkins Rotary? I helped a buddy of mine swap an Atkins SP motor into his '91 T2 and it had a bad front oil cover seal or something, and we had to ship it back..alls good now though...just wondering if anybody had some advice or stories about Atkins? I'm looking for the quickest way to 500RWHP right now...and not having to assemble my own motor will save me a lot of time...and then I'll just keep the blown block and rebuild it when I can and save it as an extra, lol....

phinsup 05-30-2002 03:51 PM

Rotaryman are you from around here? Washington? Just curious, I have heard good things about Atkins, never taken anything there as Hayes is about a block from my work... even though they charge some pretty steep prices.

vosko 05-30-2002 03:55 PM

turborotors engine was an atkins rebuild.... the front rotor bearing broke! if your gonna spend the money go with http://www.pineappleracing.com . heard nothing but excellent things from them https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

13BAce 05-30-2002 04:09 PM


Originally Posted by vosko' date='May 30 2002, 05:55 PM
turborotors engine was an atkins rebuild.... the front rotor bearing broke! if your gonna spend the money go with http://www.pineappleracing.com . heard nothing but excellent things from them https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

How did the bearing go bad?

vosko 05-30-2002 05:13 PM


Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='May 30 2002, 04:09 PM
[quote name='vosko' date='May 30 2002, 05:55 PM']turborotors engine was an atkins rebuild.... the front rotor bearing broke! if your gonna spend the money go with http://www.pineappleracing.com . heard nothing but excellent things from them https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

How did the bearing go bad?[/quote]

well he drag raced it but our guess is the reused the bearings maybe that one had high mileage on it. who knows :(

13BAce 05-30-2002 05:16 PM


Originally Posted by vosko' date='May 30 2002, 07:13 PM
[quote name='13BAce' date='May 30 2002, 04:09 PM'][quote name='vosko' date='May 30 2002, 05:55 PM']turborotors engine was an atkins rebuild.... the front rotor bearing broke! if your gonna spend the money go with http://www.pineappleracing.com . heard nothing but excellent things from them https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR

How did the bearing go bad?[/quote]

well he drag raced it but our guess is the reused the bearings maybe that one had high mileage on it. who knows :([/quote]

Did it break or did he just spin it?

Rotaryman88 05-31-2002 09:41 PM

Yea, I've heard good things about Pineapple racing, and looked them up a lil while ago...I'll probably contact them within the next few days. I'm from Virginia...nowhere near Washington, lol....


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