X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost03.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.103] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with ESMTP id 2792228 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:54:44 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.217.103; envelope-from=keltro@att.net Received: from fwebmail14.isp.att.net ([204.127.221.114]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc03) with SMTP id <20080314235407H0300i06vqe>; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:54:07 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [204.127.221.114] Received: from [4.255.204.193] by fwebmail14.isp.att.net; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:54:06 +0000 From: "Kelly Troyer" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: [FlyRotary] Gatorade make a nice intake manifold Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:54:06 +0000 Message-Id: <031420082354.8847.47DB101E00067F3E0000228F22230650629B0A02D29B9B0EBF019D9B040A05@att.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Feb 26 2008) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VsdHJvQGF0dC5uZXQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_8847_1205538846_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_8847_1205538846_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ernest, Unusual direction for what I presume to be your secondary injectors to be aimed...........I am sure you will educate me about your reasoning !!.............<:) -- Kelly Troyer "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2 "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold -------------- Original message from Ernest Christley : -------------- > I cut up the stock manifold to get the mounting flange and the injector > hardware. The injector bosses themselves are pieces of 3/4"x.058" 4130 > tube with a 5/8" washer welded to the bottom. > > I drilled several holes in the flange around the runners and countersunk > the engine side. I then ran several strips of fiberglass tape through > the holes and up the length of the runner. Flox mixed with the balled > up tip of the tape serve as an extra anchor. > > The BMW throttle body is mounted on a .050" stainless steel plate with a > fiber reinforced rubber mat for sealing. The mat squeezes and holds the > bolts so that I can tighten them and install the cotter pins. > > I left a hole around the neck of the bottle in my initial layup. Pulled > the mold out through that then sealed it with another layup. The > hardest part of the mold to remove was the 3/4" nylon tubing that I used > for the center runners. I had to twist them with needle-nose pliers, > then spray water between the tube and the runner wall. Once I got water > all the way through, it slipped out fairly easily. > http://ernest.isa-geek.org/Delta/Pictures/EngineIntakeManifoldComplete3.jpg --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_8847_1205538846_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Ernest,
   Unusual direction for what I presume to be your secondary
injectors to be aimed...........I am sure you will educate me
about your reasoning !!.............<:)
--
Kelly Troyer
"Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold

-------------- Original message from Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>: --------------


> I cut up the stock manifold to get the mounting flange and the injector
> hardware. The injector bosses themselves are pieces of 3/4"x.058" 4130
> tube with a 5/8" washer welded to the bottom.
>
> I drilled several holes in the flange around the runners and countersunk
> the engine side. I then ran several strips of fiberglass tape through
> the holes and up the length of the runner. Flox mixed with the balled
> up tip of the tape serve as an extra anchor.
>
> The BMW throttle body is mounted on a .050" stainless steel plate with a
> fiber reinforced rubber mat for sealing. The mat squeezes and holds the
> bolts so that I can tighten them and install the cotter pins.
>
> I left a hole around the neck of the bottle in my initial layup. Pulled
> the mold out through that then sealed it with another layup. The
> hardest part of the mold to remove was the 3/4" nylon tubing that I used
> for the center runners. I had to twist them with needle-nose pliers,
> then spray water between the tube and the runner wall. Once I got water
> all the way through, it slipped out fairly easily. 

> http://ernest.isa-geek.org/Delta/Pictures/EngineIntakeManifoldComplete3.jpg
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