----- Original Message -----
From: "ronald GOWAN" <rongowan@yahoo.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: oil supply for Ross


> Paul,  my Long EZ with a rotary flew just like a Long
> EZ with a 0-320 but much smoother.  My top speed @
> 6000 RPM was right at 200 MPH indicated @ 1500 FT.  I
> had a Performance 3 bladed prop (62X72) and used a HA6
> carb.  My new cooling system is going to be much
> different than the first.  The SQ2000 has a bigger
> firewall so your cooling should be easier than what I
> am going through. Fuel burn at high cruise was about 8
> GPH.
> --- Hi, Ron....thanks again for taking the time to share your performance
figures with me. I'm hoping my SQ2000 will perform close to those figures.
That would be a definate success story.
      I had originally considered using a carburetor instead of EFI, just
for simplicity. (No high pressure fuel pumps, fuel returns, etc). I was not
sure how to handle the leaning reguirements that go along with changes in
altitude. I hadn't considered using an aircraft carburetor. I was more
thinking along the lines of trying to convert a carburetor from an
automobile to incorporate some kind of mixture control. Finally gave up, and
succumed to EFI, primarily because I didn't know how to overcome the mixture
requirements.
     How/where did you mount your carburetor, and what type of manifold did
you use?  I purchased the $3000.00 EFI and fuel system from Dave Atkins, and
it is mostly installed, to include a custom wrap-around intake system that
puts the throttlebody on the cold side of the engine.  Still, it wouldn't be
hard to convince me to start over if I could just bolt a carburetor on
there, run a fuel line and be flying. Any information you might be able to
provide to help me make this decision or conversion would be greatly
appreciated.  You don't by chance have a picture of your carb/intake setup?
Thanks again for the time you spent in answering my many questions.  I
couldn't have gotten this close to flying without so much help from fellow
builders and pilots such as yourself.  Thanks again. Paul Conner