Dave

Thanks. You mentioned perhaps the biggest reason a housing with leading
dual plugs should be designed from the get go. That is the force of the
combustion event against the threads. This explains why the current
housing plug boss design is so robust. It also explains why there is a
little half moon ridge near the plug holes on the outer housing.
Beefing up the housing to account for loss of strength near the large
breach no doubt. I suspect but haven't confirmed yet that there is a
stainless boss welded to the outside of the liner near the plug hole.
That would make sense because the flame propagation starts there. Nut,
screws and bolts !%#`!

Next idea. Common ground Y shape Siamese twin plugs that fit into the
present 14mm hole.

One less hurtle or one more concern

Doug in Japan

Sorry Doug but wrong! The robustness of the plug boss isn't to protect
the threads. It is because you need a castable boss there and to
reinforce the side of the ROTOR HOUSING against the HOLE being put
in it. The threads are fine, in fact engines seeing higher combustion
pressures than we will EVER see, AA fuel dragsters running 90% nitro
use standard plugs, just very cold ones.
Bill Jepson

Hi Guys;

Are you really sure that the boss is there for structural reasons
Then, why not complete the boss circle

BTW, some people run the RX7 just fine on leading [lower] plugs only.
I may give that a try this summer.

Cheers
Cary

There is a possible cooling problem with side by side plugs.
The lower plug region is the hottest part of the rotor
housing. You could over temp the material between the two
plug bosses due to inadequate water flow. The NSU spider engine
cracked excatly where the spark plug boss was.

Paul Lamar


Cary,
The rotary WILL run fine on just the lowers. It will just be down on power and
use more fuel. Mazda wouldn't have gone to the trouble of a THIRD plug for
LeMans if there wasn't a measureable difference, albiet a minimal one. Why do
all the backyard tuners think they can easily make a better motor than Mazda
who has the most rotary experience of anyone For your plane you want all the
power and efficiency you can get.
Bill Jepson