Ok. Y'all know I've removed the flying rotary from my Velocity. For
those who may be curios, I weighed my full rotary install today. I
removed the entire engine as one unit from the firewall, including
the Conversion Concepts engine mount, 13b turbo block (sans turbo),
stock exhaust, Mistral Intake, injectors, coils, remote oil filter,
two alternators (one stock, one smaller Kuboto mounted at the
vacuum pump bracket) hoses, oil cooler, radiators, oil, most of the
coolant (last about 1.5 quarts) RWS RD-B re-drive and IVO three
blade in flight adjustable prop.

I wanted to weigh the entire things as a unit but it was too
cumbersome and was over my scales limit.

So, I weighed the PSRU and prop as on unit. The radiator and
factory oil cooler and attach brackets as a second unit and the
engine, mount, exhaust, intake et al as a third unit.

The engine tipped the scale just at 290 lbs The coolers (with one
medium fan) were 27 lbs The PSRU and prop were 78 lbs

TOTAL 395 lbs.

Just some data I thought y'all might like.

Chris Barber Houston

PS, I have a pending sale with deposit on the PSRU and prob combo.
I may be wanting to sell the rest if I have serious interest (I
become too attached to stuff). I think the Mistral Intake may
garner some mindful interest. Just FYI.


Would the Mistral intake work(fit) on a 2004 RX8?  If so, how
much? Gary  Lucky

It probably won't fit an RX8. Last I heard they were out of biz.
Unfortunately they would not sell  parts. A few people have them
but that's it.

Paul Lamar



The Mistral intake fits the 2nd gen turbo [AKA 4 port] like a
glove.

Chris Barber


BTW there are two RX8 engines. Low power and high power. The low
power was not made for long.

Paul Lamar



Paul, How does one know if they have a low or high power RX8 ?
Chris.


Take the intake manifold off and count the intake holes. A high
power has six. The low power blocks the top two holes on the front
and rear end housings.

If you p-port the engine it  does not matter. For a pusher it is
best to use a turbo as a good muffler is hard to fit in a pusher.
Turbo's make great mufflers. A TO4 or equivalent is about right.

Paul Lamar



Chris,

What are  you asking for the Mistral intake?

Joe Graham


Joe,

I'm asking what we paid for it. $2500. Any proceeds going to my
plane.  Yep. That's an aviation price for a properly engineered piece
that addresses a need. I'm willing to sell but it's not a forced
sale.

As Paul prefers, P-ports is an option, but for side ports I doubt you
will find a better solution.

Chris


There must be something wrong with my credibility :)
Are there some stupid people out there misunderstanding and bad mouthing me?

About the same time I was selling a custom cast 4 port intake manifold for
about $200 : )  Got about 190 to 200 HP.

Why did you pay Mistral $2500 Chris?  ROFLOL

And to think Mistral only good 200 HP total.

IF you hang on to it for another 50 years it may have historical value.

You must be bucks up Chris :)

Paul Lamar