Brap brap brap brap
12-12-2007, 11:26 AM
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Re: Brap brap brap brap
Well, goddamn. That thing is the cat's ***.
In theory... me not being a Rotard and all... a multi-rotor engine based off of existing 12A or 13B parts would be as simple as approaching Eagle or the like to manufacture an eccentric (crank) shaft and bolt a couple housings together. IIRC there are no differences between housings and they just stack in place.
A 6 rotor 12A-based 3.8 liter engine wouldn't need a turbo to ---- some ---- up. Just run it rich as hell and be careful of overheating = success.
In theory... me not being a Rotard and all... a multi-rotor engine based off of existing 12A or 13B parts would be as simple as approaching Eagle or the like to manufacture an eccentric (crank) shaft and bolt a couple housings together. IIRC there are no differences between housings and they just stack in place.
A 6 rotor 12A-based 3.8 liter engine wouldn't need a turbo to ---- some ---- up. Just run it rich as hell and be careful of overheating = success.
12-12-2007, 11:33 AM
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Re: Brap brap brap brap
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Well, goddamn. That thing is the cat's ***.
In theory... me not being a Rotard and all... a multi-rotor engine based off of existing 12A or 13B parts would be as simple as approaching Eagle or the like to manufacture an eccentric (crank) shaft and bolt a couple housings together. IIRC there are no differences between housings and they just stack in place.
A 6 rotor 12A-based 3.8 liter engine wouldn't need a turbo to ---- some ---- up. Just run it rich as hell and be careful of overheating = success.
In theory... me not being a Rotard and all... a multi-rotor engine based off of existing 12A or 13B parts would be as simple as approaching Eagle or the like to manufacture an eccentric (crank) shaft and bolt a couple housings together. IIRC there are no differences between housings and they just stack in place.
A 6 rotor 12A-based 3.8 liter engine wouldn't need a turbo to ---- some ---- up. Just run it rich as hell and be careful of overheating = success.
12-12-2007, 12:04 PM
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Re: Brap brap brap brap
hey hitchhiker, you must have access to a torque converter. half an hour sounds about right to get an fc or an fb engine out, but for damn sure not an fd. but without a torque converter, good luck tearing the motor down. thats the only way you can get the main shaft bolt off. i love me a rotory engine, but the price of everything is just too high. to build a multiple rotor engine is actually pretty easy providing that you can find a place that sells a main shaft that will work. after that its just like legos, you stack more rotors on it. and you would have to find a ignition system that would work. their igntion systems have to fire 3 times as fast as a normal motor, and adding more rotors isnt helping that. thats really the main reason you mostly only see 3 rotors setup ups now. i suppose megasquirt would work if you know how to properly use it. in theory you could have a rotors spin as high rpms as you work if you had a ignition and fuel system that coukd keep up with it. but they are amazing motors, and i love telling people my car doesnt even have pistons in it and is still quicker than theirs. lol.
12-12-2007, 12:17 PM
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Re: Brap brap brap brap
If you have some of the rotors timed the same as others in the engine, you can cheat and share coil signals. Apples to orangutans comparison since I know ---- all about rotaries, but you wouldn't be able to set individual cyl corrections the way you need to anymore. Not a huge deal, just be conservative with fuel and timing which you're supposed to do with those anyway.
12-12-2007, 01:25 PM
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Re: Brap brap brap brap
Originally Posted by RotaryGeek
hey hitchhiker, you must have access to a torque converter. half an hour sounds about right to get an fc or an fb engine out, but for damn sure not an fd. but without a torque converter, good luck tearing the motor down. thats the only way you can get the main shaft bolt off. i love me a rotory engine, but the price of everything is just too high. to build a multiple rotor engine is actually pretty easy providing that you can find a place that sells a main shaft that will work. after that its just like legos, you stack more rotors on it. and you would have to find a ignition system that would work. their igntion systems have to fire 3 times as fast as a normal motor, and adding more rotors isnt helping that. thats really the main reason you mostly only see 3 rotors setup ups now. i suppose megasquirt would work if you know how to properly use it. in theory you could have a rotors spin as high rpms as you work if you had a ignition and fuel system that coukd keep up with it. but they are amazing motors, and i love telling people my car doesnt even have pistons in it and is still quicker than theirs. lol.
The only thing an FD is good for is picking up ----- and losing to bikes in the corners. FC is the only true RX7.
12-12-2007, 05:41 PM
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Re: Brap brap brap brap
Originally Posted by Hitchhikkr
One inch drive air gun FTW.
The only thing an FD is good for is picking up ----- and losing to bikes in the corners. FC is the only true RX7.
The only thing an FD is good for is picking up ----- and losing to bikes in the corners. FC is the only true RX7.
Turbo Turtle calling the impact gun a torque converter kinda threw me.
