Hi, Paul....I am very impressed with your contributions to such a nice,

universal intake manifold.

Coupled with the injector holders and bell mouths, it resembles what the

"professionals" such as

Mechanair and Powerspost are doing.  Unfortunately, I just purchased

Dave Atkin's system (manifold

with throttlebody), but it appears that I might possibly use some parts

of his system (like the

throttlebody) and still use your new system with the longer runners. I

like the idea of moving the

throttlebody to the cold side of the engine. I don't know how familiar

you are with Dave's

setup....any suggestions?   Thanks again for making it easier to obtain

a successful rotary

installation.  Paul Conner, Mobile, AL

Got any pictures of what Dave provided? I think it is a race car
system and could be sold on ebay without much trouble.

Paul Lamar

Yes, Paul....here is a picture of the manifold, injectors and throttlebody.
Paul Conner

That will work of course but it is probably tuned for something like
8500 RPM. Your power will be much less than it could be especially if 
you have a 2.17:1 gear box which will limit your RPM to around 6000.
I am sure your airplane will fly on it however.  My guess is 150 to
160 HP at 6000 RPM.

It appears to be a six port manifold. What has been done to the
engine porting?
 
It might not be so bad with a 2.85:1 box that would allow 7500 RPM.

Paul Lamar
 
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