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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:38:27 -0700
From: Bob White <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bruce Turrentine Intake
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I took the measurement to be the ID = 2 9/16 X 25/4 = 65.0875 mm.

Bob White

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:17:03 -0800
"Jack Ford" <jackoford@theofficenet.com> wrote:

> 2.75"x25.4 mm =70 mm. (Or thereabouts).
> 
> Jack
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob White" <bob@bob-white.com>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:17 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Bruce Turrentine Intake
> 
> 
> >
> > Thanks Tom,
> >
> > I have a Bruce Turrentine 13B with 9.7:1 compression rotors.  I believe
> it's got the turbo end housings and the NA rotor housings.  There are some
> photos at:
> > http://www.rotarywiki.org/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Engine and if you go to
> Bruce's web site, There are photos of the engine being built up:
> > http://rotaryresources.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=gallery&file=index
> >
> > Mine is the "Hulk" (for some reason).
> >
> > The TB is 65 mm if I did the math right.
> >
> > Bob White
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:10:37 -0800 (PST)
> > Tom <tomtugan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Looks nice Bob.  What motor are you hanging this on and.... what's the
> bore diameter of that throttle body,  if you don't mind?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob White <bob@bob-white.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Many months of waiting has finally paid off. I received my Turrentine
> > > Intake manifold this evening.
> > >
> > > I'm going to need to do a little work to it. The throttle body is a
> > > Nissan and it looks like some extra stuff was removed. That's OK, but
> > > the return spring is still on it and it closes the throttle, so that
> > > will have to be rearranged.
> > >
> > > There is a small port on the side that is about 1/2 closed off when the
> > > throttle plate is closed. As soon as the plate opens a little, the port
> > > is behind the plate. This doesn't seem to me to be a good location for
> > > either the EC2 sensor, or a reference for the fuel regulator. Shouldn't
> > > both of those be completely behind the throttle plate at all times? I'm
> > > thinking that I should drill a couple of ports right behind the throttle
> > > body. One for the EC2 and one for the fuel regulator.
> > >
> > > Any comments or opinions would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > One note: Bruce has told me that he isn't going to make any more like
> > > this. He is going to replace the aluminum plenum with a laid up plenum.
> > > The runners and flange will remain aluminum. This is to reduce the time
> > > required to build it.
> > >
> > > Bob White
> > >
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> > >
> > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=TurrentienIntakea.jpg
> > >
> > >
> > > > ATTACHMENT part 3 image/jpeg name=ThrottleBodya.jpg
> > >
> > >
> > > > ATTACHMENT part 4 image/jpeg name=Flangea.jpg
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