Advice for weekend warrior about to attempt first 12A rebuild.

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Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Sounds like a fun project.

Is it all of mericopa(?) county that has emissions or just the city of phoenix?

-Just in Maricopa County.

Either way, porting is difficult to have with still passing the sniffer, but it can be done. You should be able to perform a mild streetport and pass, especially if you maintain cats during the testing phase.

-Can you define "mild streetport" or point me in the direction of a template?

Some other areas to look into might be getting the rotors coated (turblown.net in AZ does it). If you decide to reuse the rotors from the over heated engine, I would invest in new rotor bearings. You can get away with a cheaper rebuild by just replacing the apex seals, springs and side seals, but for reliability - I'd replace the rotor bearings, oil seals, etc as well.

-What does this coating do?

Be sure to check the step wear on those irons too, nothings worse then putting together a nice new rebuild with warped irons!

-I will definitely avoid that. Thanks for all your input. Do you think the Hane's manual is sufficient or would you recommend I buy a rebuild video from Mazdatrix?

Thanks again.