Just stumbled across this while looking for somthing for me.
dont think its a bad price esp if you sell everything you dont need
You could do very well out of that if you're wanting to go rotary, jus so long as the engine's OK & the diff aint been damaged with the suspension being pushed over.
tongue in cheek,.. fuel pump capability. Friends RX8 turns in less than 20mpg, and uses pleanty of oil....
nice idea, but I guess that the sealing arrangement wears out making it less efficient and oil thirsty
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the reason why they use oil is because the engine injects oil into the rota/combustion to give extra lube to the apex seals, it was designed in this way
Wankle is a 2 stroke engine (when all's said and done and the Brochure babble is swept aside)
It ...Needs... oil in the fuel to stay alive.. For a while :-) Which adds to the typ 2 stroke heavy fuel use.
Odd thing is, with all the necessary ancillaries attached, these are of similar weight to a piston engine.
[Edited on 24/3/11 by Bare]
They also aparently need the engine rebuilding and the 'wankle tips' replacing every 50-60k so might be worth finding out if it has had this done or could be expensive.
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Originally posted by tomgregory2000
Just stumbled across this while looking for somthing for me.
dont think its a bad price esp if you sell everything you dont need