I'm frightened

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http://www.ozlineproperties.com/flo.../media/images/other/jamboree_massiveturbo.jpg

That link should work. :) And, uh, wow. I don't know how long that rotary is going to last. I imagine that at the end of the 1/4 mile, the rotor should come flying out through the hood. It's gotta be from an 18-wheeler's turbo-diesel. I have seen bigger ones, though. As in 7 feet tall. (Diesel, of course.)

A nice image of one:
http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/PRODS/MMIIprod708.html

and the company that makes them:
http://www.manbw.com/web/viewers/news/template08.aspx?aid=350&sid=89

Mmmmm...donu^H^H^H^H^H 41,570 HP....
 
Originally posted by Hooligan
http://www.ozlineproperties.com/flo.../media/images/other/jamboree_massiveturbo.jpg

That link should work. :) And, uh, wow. I don't know how long that rotary is going to last. I imagine that at the end of the 1/4 mile, the rotor should come flying out through the hood. It's gotta be from an 18-wheeler's turbo-diesel. I have seen bigger ones, though. As in 7 feet tall. (Diesel, of course.)

Yeah - I remember standing inside a cylinder of a container ship engine at a marine engineering company that was a client of mine, thinking 'sheesh, this thing would have enough torque to tow Australia!'
 
Originally posted by 12sec. Civic
Man, youd be surprised to see how much boost a rotary can take. You would be blown away.

Oh, I've seen my share of "over"-boosted RX-7's, but it still gives me the heebie-jeebies every time. All that centripetal force just wanting to chuck the puck like a frisbee.... :D Of course, heebie-jeebies are why I don't work on cars for a living.
 
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