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Michael,
I am setting up my single rotary engine with my own
44mm slide carb. This will be on a test stand to iron out any bugs.
There are simpler ECU's but Tracy's have the lean
function which we all need, however like yourself I'm not comfortable with the
setting up of an all electric system - to me it just seems way to complicated
for what it is, and too may things to go wrong. Like many of us I am not much on
reading manuals/instructions, to me it's always the last resort for anything.
For me anything with a menu is a headache.
The plugs up is ok, I looked at that myself but
didn't want the complexity of making the sump system, however it would be very
useful with Renesis , because of the flooding issues, and maybe the
16X.
George ( down under)
Ed:
Yes, I agree with
that assessment. The reason I am making that choice is that at my current
level of knowledge I am better prepared to deal with the problems of tuning
and operating a carburetor than those of developing a functioning FI system
and am reasonably certain I can make it work and am also willing to live with
the limitations of a carburetor. As I progress this may change and I may be
better equipped to handle the complexity of the FI induction. Right now I am
aiming for a purely gravity fed carb not dependent on electrics at all.
In fact I was
considering switching to a plugs up set up to make a gravity fed
carb even more convenient. Beyond the new "side saddle" oil sump set
up what other changes were necessary for you to get the engine to
operate correctly on its side? did you need to modify any of the internal
plumbing/oil galleries on the engine to cope with the 90 deg
turn?
I will touch base
with Oly for his input on the carb matter.
Michael in Maine,
where it is still raining
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Also, do not think
that choosing the carburetor is going to eliminate potential problems,
you’re simply swapping one set for another. While carburetor (like the
EC2) will certainly work, I encourage you to check with my friend
Oly Olson who can reveal some of
those associated challenges.
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