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So the only issue was the remote injectors which has turned out apparently
to be a non issue as well. They work fine although no mention was made about
throttle response.
If you
don't know about the throttle response, then you don't know if it's
working, since that was the only problem I had with remotely mounted
injectors. The engine ran fine otherwise.
The exhaust system as seen in
photos is part of the dyno set up and I don't have the details. It does suppress
the sound to tolerable levels. Today or tomorrow they will be testing the cool
tube exhaust system that I built. It may cost some hp. we shall see.
I've been
interested in the muffler design as well, so this will be interesting.
Normally, you would expect to lose more power on a PP with a muffler,
than you would on a normal ported engine. Since the PP in question is
smaller, and has less radical timing, all bets may be off on that
behavior.
I don't think you have any real
numbers to suggest the p port will have poor milage if you take into
consideration the power being produced. If you want to burn less fuel, throttle
back to 200 hp.
Absolutely
right. I'm only going by what I've been told, and trust to be
true. Again, that's for typical PP engines, which is not what you guys are
making. Unfortunately, none of us will know about the fuel efficiency
until someone gets one flying.
Back to the
remote fuel injectors. Cool side injection is certainly possible in p ports and
in my opinion should be a design goal for safety reasons. It may not work in
side ports due to lower velocities in the runners.
I don't
understand why you think the velocity is guaranteed to be higher in the PP
runner? That all depends on the size of the runners, and ports. You
can't just make a blanket statement like that.
I have no
question the remote injectors will work, but I do believe throttle response will
suffer. It might be well within your acceptable limits though.
Time to give Paul Lamar credit for his huge
effort in developing the p port to this stage. He has been very open about
reporting difficulties along the way. Jerry
Who actually
built this engine, and when will it make it into a
plane?
As I've
stated before, I want to believe. I've got everything I need to do a PP
for the RV-3, and it will either be that, or a turbo. Both have their
good and bad points.
Cheers,
Rusty
(mystery packages on the way from Tracy???)
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