[FlyRotary] Re: engine
disassembled
Your best bet
is to hit the wrecking yard and fine another core engine to get the
two housings from and a pair of matched rotors, if you didn't know
there is a letter weight code on the rotors that must
match.
Ken
Unfortunately, I'd need to buy two engine cores in
order to get the housings (turbo), and rotor (NA). Probably
cheaper, and definitely easier to just order them
new. I had no idea what that S on the rotors meant.
Both were ordered new from Mazda a couple years ago. I wonder
what the chances of getting another S would be. I guess I could
order two rotors (assuming they'd be the same), and that would give me
a third 9.7 rotor for the single rotor project. As expensive as
the rotors are, it might be worth buying two core engines. Man,
just too many options to consider.
Thanks
(for giving me something else to worry about)
Rusty
Yes I would probably go for new parts as they get
big buck for a turbo core where you can find 6 port cores around here
for about 150 bucks.
Another option you may consider is to throw together a
cheap six port or 84-85 four port and fly it until you have
several flying hrs on it and all systems are functioning perfect and
then install the big buck four port on it and then you will have a new
engine that has not gone through the torture of sorting out all the
cooling problems in the early days and that way you will also have a
spare sitting there on the hanger floor in case you need it.
It would have been easy to go out and install another
engine rather than have to pull the wings if you had a spare, also a
fear for me is to blow an engine way out in BFE so I always have a
spare sitting on the floor.
Just some more food for thought.
Ken
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