There is a guy in the PA area that is using 3 rotor Wankels to power a full
race specialty car. It looks like a Lotus 7 and, last I heard was gonna
weigh in around 1600 lbs. Talk about a pocket rocket. I will see if I can
dig up some info. But yes - 3 rotor Wankels are real.
Larry
On 1/6/01 2:16 PM, "Brad Fornal" <toyman@digitex.net> wrote:
> Rotary Specialists on Vickery Street in Ft. Worth claims to have built a
> three rotor 12A. They say it has been running well in races overseas
> from what they told my friend but they have had some difficulty with the
> rear diff. They say they are running a Dana rear but they have a
> tendency to explode on them when they downshift at around 10 grand. This
> engine is allegedly peaking at 20 grand. Anyone on the list have enough
> web savvy to see if they can find verification of this engine? Or could
> they be blowing smoke up my friends backside.................
>
> Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>
>> It might be a 2 rotor engine rather than 2 rotary engines?
>>
>> In a message dated 28/12/00 12:42:48 Pacific Standard Time,
>> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com writes:
>>
>> << how does one fit two engines in a single car? >>
>
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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