engine internals question
05-13-04, 09:36 PM
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engine internals question
why are the center and outer plates iron? do they have to be?
does the rotor housing have an iron insert where the apex seal scrapes like a cylinder liner or is it all aluminum?
does the rotor housing have an iron insert where the apex seal scrapes like a cylinder liner or is it all aluminum?
05-13-04, 10:21 PM
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Re: engine internals question
Originally posted by projekt
why are the center and outer plates iron? do they have to be?
does the rotor housing have an iron insert where the apex seal scrapes like a cylinder liner or is it all aluminum?
why are the center and outer plates iron? do they have to be?
does the rotor housing have an iron insert where the apex seal scrapes like a cylinder liner or is it all aluminum?
the rotor housing is cast around a peice of steel bent into the correct shape, and then the steel is chrome plated
05-15-04, 10:30 AM
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Re: engine internals question
Originally posted by projekt
does the rotor housing have an iron insert where the apex seal scrapes like a cylinder liner or is it all aluminum?
does the rotor housing have an iron insert where the apex seal scrapes like a cylinder liner or is it all aluminum?
This was not uncommon back in the day for boingers... many WWII airplane engines had hard-chromed cylinder liners. Then again they were expected to basically run WOT for thousands of hours between overhauls.
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actually some of the old boingers are a steel tube and a another flat peice of steel bent around and welded up to be the water jacket
05-18-04, 09:19 PM
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Originally posted by projekt
so then it would be possible to make a one piece block as long as you can install the rotors, right?
so then it would be possible to make a one piece block as long as you can install the rotors, right?
05-26-04, 11:48 PM
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