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A little over sarcastic much? You need to let him off a little....
You can't expect me not to join the fun.
My stock NA RX-7 shooting flames.
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You can't expect me not to join the fun.
Joey D
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Here's proof about reliability:
The faumose 24 hour race:Long race
Winner of 24 hour race:787B (Mazda 4 rotor)
How: Great Reliability (Rotary).Wich means less time going into the pistop and more time on the track.
Also, how did the Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8 win In the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona? Because its a Rotary.
Not trying to showoff or anything but, its true.
My rx7 has about 145,000 miles on it and it turns on really quick, and runs great too.
You guys should see Jay Lenos's Garage show on the internet, and see his Mazda Cosmo.
Actually these guys have something to say about winning LeMans properly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_R8_(race_car)
ROAD_DOGG33J
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There are more important things than the amount of moving parts that can contribute to reliability.
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Just the fact that you didn't know what a catalytic converter was or even know how to spell it just lets me know that you know nothing about mechanics. It also suggests that you aren't even old enough to drive. You are barking up the wrong tree on this forum when wanting to argue about mechanics in general. There are some very smart ones here on the subject, I have my ASE's myself and worked as a mechanic for several years. Im really surprised famine hasn't shut your non valid points up by now
McLaren
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Just the fact that you didn't know what a catalytic converter was or even know how to spell it just lets me know that you know nothing about mechanics. It also suggests that you aren't even old enough to drive. You are barking up the wrong tree on this forum when wanting to argue about mechanics in general. There are some very smart ones here on the subject, I have my ASE's myself and worked as a mechanic for several years. Im really surprised famine hasn't shut your non valid points up by now
That's because Famine likes the folks who make a bit more sense, and will try and prove him wrong.
sLg
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WRONG!
A piston engine has more pistons. If one fails and the rest still work, then you can get it repaired.
If a rotary engine's single rotary fails, you're screwed.
PWNT!!!!!
Also, the catastrophic conflagration is, I believe, what happens in SoCal every year, and would be very bad to have in an engine. (yeah I know, I'm late)
A piston engine has more pistons. If one fails and the rest still work, then you can get it repaired.
If a rotary engine's single rotary fails, you're screwed.
PWNT!!!!!
Also, the catastrophic conflagration is, I believe, what happens in SoCal every year, and would be very bad to have in an engine. (yeah I know, I'm late)
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Eh, not really, the cylinder might not fire, and the engine would most likely still run, but if the piston "fails" the rest of the engine is pretty much screwed.
And a typical rotary engine has 2 rotors, not a single rotary.
Even still, you can usually repair either of these engines.
I think you "PWNT" yourself there bud.
@tfujiwara: "Knowing" about drifting and tuning still requires you to know how a car works. I think you just know about drifting and tuning, but not really about what goes into them, since the only real difference is that one way you just repair what is broken, and in the drifting or tuning world you just replace those parts with better ones, but you still need to know how everything works or you won't be able to understand why doing something improves the car, or why do it at all.
EDIT: In fact, it takes more knowledge to be able to take something, figure out how to improve it, and actually build or design a part that works better, and understand why it works better. In general repair, the real reason you need to know about cars is mainly to diagnose a problem, fixing it usually requires little more than the ability to use the tools required for the job.
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You actually need to know even more about general car knowledge when dealing with tunning cars and or drifting. You think not knowing about a car will allow you to be able to pull an intake and put a new one on? No. What about changing that timing belt? No. General knowledge is the base for everything else that is learned, your digging a deeper hole by the keystroke...
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sorry for not editing but....
all this arguing just because of my signature.
Can we just stop
You like what you like, I dont have to love pistons as much as you guys. I'm just a Rotary fan. Rotarys are cool if you know what there made of.
all this arguing just because of my signature.
Can we just stop
You like what you like, I dont have to love pistons as much as you guys. I'm just a Rotary fan. Rotarys are cool if you know what there made of.
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It's not the fact that there is a difference in engine interests, it's the fact that your arguments are absolutely ridiculous. You claim to have great knowledge when in reality you seem to be completely ignorant to even basic mechanical knowledge.
If you don't want to have an argument over your sig then I would suggest you change it. Some of the best cars in the world use a V8 engine. Name me 10 different famous race cars that use a rotary engine.
If you don't want to have an argument over your sig then I would suggest you change it. Some of the best cars in the world use a V8 engine. Name me 10 different famous race cars that use a rotary engine.
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There are no top 10 cars with rotarys because the only cars with rotarys are all from mazdas( not all mazdas) but, there was a car that was one of the best sports cars in the world with a rotary and that is the 1st generationof the rx-7.That car had it all.
Great air dynamic, perfect weight and well.... almost everything a sports car could have.
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I know exactly what Rotary engines are made of. And I know how they work, and I know the benefits of them too, probably better than you do.
I think Rotary engines are very cool, I like them, a lot, but they are simply not more reliable (with everything else equal) than most (if not all) LS V8 engines.
It's not arguing, it's just us telling you, and you being stubborn to accept the facts.
EDIT: What makes the first generation RX-7 one of the best sports cars in the world? For some reason I don't recall hearing much about that car when talking about the best sports cars of the world.
If you can PROVE me wrong, go ahead, I'm waiting. Make sure to use facts, not opinions.
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I need time to tell you cause I gots to go to sleep.
UUUAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
Are you kidding me? You sound like an 11 year old!!!!!!
Just say it and admit that "you know nothing about cars"!!! I mean, all your fact always lead to a dead end, so are you proving a point or are you just plain retarded (I doubt you don't even know that word) But I just want to point out a few things:Only the name and sound of the engine is cool, everything else....... much less. Try spending on the engine every few years and see how "cool" your wallet is. Probably be better getting an inline/straight 4 than a rotary.....
Okay............ do you know who built the first rotary engine?
(don't cheat) The first gen. RX-7 wasn't all that spectacular when it first came out. The 13B powered RX-7s were the one that is famous......Oh yeah, the video on the first post was from January 2004. So much for not noticing it......
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I cant talk right now I have free time using the computer in school.
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