<< "Philippe.chenevier" wrote:

Paul,
I have been reading your newsletter since a few weeks and find it quite
interesting.

I am in Europe, and homebuild are restricted in power, so the 300hp and more
are not for us.

I have question for you or your chaps: is there a possibility to burn
kerosene on a mazda rotary and was there any attempt already made. ?

I know there is a diesel rotary offered by wankel, but it is too small in
power.

Is it possible to set the combustion of kerosene through assistance of spark
plugs rather than pure diesel effect ?

Rgds

I have heard rumors that a Mazda engine will run on kerosene once you get
it started on gasoline.

Paul Lamar

During that last big war, we could get kerosene but not gasoline. You attach a small can for gasoline to the firewall and a two way valve to the carb. You start the car on gasoline, and once it has warmed up a bit, you switch to kerosene from the main (stock) fuel tank.
Kerosene may make it knock badly, but retarding the timing a bit makes it all better. The layout of the wankel would better lend itself to the kerosene fuel than modern piston engines. I have not seen a "diesel"
wankel. It is just running on diesel fuel methinks.
A diesel (compression ignition) needs at least 16:1 compression ratio to run.
Lynn E. Hanover

 
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