Lorin Thomason wrote:

Paul,

Ok, thanks.  I just didn't know if you'd changed your mind, found
someone else or I just
overlooked a pertinent post from you in all the holiday confusion around
here.

Was it you or someone else that was contemplating a Ford escort intake
plenum and runners to the
Mazda intake flange?   I went to a local self-serve auto wreckers and
they have a couple of the
Escort fuel injection manifolds.  There seems to be two styles with the
difference being in the
angle of the throttle body.  Unfortunately, the only rotary engines they
have are 12a's.  So if you have any Mazda flanges and are interested 
I could fab. one of those also.

I may be getting some funding to start on my own kit project so I will
need to make one for myself
also. 

And I may order George Grahams trans psru plans and put one of
those together also,  depending on the cost of a new Ross unit.  

Wish I had my own mill and lathe.  A good friend of
mine has them but he's moved to Soccoro, NM.  Otherwise I would have
access to his machine tools.

Anyway, I haven't decided yet between a kit like the Velocity or SQ2000,
or a plans-built like the
Cozy Mark IV.  I also could try to look up an old friend and see if he
still has his Varieze plans
and the few parts he's already made.  But I would really rather have the
extra seating capacity
and the side by side seating of the other models.  Any ideas or input
would be most appreciated as
this will be my first home-built aircraft project.  But I did work in a
shop that built many fiberglass and
vacu-form products.  That was a long time ago though, but I still
remember a few things.  Though I believe many of the chemicals we used
are no longer in use, like Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide.  That was some
wicked stuff.

Lorin

My address is:

Lorin Thomason
8027 Lesser Way
Citrus Heights, Ca  95621

I don't recommend George Grahms RX7 transmission approach
for a PSRU. He cleaned the teeth off the 2nd gear not too long ago before 
the too small output shaft had a chance to fatigue and crack.

I recommend getting a PSRU from Tracy as Ross has not been too
responsive lately. Tracy's price is probably better than Ross's
anyway.

Paul Lamar

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