George Lendich wrote:

George, we will use simple gaskets. Or "one" to be exact. We will still

use the

TES o' rings between the rotor housings and the end housings.  The end

housing

plates are sealed with Fel-Pro "KARROPAK".
There are only water passages to be sealed, the combustion chambers are

still

sealed with the factory o' rings.  The bolts will still use seals like

the factory

does. The water jacket remains the same volume as the factory.
The plates are held together with the tension bolts on the outer

perimeter, and

the rear bearing support, and the front stationary gear bolts secure

them at the

center. There is also four other bolts scattered between these rings of

bolts.

Don't see anyway the housing plates can move, or seperate from heating

and

cooling.
The wear surfaces are "Hard Anodized" to rockwell 55 to 60, the same as

the

factory end housings, and then lapped with optical grade lapping

compound to the

mirror finish neccessary.
Don't understand what you mean about the inlet areas being difficult?

Royce

Royce,
I don't wish to be a knocker mate but I have some suggestions that you may
wish to consider.

Firstly a surface of the side housing wear unevenly and sometimes well below
a surface finish, more so near the spark plugs. However det gun finish would
be very effective here on aluminium. The idea is to get some depth in the
hardened surface.

On the inlet areas - the wall thickness is quite thin here and it may need
you to leave a little more meat in the aluminium wall to get sufficient
surface areas to seal with.

I think I know the stuff your sealing with, it may work and like you say
it's only water here - but one tiny leak !!
George (down under)

 
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