X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.5) with ESMTP id 3034547 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:20:33 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.121; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.19] (really [66.57.38.121]) by cdptpa-omta06.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080720191954.YGIM9085.cdptpa-omta06.mail.rr.com@[192.168.0.19]> for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:19:54 +0000 Message-ID: <48838FDD.7080307@nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:19:57 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] exhaust manifold References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Michael Silvius wrote: > Folks: > > I have no intention of ruining a turbo on my engine but the notion of using a mostly ready made manifold is appealing. I am thinking of adapting one of these turbo manifolds, delete the waste gate pipe and continue on with the exhaust pipe where the turbo would normally be mounted. Not looking to make more than about 155hp. Anything I am missing here? > > http://images.marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/fullView.asp?id=241330336&fc=0&img=http://www.stockreco.com/fc3sheader04.jpg > > Michael in Maine > You'll destroy any hope of ever being able to do exhaust scavenging. Do you think the company might consider doing a version of their Mvc-RX72f without the wastegate? http://www.ssautochrome.com/level.itml/icOid/1357 -- http://www.ronpaultimeline.com