All this talk of rotaries reminds me of an ad I saw in our local classifieds
for a mini hydroplane with an NSU Prinz rotary engine. I still wish I'd gotten
the thing. I don't know why - just like old junk I guess.
Another motor to throw into the list is the old Suzuki RE5 motorcycle. I've
had Mazda race guys look at one and say it was definitely designed by the same
crew of engineers, just scaled down. All the Mazda tricks should work on it.
It even has "NSU" cast into the cases.
Simon Smith
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> From: Chuck Rothfuss[SMTP:crothfuss@coastalnet.com]
> Reply To: Chuck Rothfuss
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 9:01 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rotary Engines (was Re: New Category)
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> Got a good laugh out of the RX2, 3, 4 & 7 comments. I have seen exactly
> one of each of the earlier cars in the past 10 years and all of these are
> SCCA SOLO I cars which attend local hillclimb events. All the others in
> this part of the country have long since rusted away. But wait! Who could
> forget the Mazda Cosmo (RX5), the R100 and the REPU (Rotary Pick-up). None
> of these will win any aero (or looks) contests either. So the percieved
> "threat" is the RX7. Other than a fairly decent shape there ain't much
> threat there either as I see it. (I've already figured out how to stuff a
> SBC in my RX7 when the rotaries "fun factor" wears off.)
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> Chuck "Wish I had a BC" Rothfuss
> "USS Wankel" '71 Datsun RX510
> Pole Cat Hollow, NC
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