I mentioned the HP we were getting but he just spent a bunch of money
   on patterns and castings for side intake port manifolds. Last thing
   he wants
   to hear is how he made a mistake :)

   Paul Lamar

Paul,
I wanted to thank you for proving some of the things we already THOUGHT
were true about the LeMans porting on the PP engine. Thank you also for
disproving the oft-mentioned seldom backed up myths of PP engines, won't
make power till 10K, impossible to idle below 3K, etc.  Once dialed in
you will have a very potent package in the PP and timings you put
together. I know you didn't have the time to sort out the EFI but once
that is sorted you should have much better BSFC as well.
With regard to Mistral I think Francois will become a PP convert down
the road, once some money starts to come in. I liked the shots of the
Sun-n-Fun booth which leads me to a question. Several sources suggest
that the rotary can have some stack twist and thermal banana problems.
Do you know if Mistral has had any problems with the Dynafocal-rear
cover mount? I would think this mounting would accentuate any problems
in that area. If this problem is factual, and isn't urban legend as some
PP info is, I will definitely be going to a Shertz beam or George's
bellhousing mount!
Bill Jepson

I am still working on the EFI. If all goes well we may run it
again today. If not today early next week.

Paul Lamar

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