The Multi-Rotor (Wankle) Thread

http://www.agracingvideo.com/videos/salinas/nibo718.wmv

impressive huh?

hang on i got one thats more impressive… :wink: lemme find the link

http://www.agracingvideo.com/videos/salinas/sporty.wmv just a LIL bit slower but its only a 2 rotor :wink:

that thing looked ready to crash at any moment.

Came across this vid today from the OZHoon people. Pretty impressive numbers. Chart stops at 8200rpm. No less than 1000ft-lbs between 6600 and 8200. Look at minute 2:16 for half a screenshot of the numbers. Looks like they need to install some sort of studs on the side of the exhaust ports if possible. Seems like the flames are shooting out sideways. Assume lack of clamping strength. Enjoy.

sikKKKK

damn.

damn that manifold just started GLOWIN

insane :slight_smile:

wow, thats insane

Thats a lotta power :slight_smile:

But, I dunno if I’d want something that just shoots flames out of the manifold when it gets red hot in my engine bay :stuck_out_tongue:

Very nice! :jawdrop:

When are 4 rotor eccentric shafts going to come along ? i want a 4 rotor FD!

wow… i like it

I wonder if the reason they are stopping at 8200rpm is because of the flame problem. Not to say they can rev to the moon which is a common misconception about them in comparison to piston race engines. Mazda lemans engineers set the rev limit to the r26b to 8500 for durability but I read an article about the engine engineer and he said the engine was tested to 10000rpm in case the competition was close and they needed a “boost” button. He said they were hitting 930hp @ 10k. I am sure this isnt the end of the story on the engine these guys are messing with. Just noticed this too. Racing beats 1400hp 3 rotor modified the housing to a 4 bolt pattern for the exhaust.

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Very nice! :jawdrop:

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x10 holy shiiiiiiiiiittt!!!

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When are 4 rotor eccentric shafts going to come along ? i want a 4 rotor FD!

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They’re available, but you could buy a few fully running, very nice 13b FDs for the price of building a 4 rotor.

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I wonder if the reason they are stopping at 8200rpm is because of the flame problem. Not to say they can rev to the moon which is a common misconception about them in comparison to piston race engines. Mazda lemans engineers set the rev limit to the r26b to 8500 for durability but I read an article about the engine engineer and he said the engine was tested to 10000rpm in case the competition was close and they needed a “boost” button. He said they were hitting 930hp @ 10k. I am sure this isnt the end of the story on the engine these guys are messing with. Just noticed this too. Racing beats 1400hp 3 rotor modified the housing to a 4 bolt pattern for the exhaust.

http://rotaryeng.net/rb3rot2.jpg

http://rotaryeng.net/rb3rot1.jpg

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Probably only ran it to 8k-ish because of the size of the turbo. All those fireworks on the exhaust side (flames/massive amounts of heat) is because the hotside of that turbo is TINY for what they’re doing. I’d guess it’s game over around 8k because the turbo simply won’t flow enough.

Supposedly the flames are from the flanges being lifted due to all the pressure in the manifold.

They say they are using a gt-60 which I thought was as big as they get unless you get into power generation equipment. Thier setup used twin turbos in their drag videos and then they switched to a single so I assume they did it for a benefit of power. Then again p-port exhaust comes out at 1800 deg F and is well into the supersonic flow velocities. Maybe it just is to violent for spaced studs like that. Dunno.

Awesome! I would like to see what this does once attached to a set of wheels.

Not sure exactly where the GT60 stacks up, but probably a bit smaller than these:

http://precisionturbo.net/large-frame-turbochargers.php

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