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Old 05-02-2008, 03:50 PM   #12
Barry Bordes
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Originally Posted by phoenix7 View Post
"Improvements in the cooling system brought the maximum temperatures of the rotor housing trochodial wall to below 410*F. But the final improvement was the redesign of the housing itself. The bosses for the tension bolts which held the engine together were relieved from the inner wall of the housing, thereby relieving part of the mechanical restrictions on the part that gets the hottest. Repeated testing after this improvement produced no more cracks in the housing."
Phoenix7, do you have pictures of how "The bosses for the tension bolts which held the engine together were relieved from the inner wall of the housing". Were they severed completely? The housing wall just floated? For how far?

Very Interesting, Barry
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