caber
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| posted on 28/8/05 at 11:01 PM |
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Wankel engines
What donors are there around with rotary engines and suitable transmissions for a locost?
TIA
Caber
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stevebubs
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| posted on 28/8/05 at 11:42 PM |
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RX7
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mookaloid
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 05:14 AM |
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very short list
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vorn
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 07:48 AM |
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Dont forget mazda cosmo!!
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caber
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 08:36 AM |
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Mazda cosmo? Was this avaiable in the UK if so what was it called?
TIA
Caber
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vorn
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 10:01 AM |
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Dont think it was , they were a late 80s jap import into new zealand , the best thing is they were 12a turbo , if they are in the uk they would of
been called a 929 I think
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ewanspence
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 10:06 AM |
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was that mazda similar to the NSU RO80
nsu ro80
Ewan.
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http://www.geocities.com/ewanspence/
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 03:29 PM |
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altho , if you get the right cosmo import youll have a nice triple rotor and single turbo a la 20B - a nice 450 hp !!
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Mark18
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 09:04 PM |
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A few cars have had rotaries there was a Citroen that had one, also a Lada but I think they all were FWD.
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 09:43 PM |
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IIRC the NSU RO80 came along before Mazda started on their rotary engined cars. Not sure if they sold the rights to Mazda or not? I seem to remember
something of the sort when I bought an RX 7 back in '82. Great little car.
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/8/05 at 11:45 PM |
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Norton even put a rotary engine in a bike. See here
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 30/8/05 at 07:20 AM |
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And Suzuki and a few more here: RE 5
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krlthms
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| posted on 2/9/05 at 05:40 AM |
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Look here:
http://www.monito.com/wankel/aircraft.html
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Arthur Dent
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| posted on 6/9/05 at 06:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark18
A few cars have had rotaries there was a Citroen that had one, also a Lada but I think they all were FWD.
Mark
Most of the Citroens were recalled and crushed. The Ladas were rwd and mostly a copy of the Mazda stuff. Lada even built some four rotor powered
tanks!
The only really decent source for rotary engines is the Rx-7. Most everything else is too obscure (Lada, Citroen, etc) or unreliable (NSU, early 70s
Mazda).
'The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go
wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.' Douglas Adams
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chrisg
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| posted on 6/9/05 at 08:19 PM |
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**snigger**
He said Wankel
Cheers
Chris
(Oh grow up)
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