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Rotary engines, they've got no torque, they're rubbish.

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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Rotary engines, they've got no torque, they're rubbish.

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2nd gear, wheels spinning (polished tarmac), with some tarmac tyres and a higher grip surface, it would have been a proper full blown wheelie

No torque my ****!

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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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I can do a wheelie on a moped, that has no torque either!
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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Haha, nice!!

I so thought this was going to be an insta-locked argument ridden insult throwing failthread
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by tubingchamp
I so thought this was going to be an insta-locked argument ridden insult throwing failthread

Haha, gotcha.

It sets off in 3rd with even bogging down, in fact, there's very little difference in the actual 60ft launch times from 1st-3rd gear
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dos
I can do a wheelie on a moped, that has no torque either!
Try sitting two blokes on the front mudguard and try again
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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You might be the most British poster I've ever read. hahaha. Everything from "rubbish" to "tyres" to "****" it's fantastic and like out of a cartoon. I love it.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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"tyres"

Hoy, we invented the language, it's not our fault you buggers can't use it properly!



Could be worse, at least a Yorkshire accent doesn't translate in text, or it'd be:

"The' bluddy rowtris, they ant got no tork, they're sheite!"

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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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Wee bit of suspension work needed....



/patiently waiting for the 16X so we can build a 3-rotor....

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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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404 Error: Torque not found.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Transam kid 01
404 Error: Torque not found.

Get him lads!
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by PhillipM
"tyres"

Hoy, we invented the language, it's not our fault you buggers can't use it properly!



Could be worse, at least a Yorkshire accent doesn't translate in text, or it'd be:

"The' bluddy rowtris, they ant got no tork, they're sheite!"
Please type like that anyway, just for our entertainment. Nice car though, although engine pics are required.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Is that an Ariel Atom in the background?
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Oh, you like some rotary torque eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjFv...eature=related
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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haha. glad my car doesn't do that... exiting corners under the throttle would be tricky!
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Socket7
Is that an Ariel Atom in the background?
Yes, he broke it though, by falling off the edge of the track and hitting a slight pothole, the supension design lets the rockers that activate the dampers go over centre on a big bump = jammed suspension, chassis on the floor and bent metal.

Pretty dumb really, £2.50-worth of bumpstop would stop it doing it.

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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 06:54 AM
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haha. glad my car doesn't do that... exiting corners under the throttle would be tricky!
Haha, we've got individual fiddle brakes to each wheel - I can turn it faster when it's doing that trick than when the front wheels are on the floor
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:02 AM
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Actually, the Romans invented it (Latin root) , but you speak it far better than do we here in the colonies.

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"tyres"

Hoy, we invented the language, it's not our fault you buggers can't use it properly!



Could be worse, at least a Yorkshire accent doesn't translate in text, or it'd be:

"The' bluddy rowtris, they ant got no tork, they're sheite!"
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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Well, given it's a polyglot from German, French, a few others, that was blended with Latin, I guess technically, pretty much everybody in Europe invented it...
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Marklar
Oh, you like some rotary torque eh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjFv...eature=related
Turbos are cheating
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:26 AM
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Latin root with significant Anglo-Saxon and [French] Normandic influence. It's a poly-glutenous mess, which is I guess why it's so hard for others to speak/write/comprehend.

On the plus side it's pretty easy to pick up German given that strong influence and contextual similarity.

Tire, tyre, it's all rubber.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 08:29 AM
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They're round, black and smoke when sideways. Sorted.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Transam kid 01
404 Error: Torque not found.
500: Internal Engine Error
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