> The more I think about a low conduction SS rotor the better it looks.
I > suspect
> a disproportionate amount of combustion heat is going into the rotor
> and thence into the oil raising the BSFC.
>
> Paul Lamar


Make the new RX8 rotor also 7-8 CR, and we have a wonderful rotor for
turbo engine.
Cheers, Petri

Is that a castable alloy? I assume you mean 7-8% Chrome.

Good idea. We can sell them to the RX8 engine people with a lower
compression ratio for turbo charging. The current 10:1 RX8 rotors
are really unsuitable for turbo charging.

My old buddy Herb Adams showed me some SS racing car spindles
he had cast in Silicon Valley CA. They looked real nice.
I think they were the lost wax process.

Maybe we can talk Larry into machining a rotor pattern and
core boxes.

-- Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Paul,
If people were willing to spend the money for a custom rotor
you could machine from solid and e-beam weld then cut the
apex seal slots. Just a possibility.
Bill Jepson

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