Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 603354 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:04:39 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.65; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [24.238.206.157] (helo=earthlink.net) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CoNZ2-0004gX-5D for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:04:08 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=V8uqIaEhjz/K2Kpz117Pb1QQLZu0ZL305SV9TkWIgP6+nmzJLIaKsAB4/dz2f/CE; Message-ID: <41E3EA2E.10109@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:01:02 -0600 From: David Staten Reply-To: Dastaten@earthlink.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: engine disassembled References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd486c70bdefc46c48f6602ae97f79ee5bf9f966978d6047df59350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.238.206.157 Russell.... just hang on a minute...

I have some parts in the garage that MAY be useful..

My future plans involve building a second engine, but I intend to use aluminum end plates, so the 4port steel plates I have shouldn't need to be used. I also have some NA rotor housings from Chris's "proof of concept" blown block This may cut down on your shopping needs a LOT.

So... you can have 2, or all 3.. steel end plates for a 4 port. I was about to finish cleaning them in the next week or so (solvent, brush and bead blast).. I also have a matched set of NA rotor housings that I havent touched/cleaned yet. I can also blast the water jacket and exterior on that of you like, or I can leave all the elbow grease to you. I'd like to clean em off on my end and see if they meet tolerances before officially offering them.

If you are interested, lets talk $$ about what would be fair. From a shipping standpoint, a road trip would be cheaper... You are in Florida, right? Meet halfway?

Dave Staten
Houston, TX

Russell Duffy wrote:

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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