12 rotor. No Im not kidding. Twelve
 

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1995804_n.jpg

thank you Paul for the pic. Im done talking now.

it all started with this pic

http://www.rx7club.com/attachment.ph...0&d=1296921744

then later it was followed by the rest

http://www.rx7club.com/attachment.ph...5&d=1296966734

http://www.rx7club.com/attachment.ph...2&d=1298008904

http://www.rx7club.com/attachment.ph...3&d=1298008904

http://www.rx7club.com/attachment.ph...4&d=1298008904

http://www.rx7club.com/attachment.ph...6&d=1298008904

omg.

Maybe I ask what kind of engine is that ?


but seriously I am not interested in the engine anymore. I want to know her name !

1.5 mpg ??

I fail at embedding
2400 hp.... : )

Wheeeewwwwwww!!!......

Holy CLAP!

I think we would have been good with the photo of just the girl. But since you had to go and ruin it with the 12 rotor all I can say is... WTF was that guy smoking the day he dreamt up that engine?

You would need a 20 gallon tank just to run the quarter mile lol.

You would need a 20 gallon tank... but you would be there preetty damn fast.

400 HR warranty!!! AHHHHAAAAA!!! that would be the best 400 hours of my life

2400hp in a speedboat isn't really a whole lot lol

See the side panel? 400 hour warranty.

That's 16.6 days of operation.

Is it me or the housings look very oval?

So, who is going to drop one into an RX8?

/want.

ME, Im ready...

Yay more less do 20 rotors

I've got a mate with a nice big HAAS machine, and some surface grinders, and we've got got 2 engines.

I need to go engine collecting....

thats amazing. any vids?

960 cubic inches? 15.7liter rotary engine? How does that work out? 654ccx12 comes out to 7848cc. Am I missing something???

i keep thinking a nice big axial flow sc would look really good right there in the center....... or a turbo on each exhaust side.... big fat suck children in if they arent careful turbos........

oooh and i was right i was saying that it should make close to 1500 NA and he's listed it at 1440 :)

That was the first thing I thought too. This thing NEEDS boost.
Also, I wonder what it would do in a motorcycle....

Damn only a 400 hour warranty? wonder the cost

2400 supercharged
1440 NA

god damn

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Honestly I only know a little about marine engines, but a rotary does NOT seem like an ideal platform. They usually are big deisels that run at low RPMs, and even so STILL get terrible gas mileage. BTW the boat that that engine will be powering has at least a 500 gallon tank. Car people who don't deal with boats have no idea of how much fuel they consume. We're talking 0.1 miles per gallon.

And 400 hours is pretty minimal, most are at least 2-3x that duration.

Again...what a weird application for a rotary engine...

That said, that machined block, eccentric shafts, and the chick holding them are hot!

if that wasn't the biggest understatement of the year.... try 40 gallon...minimum lol

I just want to hear this thing.

Vaporize you.

If not time travel.


One of the other :dunno:

For a ship/cruiser maybe, not for a race boat, where the light weight and compact size are probably a fair old advantage.

Holy
Good
God
WHAT?!?!?

I didnt realize it was for racing applications. Then I guess it's plausible but....even so...

I'd love to see it in a boat and see how it performs

^this

I guess I should treat some of you to a 4 rotor boat to get a taste, a sample if you will of what BIG ROTARY POWER on the water behaves like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBJPg...eature=related

Paul.

Makes a lot of sense to me. Low torque isn't a problem, because high torque isn't really beneficial in the water. Horsepower is. And since the weight of the vehicle matters more when you are pushing through water instead of air, a lighter engine certainly would have plenty of advantages.



Awesome video Paul :)

Wow

meeeeee tooooooo

That's hawt.

Saw the video earlier today but thought it wasn't epitrochoid based. I guess I was wrong. Whomever thought of this must have been smoking something. Cause DAMN!!!:SHOCKED:

Whao!!!!!!

Just saw this on FB.

I didn't expect it to actually work. This is a pretty epic development in the rotary world.

That thing NA (12 rotors) = 1440hp
Renesis (2 rotors) = 232hp
232 x 6 = 1392

So per roter, it isn't that much better hahaha....

On a different note, changing the plugs on that thing would be an extremely long extremely pricey project ha.

Holy cow! That thing is ridiculous! I wonder what it spins up to?

78B Engine? lol

Mazda 4 rotor can spin up to 9k. This engine has 3 sections of 4 rotors. These rotors look to be a little smaller than the Mazda units so the rpms could be higher it needed. Given the application, I don't think it was designed for hi rpms. I would really like to hear this thing. I'm really liking this new concept because it has sooo much potential in commercial applications. All this power in a relatively small package. Hell what about top fuel drag applications?

What happened to the pics?

I just realized...
http://smith-power.com/r12

The address at the bottom...
>Looks at my location

Might go check this beast out this weekend.

I hotlinked them from a thread at 7club. they have been removed apparently.

I think there are certain circles that are wondering if they can put this in their drag car.

Now that is for the true motor boatin' son-of-a-bitch.:)