Phil Williamson wrote:

Paul wrote:

Those 12 A engines are good. Some say they will rev higher
than a 13B.

Put some peripheral ports, and one
of Tracy's engine management computers  on them and 200 HP is no
problem. You might find one or more that is perfect inside. People
scrap old cars for many reasons. Just don't use those nineteen
pound water pumps. Even if one rotor housing is damaged the engine
might make a good one rotor engine.

Paul Lamar

  Paul,

     I just got off the phone with the junk yard. They'll sell me the short blocks for 75 bucks each. If I cobble together complete engines (from
what the have laying around) they'll cost me 150 bucks each. I think I'll snag one complete engine plus a few short blocks for cores (or
whatever). What do you think? They had six the other day when I was there.

    Phil

Sounds like a plan. Someday they may be worth a lot more if my
source that told me Mazda is going to import a side exhaust port
rotary sedan in November  is wrong.  

Like Gold, engines don't take up a bunch of storage space.

I would forget the complete engine if it has the distributor
with the two little black ignition modules on the side. It is
expensive to fix these at roughly $300 apeice. You will wind
up throwing that distributor away. On the other hand they
are worth $200 each, used if they work. There is no way of
telling until you run the engine. The distributor sticks 
up too far for an aircraft engine. 

Also the carb is about worthless. 

A guy at RB told me I can change the ignition system
on my wife's RX7 with this distributor if I find a system approved
by the CA Air Resources Board (CARB). Probably MSD.

BTW Phil, please wrap your long lines.

Paul Lamar
 
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