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Old 10-15-2010, 12:49 AM
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I Would like to learn more about rotory

I would like to know where you go for education in learning how to rebuild rotory engines?
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Japan? haha no....i don't know if there's a solid place to get instruction really. I'm sure there's plenty of self learning tools.

Your best bet is to find a blow engine for a couple hundred dollars and rip it apart....I want to do this one day myself!
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^ Where do I sign up? Would this include the tuning seminar? I missed the chance to get in on the last seminar do to a hectic schedule but this sounds very interesting. My vacation renews in March
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Become an apprentice in workshop specialized in rotary engine rebuild/tuning.
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Not sure if this book will answer all your questions but it is amazingly interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Rotary-...ref=pd_sim_b_4

I was an hour late to work today because I couldn't stop reading it.


You can preview the book here

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Originally Posted by Agent XY
Not sure if this book will answer all your questions but it is amazingly interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Rotary-...ref=pd_sim_b_4

I was an hour late to work today because I couldn't stop reading it.

Thanks, I am knee deep in a tuning book MM recommended but thanks for the link, I just ordered that one too
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Originally Posted by Agent XY
Not sure if this book will answer all your questions but it is amazingly interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/Street-Rotary-...ref=pd_sim_b_4

I was an hour late to work today because I couldn't stop reading it.
got that book a lonnng while ago, read it so many times that I can probably read it back out without looking

Im up to some other books now ... hoho
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Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
It is rather ironic for this question to come up right now as I was just talking to my new business partner about an all-inclusive "Rotary School", much like the "EFI 101" class, where people fly out to AZ and we do a 3-4 day class on proper rotary building, and so forth.

I suppose this thread could be used to gauge interest, if the OP would allow me yet another "thread-jack"......
This sounds good! Maybe we can do one here on the east coast and one on the west. Heck if we have all these meets just to watch how shinny our RX-8s are, I'm sure we can assemble some people together and tear into a blown motor!
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Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
At this point the educational module I have prepared mandates the students come to AZ and it, like everything else BHR does, will definitely be worth the money.

Imagine a class of 4-5 people learn to disassemble, measure/diagnose, and reassemble a Renesis engine. Then, we install it in an R100 racecar and hit Firebird Raceway so the class can revel in the timeslips generated by the engine they just built and each student gets to ride as a passenger for a few passes.

Why should Bob Bondurant, Roy Hill, and Richard Petty have all the fun?

How cool would that be?

that would be so sick
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Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
It is rather ironic for this question to come up right now as I was just talking to my new business partner about an all-inclusive "Rotary School",
tht wouldnt be Paul Y would it?I noticed you mentioned him in a couple threads recently If so would he still be willing build some wheels?


*insert here a pic of Paul's wheel design for the RX-8 when i can find the pic*



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And every one of the guys who would be instructing in our program are mentioned in Warner's book.
ahhaha i read that backwards first (all the people in the book would be instructing) and thought " ray has lost his mind there is like 50 people mentioned on the first page"

http://books.google.com/books?id=rhc...page&q&f=false
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Originally Posted by nycgps
got that book a lonnng while ago, read it so many times that I can probably read it back out without looking

Im up to some other books now ... hoho
Which books?

Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
At this point the educational module I have prepared mandates the students come to AZ and it, like everything else BHR does, will definitely be worth the money.

Imagine a class of 4-5 people learn to disassemble, measure/diagnose, and reassemble a Renesis engine. Then, we install it in an R100 racecar and hit Firebird Raceway so the class can revel in the timeslips generated by the engine they just built and each student gets to ride as a passenger for a few passes.

Why should Bob Bondurant, Roy Hill, and Richard Petty have all the fun?

How cool would that be?

You don't know how awesome that sounds. Bondurant is on my bucket list.
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