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Mar 14, 2007 | 07:28 PM

p-trix

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4 rotor

imagine one in the 8

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Mar 14, 2007 | 07:34 PM

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woah... that would b nice, but of course impractical

Mar 14, 2007 | 07:39 PM

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It will never be legal. So stop dreaming.

Mar 14, 2007 | 07:44 PM

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imagine 3 miles per gallon on race gas if i remember correctly.

Mar 14, 2007 | 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by p-trix

imagine one in the 8

I do all the time.

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Mar 14, 2007 | 08:31 PM

N rider89

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man i love the video of the man in new zealand who has a n/a 4 rotor in his rx7. sounds like pure sex

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Mar 14, 2007 | 08:37 PM

N rider89

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four rotor rx7, 500+hp, on pump gas

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1362252051

Mar 14, 2007 | 09:19 PM

Cody Red

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Originally Posted by N rider89

sounds like pure sex

Hell yes!

-Cody

Mar 14, 2007 | 11:08 PM

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I'd be satisfied if i got a Renesis 2-rotor in my MX-5

Mar 15, 2007 | 02:39 AM

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I'd be satisfied if I got pure sex.

Mar 15, 2007 | 03:09 AM

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I'd hit it!

Mar 15, 2007 | 03:26 AM

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From: In the hills between San Miguel and Parkfield - "up in the boonie lands", Central Coast of California, Wine Country

Help me here guys -
The engine has 3 cycles so you could have up to 3 rotors, each giving more push between the cycles of the other two - but when you get to 4 would they all be set on the same start point, just making the shaft turn more powerfully, or would you do three and one repeating the same stroke of the first?
Or two and two on the same point?

With all the rotations of the drive shaft, it seems to me the big deal would be the problem of trying to get the engine spins and the wheels turns in closer synch - more of a transmission problem - also the little belt drive for the generator and the generator turning capacity seems to be a rate limiting step - it is still trying to be run by a pistion engine belt rather than a direct 1:1 drive.....

Mar 15, 2007 | 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CohdeyTakahashi

Quote:

Originally Posted by N rider89

sounds like pure sex

Hell yes!

-Cody

What the hell are you people copulating with?!?!?!

Mar 15, 2007 | 05:40 AM

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i've seen that car many times N Rider, it sounds great in real life and seems so effortless when it runs the 1/4mile

Mar 15, 2007 | 03:59 PM

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i've seen that car many times N Rider, it sounds great in real life and seems so effortless when it runs the 1/4mile

damn you

Mar 15, 2007 | 05:26 PM

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hell ya that is cool. What did he do- just bolt two 13b's together with a custom e-shaft?

Mar 15, 2007 | 10:51 PM

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is that the 787b?

Mar 16, 2007 | 02:11 AM

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i'm not fully sure chickenwafer but as far as i know thats pretty much what he did!

Mar 16, 2007 | 07:20 AM

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yes, Kiwi racing sales a kit to bold toghether 2 13b or even make a 20b out of 13b parts

Mar 16, 2007 | 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dillsrotary

imagine 3 miles per gallon on race gas if i remember correctly.

I think it was 4.0 - 4.5 in lemans, so they had a slight advantage over the piston cars in fuel economy.

you wouldn't be driving around town that way... people get single digit numbers tracking their RX-8 too.