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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: 1600 CC rotary Development engine
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:14:55 -0400
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Glad you got it off, Bob.  Sometimes having been there before can pay off 
{:>)

Yes, compared to the car installation, even our busiest aircraft 
installation looks anemic.

Well, rather than replace my older 91 13B with  a Renesis, I may just wait 
for the 16B (but, I won't hold my breath {:>))

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob White" <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:55 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: 1600 CC rotary Development engine


> Hi Ed,
>
> Your off list help on the number of studs on the RX-7 throttle body paid
> off.  I never could see the fourth nut, but I stuck a socket and
> extension on the fourth corner and it locked on to something.  After
> turning it a while, the throttle body came right off.
>
> I always wondered why people would let the oil injector feed lines get
> brittle and crack without checking them once in a while.  Now I know.
> Who the hell could ever find them without a shop manual.  There are
> more hoses, wires, and devices attached to that engine and I don't even
> want to know what they are for.
>
> The 1600 cc engine is beautiful, thanks for the pictures.  If they put
> it in a car, they will add so much junk that you won't ever see the
> engine.
>
> I like old cars with a few modern improvements, like electronic
> ignition and EFI.  This week I started my '74 Suburban for the first
> time in a year.  It has electronic ignition, manual choke, and an
> electric fuel pump.  After charging the battery overnight, it started
> right up.  After 60 miles on the highway it was running as good as
> ever.  (That only cost me about 25 bucks for gas which is why it
> hadn't been started for a year.)
>
> Bob W.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:18:16 -0400
> "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Things been a bit quite of recently.  How about a view of the 1600 cc 
>> rotary under development by Mazda.  Those aluminum side housing sure look 
>> nice.  Rotor is thinner but larger in diameter with a larger throw on the 
>> eccentric shaft for more torque at all rpm.  Saving my pennies.
>>
>> Ed
>>
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