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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