Return-Path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 802133 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:20:24 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.131.116; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from 204.127.135.58 ([204.127.135.58]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with SMTP id <2005031816193911200eq976e>; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:19:39 +0000 Received: from [209.247.222.87] by 204.127.135.58; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:19:38 +0000 From: keltro@att.net (Kelly Troyer) To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net Subject: FW: Refurbished 13B rotor housings Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:19:38 +0000 Message-Id: <031820051619.21877.423AFF9A0002C253000055752160281060019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 14 2005) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21877_1111162778_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21877_1111162778_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Perhaps of interest to the group !! -- Kelly Troyer Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2 > Brett & Tiana wrote: > > I've just checked out the website of a Winnipeg, Manitoba rotary engine performance shop called JHB Performance. The link is http://www.jhbperformance.com > > They specialize in refurbishing otherwise unuseable rotor housings (assuming they're not warped) by applying a "Cermet" coating, supposedly the same stuff used in the engine of the Lemans 4-rotor. > It first I thought they meant ceramic, but apparently this stuff contains a carbide substance with a softer matrix material holding it together. They also re-do end and intermediate housings and > rotors. Their durability claims sound encouraging but maybe, shall we say, "optimistic." > > My question is, has anybody on here actually used these housings and if so, how are they holding up? This would be valuable info because the latest word (at least according to the RX7 enthusiast > rumor mill) is that Mazda intends to discontinue production of 12A and 13B rotor housings to free up production space and tooling for more efficient Renesis engine production. May be just a rumor > but if not, the refurbishing option is looming large--- especially since their current prices appear to be half what Mazda is asking for a new housing. --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_21877_1111162778_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Perhaps of interest to the group !!

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Kelly Troyer
Dyke Delta/13B/RD1C/EC2

> Brett & Tiana wrote:
>
> I've just checked out the website of a Winnipeg, Manitoba rotary engine
performance shop called JHB Performance. The link is
http://www.jhbperformance.com
>
> They specialize in refurbishing otherwise unuseable rotor housings (assuming
they're not warped) by applying a "Cermet" coating, supposedly the same stuff
used in the engine of the Lemans 4-rotor.
> It first I thought they meant ceramic, but apparently this stuff contains a
carbide substance with a softer matrix material holding it together. They also
re-do end and intermediate housings and
> rotors. Their durability claims sound encouraging but maybe, shall we say,
"optimistic."
>
> My question is, has anybody on here actually used these housings and if so,
how are they holding up? This would be valuable info because the latest word (at
least according to the RX7 enthusiast
> rumor mill) is that Mazda intends to discontinue production of 12A and 13B
rotor housings to free up production space and tooling for more efficient
Renesis engine production. May be just a rumor
> but if not, the refurbishing option is looming large--- especially since their
current prices appear to be half what Mazda is asking for a new housing.

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