Learning from Mistakes I have Made Building Rotary Engines So You Can Do it Right The First Time 

You have no idea how essential your channel is. I’m learning so much and plan ok tackling this myself in the future. I genuinely appreciate all the knowledge you give. Thank you!

Use a set of old apex seals in place when your stacking.. Leave the top facing corner seals and springs out.. Sit rotors down then pull old apex seals out and install new. 👍Then you won't have to worry about corner seals moving around. Yip only remove one apex at a time. Another good tip is to clamp the housings down as you go. This stops the water retention o rings from getting pinched. Especially if you use vasolone which expands rubber. Use hylomar instead

I got my 12A from Oklahoma, but it's too heavy for me to lift out of the trunk of my ford fiesta. So I'm just driving around with it till I can round up some strong friends.

Built my first 12a the other day. Started with the wrong plate. Got to the top and doh! Won’t do that again 😂. Other than that went pretty smooth. 105 to 110psi compression test. 250km in, its still running🍿. Thank you Rad Potential🤟

I be breaking shit al the time but recently. I bought a fiero with a bad head gasket, bad enough when I took the head off most of the cylinders had anti freeze in them. Replaced the head gasket, and it was smoking worse than before I "fixed" it. I said screw, i'm driving it, it's probably just got a lot of moisture build up in the exhaust I need to get out. Crop dusted my neighborhood a couple times and it still looked like a vape convention. So I bore scoped through the spark plug holes to check if i maybe was still getting water in, thought I saw a hole in one of my pistons. Came up with this elaborate reason why my valve must have stuck and bit the piston. Couple weeks later I finally pulled the head back off, everything was perfectly fine - i had just neglected to change the valve seals in the head so it was pouring oil onto my pistons.

Were you able to find a PDF of the layout on your wall? It would be super beneficial to the viewers that are coming into this blind. Thank you for all you have put effort into!

I had a s5 13b n/a someone put the timing gear on backwards. When it detonated it bent the coolant groove out on the center iron.

Talk to us about balancing the rotors. How do you know if you need to do it?

Your videos are RAD 🤙🏼 I have been watching them and learning allot. Just picked up a 88 T2 it needs work but I’m super pumped to have a rotary.

Thanks man I needed this I am rebuilding my S4 6 port soon and it's going to be my first time. I already messaged you on insta for a few extra tips, keep posting man it's helpful and good content

I pulled my engine apart changed my control oil seals thanks to you

Thanks for another good video man!

First 12a I built I switched the rotors around front in rear an rear in front. 🤦‍♂️

Where can I find the pdf file for specs and procedures on setting up seals and Tolerances. a 04 rx8. Thanks for your videos.

Man i remember helping my friend rebuild his rx8. we put the eshaft backwards and realized when it was time to add flywheel unfortunately it all ended when he tightned an oil injector without the line and the engine wouldnt turn over. Took it appart and saw the bump on the housing haha man that was the worst

what apex seals do you like

Where can we get that poster?

Do you port your engines yourself? What tools would you recommend? I have a dremel but I probably need some better bits. Planning on bridgeporting my rx8 after I experiment on a few junk irons.

I’m planning on buying a rx8 in the near future, in case I get one that needs a rebuild. Do you recommend just Mazda original engine parts?

I have a really dumb question. So I’ve watched 2 dozen videos on how to rebuild a rotary but in one video you said something about just doing coolant seals being easier because you didn’t have to clearance the side seals, etc. Won’t all that stuff come loose or fall out when you start to take the sections apart?

My 13b bp n/a new build has smoke constantly coming out of the breather on the oil neck and after running for 10mins the radiator overflow with fill and water come out of it. Also a lot of smoke from the exhaust. I’m thinking oil control rings may not be in right and maybe blow by past side seals? Any help would be amazing. Thanks

you are incorrect about that gear not doing anything on the series 1 rx8. it drives the oil metering pump, as it does on all engines.

Do you happen to have a pdf or some type of printable file of your rotary engine tips on the wall?

Do you pour engine oil in the housings before rotate the assembled engine?

You are still on the original rx8 motor?