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[speed junkie]

I was a bit vague

A bit?

Solution? More airflow. Suddenly, you can make more torque at a higher RPM, making more power.

So there's cams and specially designed intake and exhaust runners. Tell me something I didn't know.


Anyways...

 

[Rotary Junkie]

So there's cams and specially designed intake and exhaust runners. Tell me something I didn't know.

Oh, I thought you were the one trying to tell me something I didn't know.

My bad, bro.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Rotaries have the huge advantage of no valves to block airflow. So VE is comparably high

Rotaries have the huge disadvantage of not having a 90* angle, ever, on the eccentric shaft. Piston engines have much more leverage, mechanically, on the crank shaft. So naturally they will make more torque.

Also, remember most rotaries are 1.3 liters or smaller. This, too, also has a negative impact on torque. What happens when you build a bigger rotary? Interesting things:

http://blogs.mustangmonthly.com/6608956/miscellaneous/the-mustang-that-went-hmmmm/index.html

How about 185hp and 192ft*lbs of torque (at a not so stratospheric 3700rpm) from a 240 cubic inch 2 rotor, in the 1960s. Just shy of the factory 289 V8.

 

[Rue]

Is that the Lindner Nocker low-drag XKE? The one that killed four people and had 1,000 hours put into the bodywork resto.? It certainly looks like it. An amazing car indeed.

 

[TheCracker]

Is that the Lindner Nocker low-drag XKE? The one that killed four people and had 1,000 hours put into the bodywork resto.? It certainly looks like it. An amazing car indeed.

Could be the Linder Nocker E-Type, but could also be one of the many replicas Nocking about (see what i did there?)

 

[Glubags]

6-rotor

Lord almighty. I need to hear that.

 

[speed junkie]

Oh, I thought you were the one trying to tell me something I didn't know.

My bad, bro.

And I'm sure you did know, so fair enough

 

[Keef]

Also, remember most rotaries are 1.3 liters or smaller. This, too, also has a negative impact on torque. What happens when you build a bigger rotary? Interesting things:

http://blogs.mustangmonthly.com/6608956/miscellaneous/the-mustang-that-went-hmmmm/index.html

How about 185hp and 192ft*lbs of torque (at a not so stratospheric 3700rpm) from a 240 cubic inch 2 rotor, in the 1960s. Just shy of the factory 289 V8.

An airplane engine, lol. Rotaries used to be something you'd see occasionally in small planes, but they're very rare today. Fuel efficiency and noise are not on the rotary's side when it comes to...anything.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Noise? Aside from loud exhaust noise, rotary engines are almost silent in operation. Stand by the front of your FC at idle, you can barely hear the actual engine at all. Just a slight whirring. Rotary engines still have a pretty healthy usage in light aircraft IIRC.

 

[tfujiwara]

PPRE are doing something a little different...

And yes, it's real.

I must hear it alive.....

 

[motortrend]

This is the nicest evo I've ever seen:

 

[speed junkie]

^That is awesome!

 

[Keef]

Noise? Aside from loud exhaust noise, rotary engines are almost silent in operation. Stand by the front of your FC at idle, you can barely hear the actual engine at all. Just a slight whirring. Rotary engines still have a pretty healthy usage in light aircraft IIRC.

Obviously exhaust noise is what I was talking about.

As for rotary applications in aviation, new installs are virtually non existent. I'm sure there are legacy engines flying around but they are increasingly rare. Engine noise from small planes has become an issue in many areas of the country where cities have expanded rapidly since the general aviation boom after WW2, and drastically rising avgas prices make rotaries a terrible option for fuel efficiency.

 

[motortrend]

^Damn that looks nice, looks brand new, though the interior line things are a bit overdone.

 

[raz_10]

^Damn that looks nice, looks brand new, though the interior line things are a bit overdone.

x2

 

[Keef]

...

 

[motortrend]

 

[RocZX]

The red Audi has been posted already.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I'm pretty sure I know exactly where that Lexus in keef's post is parked. And that was before I saw the Texas plate. I believe that is the old postal service building in Fort Worth....anxiously awaiting a renovation.

 

[Rue]

Wow! I love the body mods on this GTR. From what I can see they make the car look look a lot lighter and far less chunky, at least visually. Any more pics? I'd like to see the front...

 

[Dennisch]

With such camber cars look like they need some sort of therapy.
Down-syndrome for cars.

 

[Slick Rick]

Love the pinstripe interior in the Lexus, something different!

 

[CodeRedR51]

This is the nicest evo I've ever seen:

Agreed.

So far ^^^ This > Everything else on the page so far.

Great fitment too.

 

[hemisport15]

With such camber cars look like they need some sort of therapy.
Down-syndrome for cars.

Down's Syndrome joke... Looks like you have no taste when it comes to cars and jokes. 👎

There's less camber when the cars air up too.

Love the pinstripe interior in the Lexus, something different!

I'm pretty sure it's a factory option in Japan and very hard to source too.

Great fitment too.

This. Although I feel like he could have ran a bigger tire on it, but I'm no expert on that stuff.

And now my contribution.

Meaty.

 

[Dennisch]

Down's Syndrome joke... Looks like you have no taste when it comes to cars and jokes. 👎

Or just not your taste. Cry much?

 

[hemisport15]

Or just not your taste. Cry much?

Crying? Haha yea I'm balling my eyes out right now over the whole thing. Takes a real hard ass to mock people with a genetic disorder and then call me out.

And more pics.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Need moar lower.

 

[RocZX]

 

[RPM_Online]

 

[CodeRedR51]

Pretty sure that Tundra belongs in the questionable mods thread...