Never know, last I heard it was making the same amount of power as the petit stage 1 kit

You guys deserve an explanation, so I will try and explain it. When I started this project I had no idea about the rotary. The SC was conceived to go on Honda engines and I assumed that the Ren used about the same amount of air. Well it doesn't. We have stretched the envelope as far as we can. We can not make the blades any longer because you can't get a tool down in between the blades.

It is going to take a bigger case. How that works for the installation remains to be seen. We may have to adjust things a bit. I have designed a compressor .600 bigger in diameter and about .750 longer. It will be mainly for street rods if up to 650 HP. That should be enough air for the rotary. I will not abandon the project because of this. We will finish what we started even knowing there are less sales there.

We have prototyped the master cylinder brace and will be running some right after the first. We will send a couple out for beta tests and then we'll post some pictures.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
OMG, that's not PC I should say "Happy Hollidays", But screw them.

Thank you Richard. Good to hear from you:) I look forward to seeing your AFSC on a allot of cars .. rotary or other wise

Merry Christmas RP

Awesome that you've got that worked out Richard. Looking forward to it. It's always been a beautiful looking piece.

One *Potential* customer right here

My warranty still here so ... take your time on the SC ok ? :)

Thats awesome!!!! Great work!!!

Merry Christmas RP and good Luck with this.
oscd

good to hear from you Richard. Merry Christmas

It seems the only way now to get a master cylinder brace was to get the Mazdaspeed strut tower bar. I will be looking forward to seeing this.

Thank You for not being P.C.

Ditto.

RP,

Great to hear from you and I'm still very excited about this piece, its uniqueness and elegance remain a perfect match for the rotary.

That being said, I've been waiting almost 5 years to just own the car, I can wait a little longer for this...

Merry Christmas to all!

AFSC for me and nothing else

i didnt know what an axial flow supercharger was, so i did a little research on axial flow compressors (i assume they work on the same principal) and its pretty sweet. the Messerschmitt Me 262 had an axial flow engine.

if i can convince myself to go fi, this would be awesome.

[QUOTE=kersh4w;2205070]the Messerschmitt Me 262 had an axial flow engine./QUOTE]

And so has just about every jet engine since circa 1960 or so.

Cheers,
Hymee.

[quote=Hymee;2205168]I believe you can push that date back to the late 1940's. The original British jet engine designs used a centrifical compressor. The last to use it was the WW II plane the Comet. After seeing captured German aircraft they recognized that the axial flow compressor was superior and began to design there engines with that design. The US was a bit slower to get into the jet age. We didn't have any working until 1945 (the P60 if I remember correctly) and it was slower than conventional propeller driven aircraft.
RP is probably more familiar with the history with his background.

And just like that...he cast the dark brooding clouds away...and his people seeing the sun...almost spontaneously burst into flames...due to not having seen the sun since the mustard famine of 1985...

Heh...yes we should have a lesson on religious tolerance...I secretly like the intolerance tho...it makes me giggle like a sunday school girl...



PS: Good to hear your still around and kicking Richard...merry x-festi-kwanz-ivus to you too...heh

cant we just call it happy corporatebigbucksfest?

:lol2:

[QUOTE=alnielsen;2205212] I know this thread is all about historical accuracy so I'll offer my limited help. The centrifugal compressor was used as late as 1955 when the Air Force purchased the T-37 (tweet) to be used as an introductory pilot training aircraft. Even though the aircraft was underpowered the engines lasted a while since I was flying them in 2005 and is just being phased out over the past couple of years with the T-6.

Chris

[QUOTE=chris4501;2215932]hey,

your avatar is spooky.......:lol:

beers :beer:

Soo...

How did the beta tests go? ;)

I for one am so ready for this SC to come out... just found this post today and read all 218 pages... Still think that THIS SC is the FI kit that I want. Love the idea of it!! Cant wait for more info. Good luck RP on the beta tests... hope everything works out good. cant wait for some dyno figures, and more pics of install. Cant say enough about this. Absolutely fascinating... ugh whered my spell checking thing go?? lol

The Rx-8 is here to stay, and this compressor is clearly better than everything on the market. Be patient, the rewards will just come a little later, they'll come for sure.
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White Widow Seeds

abbid: you're STILL hanging onto hope that this will come out???? :icon_no2:

Jedi, "Your lack of faith disturbs me" Can you feel the pressure on your neck?
And remember my son works with Darth Vader.