<< I don't know for the 12A but I do know that there are some very
 > powerful p ported 12As out there.

I have heard 310 HP at 10,500 RPM from a Pport 12A.

Lynn E. Hanover

IMHO the car racing organizations did a disservice to rotary engine development
by outlawing P-ports. They were frightened out of their senses by the potential
domination of the rotary. Lynn is forced to use an old 12A normally aspirated 
carburetor non P-port engine in his 3rd gen RX7 SCCA road racer.

Too bad there is a not a Can Am type race out there were anything goes. Run 
what you brung. The rotary would dominate over all just like it is eventually 
destined to dominate air racing. Imagine a 1200 HP turbo 3 rotor in a Lancair 
Legacy or better yet.... a Nemesis Nxt.

Yea that would last about one year at Reno. One of the reasons I am in 
experimental aircraft is there are no stupid rules to equalize "competition".

Just putting a minimum weight limit on a race car penalizes the power
to weight ratio advantage of the rotary. It is also too bad we don't have a larger 
displacement rotary (a four rotor) to compete in some of the larger engine
car racing classes. Imagine a 1600 HP turbo four rotor. Back in the days of 
IMSA endurance road racing the rotary was dominating until they started to 
severely penalize it. It looked like it would win Leman into the
future until they outlawed it. Later they penalized it with an intake
air restrictor. Can't have it making piston engines look bad.

Tracy Crook missed winning the $750 Everett Hatch Memorial prize this year by
3 MPH. Hopefully we will have some more entrants in next years Sun & Fun race. 
There is also the 100 mile cross country RACE series out here in the West
that qualifies for the Everett Hatch Memorial prize. Usually held in Jack Pot
Nevada. If you have a rotary powered airplane that can average over 220 MPH 
for 100 miles you can win this prize.

Paul Lamar
 
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