Rotary Engine wrote:
> This is one of the few magic gas savers that sounds plausible.
> I am no chemist but, as I understand it, platinum is a catalyst
> and as such is not actually consumed in the burning of fuel.
> Platinum spark plugs seem to have worth and platinum catalytic
> converters work for sure to reduce hydrocarbon emissions.
> If this works maybe platinum coated rotors would help.
> Seems to me the mixture must be leaned to take advantage
> of this. More fuel burned in the combustion chamber... more
> air must be introduced.
> > However platinum is around $900 an ounce.
> > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

I'd be more interested to hear if anyone has tried:

Acetone as a fuel additive?  Or
Flame front channels cut into the rotor face?
Dimpled intake/rotor faces?

Cary