I am not a rotor fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do give credit where credit is due.
Rotors can be made to go very hard at a reasonable cost, both in naturally aspirated and turbo forms, the biggest draw back for me is the noise factor and that is why I would never want one on the street. As a race car engine though, they are very hard to beat in terms of performance per dollar. This is why you see so many cars inc escorts, corollas, datsuns being powered by rotors in sports sedans. Lets face it, they put out big horsepower and weigh very little (good for car balance). I race with guys how are running RX-7's (Series 1,2 &3) and guys in RX3's who are punching out over 300bhp from peripheral ported 12a's and bridgeported 13b's. These cars constantly beat big horsepower commodores and Torana's (500bhp+) at horsepower circuits such as Eastern Creek and Phillip Island. As I said I'm not a rotor fan (I run an FJ20DE) but they are a competitive, but noisy, option. But for god's sake, don't wreck a 1600 with one. Drop in an SR or FJ turbo. For street use this would have to be a better option, wouldn't it? You may even be able to talk to your passengers - if they are game to get in. Just my thoughts on this quiet Tuesday afternoon. Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Friedrichs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: RE: WHY SO QUIET? > Cheap performance only, not for a reliable race / street car. Would anyone > be dumb enough to drive any distance with one? Like around Australia, I > haven't met a rotorhead that would. Don't get me wrong they are great for > young dudes so you can kane a quick car for a small amount of dollars, but > they could never compare to a pistony. The are not an effiecient design in > terms of the energy of fuel you put in compared to the power output. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shane McManus [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:38 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: WHY SO QUIET? > > > > rotaries are good > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: damien cm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2001 15:57 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: WHY SO QUIET? > > > > > > > > I think some people are intimidated by the high RPM and brittle > > accelaration of the RE. > > > > > > > > >From: "nat P." > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: WHY SO QUIET? > > >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:38:19 -0800 (PST) > > > > > >I hate it as well! > > >Cheers nat > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > > >your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > > >or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > > > > >--membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > >OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > >Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > >http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > >http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _____ > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > <http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_etl_EN.asp>. > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
