Return-Path: Received: from misav10.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.20.174] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 382144 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:38:51 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=142.165.20.174; envelope-from=pcasson@sasktel.net Received: from oregano.sasktel.net ([142.165.20.197]) by 142.165.20.174 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:38:21 -0600 Received: from sasktel.net (hssxrg69-11-16-227.sasknet.sk.ca [69.11.16.227]) by oregano.sasktel.net (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTPA id <0I3500BB8SJVH2@oregano.sasktel.net> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:38:21 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:38:55 -0600 From: Perry Casson Subject: Re: Engine run-vacuum accumilator In-reply-to: To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-id: <41308AEF.5080705@sasktel.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) References: Hi Al, Here's a clip from I email exchange I had with Tracy a while back. For me the trick to getting a smooth idle and a balanced mixture between rotors at high power was to measure the MAP right behind the throttle body so to minimized the effect of the pulses in the runners. Perry Casson Perry Casson wrote: >>I've been having a problem with the mixture balance between >>rotors changing as RPM increases on my 13B from day 1 with >>my install. In my case I had installed the MAP connection in a >> convenient hole on the primary runner for rotor #1 of the stock >>6 port lower intake manifold. I wrongly assumed the response >>time of the MAP sensor would be slow enough to damp the >>pulses in the intake but obviously this is not the case. Moving >>the MAP connection to be just after the throttle body completely >> resolved the problem. >>Perry Casson >>Glastar/13B - 20 hours Tracy Crook wrote: >The MAP sensors read pressure in REAL TIME and do it once for each rotor on >every turn of the crank. They must see the summed pressure of both rotors. >Do exactly as Perry suggested. >Tracy Crook Al Gietzen wrote: > Are we quite certain that there is no averaging going on in the EC2? > Seems unlikely – in any case; the system worked fine on the dyno. > > AL >