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#11

12-19-2007, 10:57 AM

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lmao..i wanted to see the rotary engine... i honestly cant make ne sense of it.. expcept the alternator.. lol

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12-19-2007, 11:26 AM

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lol ohhhhhhhhhhhhh blonde moment. well there's my tiny engine that mysteriously makes alot of power lol

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12-19-2007, 11:47 AM

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i wouldnt look good with blonde hair.. lol

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12-19-2007, 11:56 AM

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i wouldn't know

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12-19-2007, 02:50 PM

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they make so much power because of the lack of moving parts.

a rotary engine is pretty much a crankshaft, and thats all.
so they can spin to really high rpms.
ive seen them go up to ~15,000rpm

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12-19-2007, 04:25 PM

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i shift at 8,000 rpms sometimes 8500 rpms. it beeps at 9,000 rpms. the rotary engine is definately unique. it's interesting how it works.

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12-19-2007, 05:29 PM

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where does ur car redline?

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12-19-2007, 08:20 PM

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ORIGINAL: SPeeDy3

lmao..i wanted to see the rotary engine... i honestly cant make ne sense of it.. expcept the alternator.. lol

The early rotory's, single 4bbl carb and little or no emissions installed(RX2's, 3's and 4's) were much easier to see, but like they said, it's a quite small, oval shapedpackage that produces the equivalent power of a 6 cylinder.
My first experience was an RX2, automatic,station wagon and I couldn't believe that anything above idle, from about 12-13k on,it just revved and pulled! And an auto to boot!! But it also sucked up some fuel too though.
Drove the thing to Philadelphia and back to northern NJ on a parts trip for an MB diesel cyl head. Not knowing anything about Wankel's at the time, I thought the thing was gonna let me sit every time I started it and this huge cloud of blue smoke poured out of the exhaust.

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12-19-2007, 11:30 PM

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i redline at 9000rpms and the fastest i've gone is 143mph

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12-19-2007, 11:45 PM

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ORIGINAL: SPeeDy3

lmao..i wanted to see the rotary engine... i honestly cant make ne sense of it.. expcept the alternator.. lol

The early rotory's, single 4bbl carb and little or no emissions installed(RX2's, 3's and 4's) were much easier to see, but like they said, it's a quite small, oval shaped package that produces the equivalent power of a 6 cylinder.
My first experience was an RX2, automatic, station wagon and I couldn't believe that anything above idle, from about 12-13k on, it just revved and pulled! And an auto to boot!! But it also sucked up some fuel too though.
Drove the thing to Philadelphia and back to northern NJ on a parts trip for an MB diesel cyl head. Not knowing anything about Wankel's at the time, I thought the thing was gonna let me sit every time I started it and this huge cloud of blue smoke poured out of the exhaust.

Lmao I could just imagine the look on your face.

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