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Old 02-20-2004, 06:11 PM
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Four Rotors?

http://www.4rotor.com/
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All non-787B (LeMans car) 4 rotor car are a custom affair. This one appears to be two 13B-rew fused together on a common eccentric shaft.

How it will fit in a FDs engine bay is beyond me. It is pretty small in there and a 4 rotor is a long engine.
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I'd never even heard of a four rotor. Of course I'm new to the rotary scene so that's not really a surprise. I just thought it was either really cool or a whole lot of BS.
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Originally posted by Sanguine_Dark
I'd never even heard of a four rotor. Of course I'm new to the rotary scene so that's not really a surprise. I just thought it was either really cool or a whole lot of BS.
The LeMans winning 787B was a four rotor powered vehicle. It is the only Japanese vehical to win LeMans. Rotary powered cars have since been banned. This is the only Mazda produced four rotor. It could be compared to a 12 or 16 cylinder piston engine, only rarer.

So yeah, it is really cool.

Here is a really cool link with some great pics of the engine from the 787B. Too bad it is in German (you can use altavista for a rough translation).
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Whoa that is a sweet engine.
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