Packaging a four cylinder should be doable, more than that could be a
problem getting the expansion chambers to fit ...
There a ultralight, snowmobile and outboard engines which could work as
well.
DC
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dahlgren [mailto:ddahlgren@snet.net]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:14 PM
To: RAWAWA@aol.com
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Wankels,2-strokes,ad nauseum,oh my!
seems pretty doable to me.. I have gotton about 85 - 90 out
of a rotax 250....
Dave Dahlgren
RAWAWA@aol.com wrote:
>
> Subj: RE: Rules/wankel engine size factor.........
> Date: 01/04/2001 10:50:27 AM Eastern Standard Time
> From: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com (Clay, Dale)
> Sender: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> Reply-to: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com (Clay, Dale)
> To: landspeedracer@email.msn.com ('John Beckett'), ddahlgren@snet.net
> (Dave Dahlgren), land-speed@autox.team.net, leekenn@pacbell.net (Lee
> Kennedy), dwarner@electrorent.com (Dan Warner), beauty1@hughes.net (Mike
> Cook), mmanghel@hughes.net (Mike Manghelli)
>
> Current 500 cc GP motorcycles produce almost 200 HP (!). I don't know if
> any direct comparisons can be made, but clearly a rotary shouldn't be
> penalized MORE than 2 strokes.
>
> Shouldn't we be in line with the FIA on this? I thought Bonneville
records
> were FIA endorsed.
>
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> Subj: Re: Rules/wankel engine size factor.........
> Date: 01/04/2001 6:32:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: RAWAWA
> To: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com
>
> Where can i get one of those 500cc 200hp 2-strokes? Are they readily
> available to the public,and at realistic prices? ......Gran Prix= Big
prize
> and a proportionate investment to be in the race..If one can squeeze 2/3
that
> HP out of a 500cc,you are doing very well !...........................Bob
W
>
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> Subj: RE: Rules/wankel engine size factor.........
> Date: 01/05/2001 9:12:45 AM Eastern Standard Time
> From: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com (Clay, Dale)
> To: RAWAWA@aol.com ('RAWAWA@aol.com'), Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com
(Clay,
> Dale)
>
> Well ... they lease them for $1M per year, but you need a pretty good
resume
> too.
>
> Subj: RE: Rules/wankel engine size factor.........
> Date: 01/04/2001 10:50:27 AM Eastern Standard Time
> From: Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com (Clay, Dale)
> Sender: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
>
> from Bob Wanner a.k.a. Wanner B an LSRacer
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