George L, And all who may be interested,
I'm checking out the availability on direct injection parts. The
Mercury Optimax 2 stroke 6 and 4 cylinder parts should make it possible to
direct inject the rotary. Several cool items about this injection are, you can
inject into the compression side prior to the plugs, the system uses an air
assist compressor (belt driven) to help the fuel pump giving super
atomization, and also the air compressor unit also contains the oil injection
pump (2 stroke remember) making it possible to do separate tank injection of 2
cycle oil for the apex seals if so desired! Some of the FI savy among us may
know that Orbital Engines of Austrailia makes this injection for
Mercury. The coolest part about that is that you can get parts form your
outboard store pretty much anyplace. The injection can be all plug side so no
fuel on the exhaust problem. Another feature that is beneficial is that the
outboards are designed for almost a 100% duty cycle so the equipment is pefect
for our continual high output needs. The injectors are electronic so they can be
run by most of the currently available EMS units. I started this search for
Jerry Hey and myself of course. I'll post more info as it arrives if people are
interested.
Bill Jepson