X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from nlpi015.prodigy.net ([207.115.36.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.6) with ESMTP id 3073389 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:53:07 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.36.44; envelope-from=panzera@experimental-aviation.com Received: from cdibmpat2 (adsl-76-250-177-126.dsl.frs2ca.sbcglobal.net [76.250.177.126]) (authenticated bits=0) by nlpi015.prodigy.net (8.13.8 smtpauth/dk/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7CIqQf7029935; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:52:30 -0500 From: "Patrick Panzera" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Cc: "'Antonio Panzera'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Of topic (a little) no power in RX7 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:52:26 -0700 Message-ID: <00ca01c8fcac$90c9fc30$1801a8c0@cd.constructiondesigns.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acj8rF8XHKstISuzRf+zCrTULWiuUAAAAu8Q X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 In-Reply-To: > Patrick, it sounds like your exhaust catalytic converter is choking things > off. JohnD It sounds like a good place to start looking for sure. We had it smogged yesterday (we live in CA) and everything came out fine. Pat > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Panzera" > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:04 PM > Subject: [FlyRotary] Of topic (a little) no power in RX7 > > > > Hey gang, > > > > I have an engine question, but related to the '88 Convertible I just > bought > > not an aircraft. > > > > The car starts normally, not excessive grinding like a typical low > > compression engine. There is no smoke, typical of bad seals, but it has > no > > power to speak of. I've owned three other 88's (even a clone to this one > so > > weight is not at issue) and this is by far the slowest. The engine is > > "tired" for sure, with over 180k on the odo, (this is an all-original, > > one-owner pampered hangar queen, with all freeway miles) but my question > is, > > what exactly is "tired" with a rotary? > > > > I would imagine that new seals all around are in order, but where is the > > blow-by, and if it is a compression issue, why does it start so well? > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > -- > > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html