For record breaking the FIA put rotary engines into their own groups, each
with the normal capacity class breaks. Group V for 'engines with rotative
Otto cycle with or without supercharger' and Group VI for 'engines with
rotative Otto cycle without supercharger'. This could be academic though
because on the FIA records list I've got there don't seem to be any records
established in Groups V or VI.
Mike Jenkins
----- Original Message -----
From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Cc: <dwarner@electrorent.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: Rotary Engines
> Then why do the 2 strokes run heads up.. aren't there some small engine
> liner records set with 2 strokes that had an unfair advantage?? does FIA
> also factor them as well??
> Dahlgren
>
> John Beckett wrote:
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Don't know that I disagree with your logic exactly. However
sometimes
> > progress is made in small increments. I would most certainly be in favor
of
> > changing the current factor from 3.0 to the FIA factor of 2.1. They run
> > these engines frequently in endurance events around the world and feel
the
> > 2.1 factor is fair (relative term).
> > That would make a 13B equal to 2746cc and for us an "F". That's the
> > equivalent of bumping it up two engine classes. The current factor or
3.0 is
> > probably why we don't see more of these engines on the salt.
> >
> > John Beckett, LSR #79, E/FCC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "dahlgren" <dahlgren@uconect.net>
> > To: <DrMayf@aol.com>
> > Cc: <dwarner@electrorent.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: Rotary Engines (was Re: New Category)
> >
> > > If the technology is better than a piston engine whats that got to do
> > > with anything???? do we have a handicap for a twin cam engine ?? How
> > > about a hemi handicap how would that go over.. i think everyone with
a
> > > hemi has to go up 2 classes.LOL hey time marches on things get
better..
> > > Look at the message i sent again and tell me if you see the logic in
it
> > > vs a two stroke piston engine..
> > > Dahlgren
> > > DrMayf@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I really know squat aboit hummer engines, but it seems to me that
the
> > engines
> > > > of any sort should have equivalent displacements. For instance, my
302
> > Fors
> > > > has well, 302 CID, right? Well a hummer engine should be allowed the
> > same
> > > > displacement, me thinks. That displacement on my 302 is obtained in
2
> > crank
> > > > revolutions. so how many times does a hummer single rotor displace
air?
> > > > Aren't the rotor to crank mechanics such that the crank makes
several
> > > > revolutions for a complete rotor sweep? Like does it take two crank
revs
> > for
> > > > 3 displacement changes?
> > > >
> > > > Now does the rotary engine have technology advances that make it
more
> > > > efficient than the piston engine? I think yes, and I think this is
where
> > some
> > > > of the handicapping comes from. But this is an interesting
discussion.
> > Chuck,
> > > > where are you?
> > > >
> > > > mayf
>
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