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Old 06-18-2008, 07:19 PM
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so to make a long story long, i was playing with a 70-73 rotor housing on saturday, and i noticed it said "TCP" on it. on sunday i happened to look at MY collection of 70-73 rotor housings and ONE says TCP, the other 4 do not.



WTF is TCP?







jeff20b really really really really really wants to know!
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Old 06-19-2008, 01:52 PM
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Your questions are too difficult..







But I googled TCP and found:

http://www.rotaryart.uk.com/acatalog/used_...parts_cars.html

1968-1973 Mazda R100/Familia Rotary



0866

The final member of the 10A family was the 1971 0866. This variant featured a cast-iron thermal reactor to reduce exhaust emissions and re-tuned exhaust ports. The die-cast rotor housing was now coated with a new process: The new Transplant Coating Process (TCP) featured sprayed-on steel which is then coated with chrome. Gross output was 105 hp (78 kW) at 7000 RPM and 135 Nm (99.5 ft.lbf) at 3500 RPM.



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1972-1974 Mazda RX-3 (Japan-spec)


Maybe thats the same TCP, does the inner surface look different than the standard sleeve?
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Old 06-19-2008, 06:28 PM
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ooOOo interesting. i didnt notice any difference, maybe i'll have to dig em out, and take some pics.
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Yes! The way the chrome is 'attatched' to the steel on my TCP housings looks different from my '74 and later rotor housings. Thanks Tom.
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Quite possibly the first time Google ever came up with the correct answer for an obscure rotary question!
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yeah really....
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