Hi! I found this on eBay and thought you might like it! Check it
out now! Turbo Compound Mazda 3 rotor gasoline engine with turbine
and turbine gear box. http://r.ebay.com/HLVEas Thanks, regards,
Salut +

Jose Gros-Aymerich Madrid, Spain

Its mine :-) I am selling it. Do you want to buy it?


Paul Lamar


That is a real piece of art, Paul!

How much power did you get with the turbo compound?

Jacobo Guimeráns

The basic street 3 rotor sequential turbo charged is 350 HP.

I never ran it because I did not have the $650 a day for an engine
dyno. If the people running DARPA had any brains they would snap it
up.

If Mazda had any brains they would be working on a turbo compound
rotary. 20 to 30 percent less fuel burn.

The big problem with the Curtiss Wright turbo compound R3350 was
exhaust valve failure. Guess what! the rotary has no exhaust
valves.

Paul Lamar



How were you going to use it, what application?

Thx. Julian Morrison

strictly for testing. To prove the concept.

It would work as a boat engine however.

Paul Lamar

If you add direct injection to the turbo compound system, would the
fuel consumption be reduced even more? Or there would be no gains at all?

Jacobo Guimeráns

That will do next to nothing. Millions have already been spent on Wankel DI.
The wind storm in the moving combustion chamber needs to be dealt
with, Then you might improve it 5% to make it on a par with a piston
engine.


Turbo compound will give you 20 or 30%. Turbo jet based power plants
are already using it to improve the overall efficiency to over 50%. The waste exhaust
from the turbo jet makes steam for the steam turbines generators.

There may already be such a power plant in your neighborhood.

Paul Lamar


All this time you’ve been carrying that torch, and all that work, and you won’t finish it!

A few years ago you said you needed to finish your ignition system first.  Why not do the last bit of work and get it running?

If the engine were running, I have trouble believing that someone wouldn’t step up and volunteer to dyno it.

Dave Klingler


The patent on the ignition system is still pending.

I am 81 I need to retire. I am selling a lot of things to come up with enough money
to take care of me when I can't remember my name :-)  Unless your near my age
you will not understand :-)

Paul Lamar


I understand perhaps more than you might imagine. :)

But a demonstration of this engine running would be a
hell of a legacy, and it’s more apt to lead to retirement
money than just selling the parts on ebay.
Why not do a gofundme or some other crowdfunding?
You’ve raised a lot of awareness for this thing.
I’d be very surprised if you can’t raise $10K to finish the project.

Dave Klingler

You have my permission to set that up. When you have collected $10,000 I will go ahead
with the project unless I sell it first. Then we will return the money to the donors.

Paul Lamar


How much do you need to finish the project?  $650 x 3 days for dynotesting?
Do you have enough other parts lying around to complete the ignition?
The running engine will be worth more, and you’ll still own it.
It might be a lot easier to sell.
Or would $10K buy an aluminum version fit for an aircraft?

Dave Klingler

I think a version fit for aviation would take a lot more money than that.
Before the Wankel is accepted as a legitimate aircraft engine there needs to be a certified
version. In the U.S. that requires a paper trail on every part. No automotive
engine parts are allowed. The cost of making the rotor housings alone is enormous.
It will take a well funded corporation to do that. Mistrial tried
and failed. The European FAA has different rules.


There is no market now for low cost private aviation.
The vast U.S. middle class has lost their former disposable income.

This is a combination of factors. Robots are killing jobs. Chinese goods
are killing manufacturing  in the U.S.. Until Chinese goods are taxed
that situation will not change. The US is worlds largest market. There is
enormous economic  power in that fact. That needs to be taken advantage of.


Paul Lamar

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