rowtareh

Wow. That is very noticeable. I am pretty sure you can find some used ones on here in the Parts for Sale section. Or straight through your local mazda dealer.

T04SFD

As far as getting used used housings it shouldn't be no problem.

I live in Southern Cali. and there are plenty of shops where I can get them but would it be the best idea (the cheapest idea maybe) or just get new ones . But I am considering getting a monster street port on this engine. How can you tell if housings are still good



What would be best?????????

j9fd3s

best would be new housings

89 Rag

Yeah, I would agree, new housings. I'm not sure about the rechroming process as well as some of the other half baked ideas floating around out there.

T04SFD

Yeah I would have to agree that is the best way

Thanx guys



All I have to do is find the best deal

j9fd3s

it would be awesome if the rechroming worked! but they might run into the same problems mazda did in the late 60's early 70's with chatter, and peeling (they tried several housing and seal materials and finishes, to the extent that if you put the wrong seals in the housings it would strip off the chrome). plus the old housings (especially pre 86) are going to run into corrosion problems.



id like the rechroming to work, but i'm not holding my breath

banzaitoyota

MAZDA spent a lot of R&D time on the housing coatings. It would be a stroke of luck if GLASSMAN got it right in 1 or 2 attempts. I wish him luck though.



Lets look at the RA seals. Good intentions, however the first batches were incorrectly dry-ground which has caused several failures. They went back and now the seals are Wet-lapped on a very expensive machine. Hopefully this will fix the problem. However; this progress has come at a price. They initially offered these at 135 /set. It has now escallated to 188/set (www.rotaryresources.com). They have lost the price adavantage that they had with the Atkins seals.