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Originally Posted by porkface
i worked for a mazda dealer parts dept. from 1/79 to 9/83. never saw any ceramic pieces in the motors. sold lotsa rebuilding parts, seals, orings, gasket kits, springs, etc. you may be thinking of the CARBON apex seals that were used up until my73. after that, steel apex seals are used because the liners in the housings had a chrome layer applied. and so it goes, chuck.
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That must be it; I could have sworn I read something when I was about... 10 years old about ceramic faces to the rotary. Must have been a concept.
At that age, I would have killed for a 70's RX-7 GSL.