Just wondering if you guys would buy a set of housings online or do you rather buy them in person? for example, this one right here

 

my opinion is that, if you want BEST reliablity, never re-use ANY rotor housing

and used housing, I would not use it unless it's really in "like new" condition, meaning it has little to no wear (which is extremely RARE)

the seller is one of our forum members. you can pm him directly for his own opinion. he knows his stuff as he does this for a living.

 

if your going through the hassle of building a motor.. use everything new.. dont take chances

 

not always the case, some people just want to rebuild it, run it for another 50K miles and sell the car off and for cases like this, it might be a better idea to buy and use used parts.

Brand new housing(s) is(are) not cheap. I used 90+% new parts for my engine build and ceramic seals simply because I plan to keep my car for life, the engine itself worth more than the car!

YMMV of course

 

makes sense..how about this one right here?

 

the problem with buying online, is that you have to depend on the pics. THOSE pics look ok, but there are all kinds of ways a housing can be bad

 

If you are buying used ones, and you insist on buying used housings online, I would go with RR's sale or the first item you have, he is a reputable rebuilder on the forum here and he really knows his stuff. I bought a housing from him couple months back (powder coated display use only) and the process was flawless

+1 vouch for RotaryResurrection

 

is it good to have your housings machined and use them?

 

Don't bother, some shops claim oh after our service our housing last thru blah blah blah race blah blah blah ...

how much do u save really? pair of used ok housing + machine cost = still junk.

do it right or go away.

 

keep in mind the parts he sells are parts he generally wouldn't use in one of his rebuilds.

they may work but they obviously aren't going to give the greatest of results.

 

I rebuilt my engine 3 years ago it has a little over 32k on it and the compression is starting to drop. If you don't mind rebuilding your engine every 3 to 4 years get the used housings its not the end of the world.

 

dude man, not everyone likes to rebuild every 3-4 yrs


do it right, or do it twice (or more)

 

by the time i need another rebuild i will have a new car..the car feels so much better and starts up real quick..this is my rx8 btw..i got the cf trunk and ms carbon fiber..just need to have time to install them
http://instagram.com/p/UiQZw9TZLy/
http://oi54.tinypic.com/2wnag4y.jpg

 

Why so much Carbon Fiber?

 

It costs the same in the end, you can buy new parts and get 80-90k out of the engine of you can reuse parts and get 30-40k. the used parts will give you a total of 80kish for the same price as all new parts.

The only difference is you need to build it twice versus just once.

As far as cost out of pocket its the same.

 

if u buy new, premix, u get more than 80-90k outa engine

or maybe ur a noob thats why ur engine dies at 90k even new ... LOL

 

i get that a lot..maybe 'cause im a big fan of it..same thing with my 350z..same color..
http://oi56.tinypic.com/axfypg.jpg

 

LOL nah.. its dying at 30k right now!

 

my friend have had his engine rebuilt at 70klike 4 years ago using used parts and his car still have good compression now he is at 135k so i guess it depends how you drive it

 

it really depends on the wear... I had chrome flake on my housings so my best case is 40k. but $1300 for 3 almost 4 years is fine with me...