Bulent Aliev wrote:

John Slade's saga...

Well, they say a picture is worth 1000 words.
In this case the picture is worth about 1000 dollars. :(

The compression tester prints a tape showing the compression pulses. On rotor
2 it looks fine. 3 peaks for every cycle. On rotor 1 there's one peak, one
tiny blip, then nothing. I took off the
exhaust manifold and, sure enough, two of the seals are shiny and spring back
about 1/16 inch when you press them (hard). The other seal is intact, but not
shiny and only springs back maybe 1/32
when pushed. It IS moving, so it's not a stuck seal - sounds like the side
seals are gone. We'll know more when the Mazda guy gets the engine comes
apart......

John (just a minor set back)

Bulent who built John's engine?

Paul Lamar

His and mine engines were built by a local racer Chris Harris. They have
high compr. Rotors and 3mm seals.
Bulent

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