8 Cylinder Rotary
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8 Cylinder Rotary
Ha Ha was reading the Newark Star Ledger a local newpaper here in NJ and saw an ad from a car dealership which had as one of the options on the RX-8 an "8 cylinder rotary" Was wondering if this is a special edition?
Ok back to reading my paper...
Ok back to reading my paper...
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Here's my 'my Rx-has x cylinders story:'
In 1989, I was in the military, playing mechanic. we suddenly get this transfer from another career field to be my new BOSS. This guy's a pencil pusher-turned-mech.
He thought his brand-new Rx-7 had six cylinders. He refused to belive me when I told him no, just two tiny tringles spinning around a central shaft.
Moron. What's worse, he told me 'he couldn't afford the rotary so I went for the base model with six cylinders.'
If you're reading this, *******, the bad review you and your non-mechanically inclined atrophied mind of yours left me at E-4 for 2 more years than would have been expected. Every single Rx-anything EVER made has *never* had pistons.
Sorry, had to vent.. but getting slammed like that by such a moron boils my blood today still.
You readin', Sgt Jackson? How's your six-banger? Fried, probably, judging by how ham-fisted you were back then. Oh I hope you roasted it till it hurt REAL bad. Wankels and people with -30 IQs don't mix at all.
In 1989, I was in the military, playing mechanic. we suddenly get this transfer from another career field to be my new BOSS. This guy's a pencil pusher-turned-mech.
He thought his brand-new Rx-7 had six cylinders. He refused to belive me when I told him no, just two tiny tringles spinning around a central shaft.
Moron. What's worse, he told me 'he couldn't afford the rotary so I went for the base model with six cylinders.'
If you're reading this, *******, the bad review you and your non-mechanically inclined atrophied mind of yours left me at E-4 for 2 more years than would have been expected. Every single Rx-anything EVER made has *never* had pistons.
Sorry, had to vent.. but getting slammed like that by such a moron boils my blood today still.
You readin', Sgt Jackson? How's your six-banger? Fried, probably, judging by how ham-fisted you were back then. Oh I hope you roasted it till it hurt REAL bad. Wankels and people with -30 IQs don't mix at all.
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The salesman should be fired.
I would have called in the car's licencse plate # to the cops in a heart beat if I had seen it happen. No one should drive 132 mph on a public road. In a car they haven't driven before. Ridiculous.
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Uh, BasenjiGuy...am I missing something here or did you reply to the wrong thread? Or do you have a Monty Python sense of humor?
Wow, a 4 rotor Subaru WRX SVX, XYZ, PDQ. Rare indeed.
Wow, a 4 rotor Subaru WRX SVX, XYZ, PDQ. Rare indeed.
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this is my first rotary engine, too all the past owners this is going to be a dumb ? so please take it easy on me and enlightin me. since we have 2 rotors spinning how is this an 8cylinder since we dont have pistons thanks
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You've got pistons that control the clutch (master and slave), you've got pistons for the brakes (master and 4 for the wheels). I don't know where the other one is but it's somewhere.
You know, we haven't argued about whether this is a 1.3 L engine or a 2.6 L engine in a while. Let's do that again. I say it's a 2.6 L engine.
You know, we haven't argued about whether this is a 1.3 L engine or a 2.6 L engine in a while. Let's do that again. I say it's a 2.6 L engine.
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this is my first rotary engine, too all the past owners this is going to be a dumb ? so please take it easy on me and enlightin me. since we have 2 rotors spinning how is this an 8cylinder since we dont have pistons thanks
Here's a good overview
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm
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2.6 vs 1.3
I say it's a 1.3 and every other engine on the road that only displaces half of it's displacement per revolution is wrong.
that 4.6 liter mustang should really be a 2.3.
that 4.6 liter mustang should really be a 2.3.
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In Latin the V is also the U. I have struggled with the SVX since it's inception because every time I see one I want to yell out YOU SUCK! Not that I think it's a bad car (I really don't know much about it) but only because of the name.
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