Chuck, I heard one many years ago. I don't remember if it was an RX-2
or R-100. My first reaction was amazement that any non nuclear device
could make such a loud and IRRITATING sound. My next thought was "if all of
that sound energy could be converted to crankshaft energy you'd have
a 300 pound motor that put out 2,000 HP. on pump gas"
Please consider using the "somewhat quieted system" for the
good of mankind.
Bryan (shopping for digital hearing aids)
Chuck Rothfuss wrote:
>
> List,
>
> Here's another question from the small, but growing Wankel engine family
> on the East Coast. As I sit here designing my new exhaust system for the
> USS Wankel, and considering what to use on the RX7 and REPU, I'm stuck
> somewhere between the most efficient (and horribly loud) arrangement and a
> somewhat quieted system that will cost me a few HP. Have there ever been
> any problems with noise levels at LSR events, and are there any restrictions
> on the horizon? (as there are in my local autocross club) If you've never
> heard an unmuffled Mazda rotary, it may be difficult to comprehend the
> painful, deafening scream that I'm referring to. What I'd like to avoid is
> building something that's going to be legislated out of existance before I
> can wear it out.
>
> Chuck "deaf as a post, but considering others" Rothfuss
> Pole Cat Hollow, NC
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