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Ernest,

You are correct. The housings are porous chrome. Don’t think Mazda invented nikasil but I’m sure they tested it. I know there were several companies testing it or running it in the Early 70’s.

Bill

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 7:46 PM Ernest Christley echristley@att.net <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:

I was looking into nikasil coatings and was surprised to read that it was originally developed by Mazda for the rotary engines. I thought the rotor housings were chrome plated. Is it really nikasil instead?