Ben Schneider wrote:

Looks pretty good, though I am pretty leary of the BHP #'s he is claiming. Not that they are unattainable, but pushing it a bit for aviation don't you think.
Plus he is pretty proud of his wares.

 Are the intake manifolds he is showing on his two rotor Renesis the factory manifolds? or is he making those himself? I am not familiar with the manifold and
runner layout on the factory renesis. (If it is not factory, it looks pretty well done.(the intake that is) Looks as if it could be used up to a certain
point, then cut off at say the right side of the block and then adapted to a throttle body that would fit under whatever cowling you were working with. Would
keep a pretty low profile. As I said, it may be factory Mazda, I don't know. Paul? Anyone? Any insight?

Ben Schneider

That is not Leon in the pictures nor his shop. If he had a shop I would have seen it.
My guess is he is buying them in the thriving Australian Mazda rotary engine after market
and  marking things up acting as a go between.

I did not see any RX8 intake manifolds on his web site? I did see a stock second gen
turbo manifold. Is this the picture your are referring to?

Paul Lamar

BTW notice there is no street address on his web site. Always a bad sign.

Paul Lamar
 
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