Return-Path: Received: from relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2628078 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 23:31:12 -0400 Received: (qmail 29129 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2003 03:31:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frontiernet.net) ([170.215.97.8]) (envelope-sender ) by relay03.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.6) with SMTP for ; 8 Oct 2003 03:31:11 -0000 Message-ID: <3F837703.51B190BD@frontiernet.net> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 22:31:31 -0400 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: More stock turbo blues References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------9336F3D7ABA9ACEA450C431B" --------------9336F3D7ABA9ACEA450C431B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <... for better performance at low RPM ...> What might "low" rpm look like? How many is Low? Jim John Slade wrote: > Rusty,Sorry to hear about you're turbo. I presume it was used > and abused before it ever got on the airplane. Roger at > japtrix (japtrix.com) told me he could send my stock turbo > away for a rebuild for about $800. While doing the "rebuild" > they would be able to modify the unit for better performace at > low RPM. The price sounded reasonable, so I figured I'd do > this once I'd done a bit of flying on the stock unit. You > might want to look into this for you're turbo before buying a > whole new one.Regards,JohnPS >The wastegate sucksYou must have > it on backwards. It's supposed to blow. :) --------------9336F3D7ABA9ACEA450C431B Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <... for better performance at low RPM ...>
What might "low" rpm look like?  How many is Low?
Jim

John Slade wrote:

 Rusty,Sorry to hear about you're turbo. I presume it was used and abused before it ever got on the airplane. Roger at japtrix (japtrix.com) told me he could send my stock turbo away for a rebuild for about $800. While doing the "rebuild" they would be able to modify the unit for better performace at low RPM. The price sounded reasonable, so I figured I'd do this once I'd done a bit of flying on the stock unit. You might want to look into this for you're turbo before buying a whole new one.Regards,JohnPS >The wastegate sucksYou must have it on backwards. It's supposed to blow. :)
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