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Old 03-14-2007 | 08:28 PM
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4 rotor

imagine one in the 8
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Old 03-14-2007 | 08:34 PM
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woah... that would b nice, but of course impractical
Old 03-14-2007 | 08:39 PM
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Old 03-14-2007 | 08:44 PM
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imagine 3 miles per gallon on race gas if i remember correctly.
Old 03-14-2007 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by p-trix
imagine one in the 8
I do all the time.





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Old 03-14-2007 | 09:31 PM
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man i love the video of the man in new zealand who has a n/a 4 rotor in his rx7. sounds like pure sex

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Old 03-14-2007 | 09:37 PM
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four rotor rx7, 500+hp, on pump gas

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1362252051

Old 03-14-2007 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by N rider89
sounds like pure sex
Hell yes!

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Old 03-15-2007 | 12:08 AM
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I'd be satisfied if i got a Renesis 2-rotor in my MX-5
Old 03-15-2007 | 03:39 AM
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I'd be satisfied if I got pure sex.
Old 03-15-2007 | 04:09 AM
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I'd hit it!
Old 03-15-2007 | 04:26 AM
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Help me here guys -
The engine has 3 cycles so you could have up to 3 rotors, each giving more push between the cycles of the other two - but when you get to 4 would they all be set on the same start point, just making the shaft turn more powerfully, or would you do three and one repeating the same stroke of the first?
Or two and two on the same point?

With all the rotations of the drive shaft, it seems to me the big deal would be the problem of trying to get the engine spins and the wheels turns in closer synch - more of a transmission problem - also the little belt drive for the generator and the generator turning capacity seems to be a rate limiting step - it is still trying to be run by a pistion engine belt rather than a direct 1:1 drive.....
Old 03-15-2007 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by CohdeyTakahashi
Originally Posted by N rider89
sounds like pure sex
Hell yes!

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What the hell are you people copulating with?!?!?!
Old 03-15-2007 | 06:40 AM
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i've seen that car many times N Rider, it sounds great in real life and seems so effortless when it runs the 1/4mile
Old 03-15-2007 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rotor_man
i've seen that car many times N Rider, it sounds great in real life and seems so effortless when it runs the 1/4mile
damn you
Old 03-15-2007 | 06:26 PM
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hell ya that is cool. What did he do- just bolt two 13b's together with a custom e-shaft?
Old 03-15-2007 | 11:51 PM
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is that the 787b?
Old 03-16-2007 | 03:11 AM
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i'm not fully sure chickenwafer but as far as i know thats pretty much what he did!
Old 03-16-2007 | 08:20 AM
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yes, Kiwi racing sales a kit to bold toghether 2 13b or even make a 20b out of 13b parts
Old 03-16-2007 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by dillsrotary
imagine 3 miles per gallon on race gas if i remember correctly.
I think it was 4.0 - 4.5 in lemans, so they had a slight advantage over the piston cars in fuel economy.

you wouldn't be driving around town that way... people get single digit numbers tracking their RX-8 too.
Old 03-16-2007 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by p-trix
imagine one in the 8
0mG I was s0 plannin 0n putTing 0ne iN my MaD JdM Tyte C1v1c y0!
Old 03-16-2007 | 10:15 AM
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is that the 787b?
No, 787B has three plugs per rotor.

http://www.mazdamaniac.com/library/p...-rotor-1-5.pdf
Old 03-16-2007 | 10:30 AM
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what ever happend to baby steps?
Old 03-16-2007 | 09:46 PM
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imagine if thing was twin turbo. 500-ps NA, if he was just boosting at like 12psi he would be laying over 750-rwhp easy. Crazyness
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