Paul wrote:

Hi, Paul....sorry for the delay in getting back to you....a lot of

"stuff" has happened. Please hold off for just a little bit on designing a
new manifold for me....I appreciate the efforts, but

don't want you to waste any of your time.  After talking to Leon in

Australia, I picked up a NA 6 port 13b engine. He said I can get more
"ponies" with the higher compression rotors, and porting.  I

just finished pressure washing the new engine. It was running when taken

out of the car last month.  Now I have to decide wether to go with mild
street porting as Leon suggested, or go with PPorts.

Of course this decision would greatly effect manifold choice and design.

Thanks for your efforts of late....just don't want you to spend too much
time designing a manifold that may not apply.

      I talked to the manufacturer of my 64 x 78 prop, and he said it

was designed for a builder who had an E-Racer with a planned turbo 13b over
200 horsepower.  Wishing everyone a Happy New Year

!!!   Paul Conner

Leon and I had a long discussion on here a few years ago. He convinced me

he had all

these rotary resources in Sydney to do all these fantastic things and a

great shop to do them in.

I flew to Sydney specifically to check it out. I met Leon near the airport

and spent the day driving

all over Sydney. None of it was true. Just a bunch regular rotary

community suppliers some of

whom had not seen Leon in years. No shop... no nothing! As I understand it

he is in and

out of the hospital on a regular basis. If I never hear the man's name

again I will be very

happy.

Your manifold design is almost done anyway. I need the dimension from top
of firewall to top of spar and the depth of the spar.

The six port needs extensive modifications but once done it seems to be

the

hot tip in road racing these days. From reading the above I assume you

have the

four port engine with low compression rotors. Where did you get that?
could be part of your HP problem.

Your prop can be shaved a bit to fit 190 to 210 HP which with a good six

port manifold

and ram cold air is right in the ball park.

Paul Lamar

Paul Connor,
Talk is cheap, especially if your dealing with someone else's money.

I went down to Sydney as well - I saw the workshop, he doesn't have one,
however his mates give him a corner in theirs to work from. They are a great
bunch of blokes and I believe there is a fair amount of sympathy for Leon,
especially in regard to his health.

Personally I would say he is an unusual chap, the rhetoric doesn't mach the
real life picture however.

I will say he does have a lot of knowledge on the Rotary engine, he has been
working on them for years, on and off.

Personally Paul, I would go with Jerry's P-Ports and stick to the standard
rotors, provided their not the Turbo( low compression) rotors.
George (down under)

There are too major kinds of hospitals :)

Paul Lamar
 
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