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Old Jul 3, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Rotary compression tester

Check this out. It's fairly cheap. Anyone building engines often (hint, hint Ray!) needs this.

http://rotarydiagnostics.com/
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Old Jul 5, 2008 | 02:19 AM
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Welcome to last year, Fred! (I figure, if its good for Moon, its good for you too! lol)

Yeah, I bought one for us quite a while ago. It does rock.
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Old Jul 5, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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So this is the one you have Jeef? We need to check my compression some time soon. I'm curious as to what it is.
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Old Jul 5, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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Yeah, I have this one:
http://rotarydiagnostics.com/model_rect-03b.htm
Whenever you feel like pulling your plugs, its really easy to check compression.
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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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What do you mean welcome to last year? A good product isn't only a good product when it first come out. I have no clue how many people have seen it. Besides, you never know who still would find it useful. I stopped playing with rotaries on a daily basis before many people here even knew what they were!
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
What do you mean welcome to last year? A good product isn't only a good product when it first come out. I have no clue how many people have seen it. Besides, you never know who still would find it useful. I stopped playing with rotaries on a daily basis before many people here even knew what they were!
I was just poking you the same way I poked Moon about stuff that I had already mentioned a year earlier.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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Should I make a list of all the things I've done with rotaries that you didn't figure out until years later? I could you know!
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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Plan on? It's already got a filter, flywheel, ignition system, and exhaust! What else do I need??? I'm still waiting to install the 8 foot stickers, body kit and lowering springs with stock rims, and insanely large exhaust tip!

Keep in mind 40 mpg makes it all worth it!
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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It's tri level actually!
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 10:04 AM
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Don't forget the neon and non-connected NOS bottle.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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You need 2 bottles because 2 is faster than 1.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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WRONG!

2 is slower then 1. 2 has a bunch of curves, but 1 is straight and sleek
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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Haven't you seen the Fast and the Furious? He needed 2 of them! That was the most technically accurate car movie ever made so it must be true.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
Should I make a list of all the things I've done with rotaries that you didn't figure out until years later? I could you know!
Yes. Please do.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
A "true" ricer will hook the nitrous tank up and actually fill it, too. However, it feeds simply to a purge kit with an LED discharge nozzle.

Purge it inside the cabin for laughs
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