Charlie and Tupper England wrote:

Paul wrote:

Barry Gardner wrote:

Yikes, Paul. BSFC of .425 to .43! Wow! And at Jet A prices, no
less.

What's involved in making a rotary run Jet A?

Barry Gardner
Wheaton, IL

You can buy one from Wankel Germany. See the web site. Too hard to modifiy a Mazda
I would guess. Plus you need that real high pressure direct injection
pump.

Paul Lamar

Someone, somewhere, recently posted a note about starting a (I think)
Mazda rotary on gas, then switching to diesel, spark assisted of course,
for (again, I think) drag racing, & actually gave performance increase
#'s achieved. I intended to write him directly, but lost track of the
post. Whoever you are, if you monitor this list please give more
details.

Charlie

 
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