2.6l 4 Rotor 500hp Rotary N/a
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Boston5761
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it's still impressive. i love the sound.
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amazing.
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man, if I were to stand next to that thing I would both cream and s*** my pants at the same time.
UnNaturalinc
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pluto316 said:
You're going to get flamed by the rotorheads who will refuse to believe their engines are twice as large as said to be. haha
Have you read Dave Coleman's (of SCC magazine) take on this subject? He spelled out the rotary displacement thing pretty good a few years back. I think the article was published shortly after the RX-8 release.
Basically he said in the "4-stroke world/mentality" we live in the claimed displacement of Mazda rotary engines would be doubled. It's only what Mazda claims it to be if being thought of as a 2-stroke works.
I have a rotary powered car myself and could really care less what it is either way. :shrug;
UnNaturalinc
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I've seen that video many times before... And I just don't get the point of making it that hard on yourself to build a fast car. You can easily get 500hp out of a turbo 13B REW motor… There’s even more room than that.
So why make all that extra work trying to fit an engine that's near double the length of stock and getting everything lined and running to have the same amount of power? A 500hp car that size and weight w/ being a stock body would not even net a very impressive time on the track if you think about it. Well, it’d obviously be very fast, but not very impressive for the amount of time invested is what I mean.
I’d love to see pics of that engine bay though.
So why make all that extra work trying to fit an engine that's near double the length of stock and getting everything lined and running to have the same amount of power? A 500hp car that size and weight w/ being a stock body would not even net a very impressive time on the track if you think about it. Well, it’d obviously be very fast, but not very impressive for the amount of time invested is what I mean.
I’d love to see pics of that engine bay though.
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HorsepowerFreak said:
To be different..... what's the fun in having a cookie cutter car? I mean the damn thing runs 10 sec quarters....there's turbo fd guys not running those times. too each their own, i would take a big block chevette over a blown camaro any day...it's called enjoying your hobby an bringing new things to the plate.
UnNaturalinc
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Boston5761 said:
A 500hp+ 13B powered FD is in by no means a cookie cutter for starters.
What do you mean there's FD's not running that time? That doesnt even make sense. Stock body FD's have run 10's (and faster) plenty of times with the 13B motors. 10's is fast, but not even at the professional racing level of speed. That's just a quick weekend car is what that is.
There's a difference between being different and being completely inefficient.
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Boston5761
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HorsepowerFreak said:
I didn't say there's never been a fd run those times.
Who cares if it's "inefficient" it's a race car...... Second the fd's weren't efficient really from the start...have you seen those cars after 100k an what happens to the rat's nest of vacuum lines, etc? those cars run hot as **** under the hood.
UnNaturalinc
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Boston5761 said:
LOL, I can't believe you said that.
What's the rats nest of lines have to do with anything here? Yes, it's a nightmare. I think it's something like 72'. I don't see the connection of that to wasting time building a car that's not even that fast. Dealing with that line is MUCH easier any day than having to get a 4 rotor built and running. 10's is in no way fast/impressive for that much time, work, and money.
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HorsepowerFreak said:
An when you use the word inefficient...what exactly do you mean. I mean a car that gets two mpg's to some would be inefficient, but who cares it's a race car..its not suppose to get good gas mileage. that's what i meant.
what ever man, all i was trying to do is share a video i found that i thought was interesting.
can we move on?
