"Schemmel, Grant" wrote:

Hi Paul,

Been lurking on the list here for awhile, trying to learn as much about the rotary as I can.

I recently heard about a guy in FL who is selling a conversion manual to make an '81 Mazda tranny into a PSRU, with a 2.21:1 ratio.  He's been using one on a modified e-racer for several hundred hrs now.

Anybody have an opinion as to how reliable this might be?

Thanks!

Grant Schemmel
BD-4 eventually

I don't recommend it. A single spur gear is marginal to take the engine torque
and the small output shaft of a car transmission is not up to the job of
coping with gyroscopic prop forces. That is a very dangerous approach.
IMHO the risk is not worth the money saved.

Paul Lamar
 
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