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Old 11-08-2009, 05:08 PM
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50 hp Wankels seem to be the hot setup in some classes of go kart racing, here's a link to bunch of rotary powered race kart videos. These little engines haul-A: http://video.google.com/videosearch?...+rotary+wankel

From my research, the unique power curve of these rotary kart engines seems to really help karts put more power to the ground without wheel spin. The power curve of piston-type race kart engines with similar power levels tend to cause more wheel spin resulting in slower lap times.

I also learned that Norton built a rotary powered race bike back in 1993.
Suzuki made a rotary powered bike in the 70s, wasnt a big hit i think it only went for 2 years before they stopped making them. Called the RE 5, cool looking bikes but i hear the gas milage wasnt the best.
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Old 11-08-2009, 06:28 PM
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Yeah I remember seeing one of those Suzuki's around but I'd never dreamed Norton experimented with rotorys. I'd imagine some other brands of bikes did some R&D with the design too.


Back In the 70's I can remember guys saying the Wankel design would completly replace the piston engine within 20 years...
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chevy experimented with a rotary engine too for the corvette never worked out how they wanted
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Old 11-08-2009, 08:07 PM
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Hey dude your /FONT] is showing.
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Old 11-09-2009, 05:21 AM
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i know i did that on purpose

BTW that sounds wrong hehe "dude your font is showing"
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dont know squat about rotary engines memory serves me only 1 car had them here dont knowthe name
rx7?
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:06 PM
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rx7?
Rx2, Rx3, Rx4, Q100, mazda "rotary power pickup", Rx7, Euno cosmo, Rx8, Lemans racer mazda 787b and some suzuki bike had rotary engines including a crap load of lawn mowers.
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:00 PM
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LOL lawnmowers. Ahahah XD

Awesome.
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its true wankels were used in alot of things including boats and airplanes.
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Old 11-10-2009, 03:39 PM
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i wana rotary powered lawn mower! i wana see if uslmra would let me race with it!
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[QUOTE=freakboy;69801]one thing you rotary people dont have on us v8 guys is this

is that called torque by chance?

but i have to agree rotary's are cool easier to get power out of than a 4 cylinder. no pistons, no valves, no problems yeah right thats just one of the rotor tuning shops slogan around here.
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Old 11-14-2009, 03:46 PM
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one thing you rotary people dont have on us v8 guys is this

is that called torque by chance?

but i have to agree rotary's are cool easier to get power out of than a 4 cylinder. no pistons, no valves, no problems yeah right thats just one of the rotor tuning shops slogan around here.
Less of a chance for failure then a i/c engine but comes down to to tuning just like any other engine
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Old 11-14-2009, 03:47 PM
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Yes and they dont have diesel rotorys and i cant work on a rotary it confuses me to badly ill stick with any carbed v8! I know how carbs work...kinda. anything fuel injected makes my head hurt.
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Old 11-25-2009, 05:50 PM
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They actually do have a diésel rotary and there aré carbed rotarys being raced dude building it is moré simple then a pistón engine but tuning is a biotch.
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