As fas as a turbo on a Corvair engine William Wynne has already test run a
junk yard engine with a turbo set up and it has worked very well. The secret
is to have the turbo high enough so that oil can return to the sump under
gravity so there is no need of a scavange pump. Therein lies the
Bill; for those KR drivers on the West Coast this is a must unless they
enjoy getting shaken like a martini flying through mountain passes and
taking their chances with the wind shear associated with that type of
operation. This has been one of the reasons that my project is taking so
long to compl
Hi Doug: areyou really going to put a rotary in KR, the are derated as
much as a covair so of the auto drag racers Were able to turn them up to
14,000 RPM so 8 or 9 k they would hold up pretty good. Keep us posted on
this.
Thanks
Jim
Jim that will be on the next one built. Too much modification to the =
current
project would be required to make this combination feasible. Even =
de-rated
the rotaries are putting out 180 HP or more and I believe that without
significant strengthening of the boat and firewall area it would be =
su
Doug: I think you are right, it would need some beefing up, maybe at othe
places also, But it would make a great machine. Who is Dana that you
referred to in the other post?
Thanks
Jim
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