hey is anybody running 2 different housings-like 87 with 88? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

one looks crome plated

87-88 should be the same housing. 89-91 are a different casting

did they ever chrome plate them? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

Hey, post us a pic of the housing if you can. That would be cool.

they shouldn't be chrome.. per say. shiny is normal though

If you have them gold plated, you are guaranteed a photo shoot in Lowrider Magazine. :bigok:

na gotta gets these in car to rice burn https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/excl.png https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/devil.gif

i will get some pics over at my dads, probly hook drop cord and bring computer outside (or sumthin).hope this rebld kit comes soon https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

The inside surface has chrome.

The inside surface has chrome.[/quote]



Oh mighty one, do you know if anyone has ever been able to reapply the chromium to the housings after it's wore off or is it just impossible?

was drunk last night it looks normal today.

The inside surface has chrome.[/quote]



Oh mighty one, do you know if anyone has ever been able to reapply the chromium to the housings after it's wore off or is it just impossible?[/quote]

if you can slap it on once, you can slap it on again. The cost of removing it all then levelling it and then reapplying the coat would be more than a new one, hence no reman for the housings.

thanks i got video cam for fathers day better than nothing. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif

The inside surface has chrome.[/quote]



Oh mighty one, do you know if anyone has ever been able to reapply the chromium to the housings after it's wore off or is it just impossible?[/quote]

if you can slap it on once, you can slap it on again. The cost of removing it all then levelling it and then reapplying the coat would be more than a new one, hence no reman for the housings.[/quote]

I agree with you. I've heard that in Japan Mazda will resurface side housings and use that nitriding process on it again.

Yeah i heard all the factory rebuilds have the side plates resurfaced and new housings. So why do people buy rebuilds from anyone else? I believe the factory rebuilds are also under $2k? Can this all be true????

you aren't guaranteed anything except new seals on a mazda rebuild

Damn, I knew it was too good to be true.

They're actually very good nowadays. I bought a dealer motor for the 91 coupe, and it runs really well. 3rd gen motors may have fewer new parts.

well if everyone turns in totally blown engines you have to get a new engine everytime but i don't think that's the case

believe it or not we got good housing for 10$ shipping was 15$

the local mazda dealer parts guy told me something about the remans being chrome plated on the inside. guess you wouldnt know without taking it apart.

I think all the housings are chrome plated on the inside. One of the Junkyard housings I bought had apparently been overheated BAD! The chrome inside was separating from the rest of the housing. You could barely tell, but on one corner it was sticking out.