Feel of a Rotary Engine
12-19-2007, 01:31 PM
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The devil made me do it
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Holy crap is this an old thread. At least we know one person uses the search around here. Sheesh. However, on topic...the main feeling that I get from my 8 is the endless power curve. In a piston engine you can feel it sorta die off after 5K RPM...in an 8 you are just getting started at 7.5K.
12-19-2007, 02:34 PM
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^^^that´s a VERY good definition.
And apart from that, such an small and light engine allows an almost midship placement with a very low yaw inertia moment meaning extraordinay handling.
jird20
And apart from that, such an small and light engine allows an almost midship placement with a very low yaw inertia moment meaning extraordinay handling.
jird20
12-19-2007, 05:04 PM
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The RX-8 is missed
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this doesn't have to do with "sound", more "feel", i let a friend drive it and he kept shifting at like 7k, i had to "coach" him, even though he was older and had driven a lot of cars and bikes for that matter, to hold on to each gear! he loved it, he just couldn't believe it revved so high - he also said he felt it had more torque than he thought it would...
12-19-2007, 05:16 PM
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this doesn't have to do with "sound", more "feel", i let a friend drive it and he kept shifting at like 7k, i had to "coach" him, even though he was older and had driven a lot of cars and bikes for that matter, to hold on to each gear! he loved it, he just couldn't believe it revved so high - he also said he felt it had more torque than he thought it would...
12-19-2007, 07:03 PM
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This is no small point. The 'feel' is why so many people criticize the 8 as being 'slow'. For some it doesn't give their butt-dyno that sense of acceleration that they equate with speed. Of course most of us know otherwise.
To me it feels like a silky smooth turbine (well, above idle anyways).
To me it feels like a silky smooth turbine (well, above idle anyways).
12-19-2007, 08:10 PM
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Its such a smooth sounding/feeling motor. Just sitting in the car in neutral you feel no shake or vibration. The RX-8 is my first rotary, though I did get to ride in my friends RX-7 which was a little rougher feeling (but the motor was rebuilt).
Jeremy Clarkson says it best... "It doesn't feel likes its running on anything as course and vulgar as petrol. Feels like its running on double cream!"
Jeremy Clarkson says it best... "It doesn't feel likes its running on anything as course and vulgar as petrol. Feels like its running on double cream!"
12-19-2007, 10:31 PM
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Vtak just kicked in yo!!
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To be honest, I feel like the uniqueness of the rotary is the feeling you get mentally. Its just the adrenaline rush of a blender like sound and watching your tach climb to 9K as youre taking a corner at 62 mph in second!!! Thats the unique feel of the rotary to me, otherwise it just feels like a lack of torque 
12-20-2007, 12:38 AM
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