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Jan 10, 2005 | 02:52 AM

#11

orange

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With the RX8 rotor's I understand you have to get the RX8 seals and springs and that you'll need to run the RX8 stationary gears as well.

Jan 10, 2005 | 10:09 AM

#12

jackboots

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Hey, let's just buy a renesis and tell everybody it's 13b!

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Jan 10, 2005 | 01:06 PM

#13

GMON

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Originally Posted by mike_rudy' date='Jan 9 2005, 12:00 AM

Could someone possibly post some websites up of companys that lighten rotors peferably usa/canada? thanks,mike

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Anyone with a milling machine could do this.

Jan 10, 2005 | 01:35 PM

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FikseRxSeven

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Originally Posted by jspecracer7' date='Jan 10 2005, 03:24 AM

You know you have to cut the rx8 rotors to fit rx7 apex seals right? Also side seals may be an issue.

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well i kinda knew that also,, but since he's drastically changing the rotors by lightenning it, im sure he has resources to mill the apex seal seats and clearance side seals as well

Jan 10, 2005 | 01:40 PM

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Shane.Trammell

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just make them out of titanium!

Jan 11, 2005 | 06:10 PM

#16

crackheadmel

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Originally Posted by Shane.Trammell' date='Jan 10 2005, 11:39 AM

just make them out of titanium!

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If your reffering to titanium seals, its been tried.. didnt work. titanium is not smooth (cant rember the exact word) it caused alot of wear on the housings and wore them out in a matter of min's. the thread is on rx7club somewhere, probably a year or more old

-Jacob

Jan 13, 2005 | 07:06 PM

#17

diabolical1

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i believe i read somewhere that Mandeville still lightens rotors and balances rotating assemblies.

Jan 13, 2005 | 08:03 PM

#18

FikseRxSeven

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did a quick research, and rx8 rotors have shorter apex seals, and the side seals are clearanced 4x more than the max clearance for a 13b due to thermal expansion from the side port exhaust.