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rotarypower101 01-04-2004 07:27 PM

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Apex13B 01-04-2004 07:30 PM


Originally Posted by rotarypower101' date='Jan 4 2004, 08:25 PM
Its this simple to explain if you have all the equipment ready to go!

If you already carry around a laptop for your pfc dialogic and WB, it makes it a lot easier to explain and people can grasp the concept much easier.



Ignorant person walks up drawn by the uniqueness of the sound and style of any rx

Asks: how many cylinders, valves, crank, rods, pistons, or any other thing a rotary doesn’t have

Your simple reply is to: carefully pull out the lap top, pop up any one of numerous Gif animations and say it doesn’t have any of those: but it does do this.



Beats the spinning dorito in a epitrochoidal path explanation almost every time:thumbup:

sure, i'll start selling crack to school children to afford all that crap

rotarypower101 01-04-2004 07:47 PM


Originally Posted by Apex13B' date='Jan 4 2004, 05:30 PM
sure, i'll start selling crack to school children to afford all that crap

Its best to get to the high schoolers, they’ve got more cash than them damn cheapskate elementary kids.



You know I didn’t mean it that way



It just really opens someone eyes to see that there is more ways to harness the power of combustion than simply going up and down.



I have tried describing it to dye hard engine guys and regular people, but until they see it in action and understand from seeing those two rotors spinning, you can really see them drought all they know from 20 plus years of experience with boingers and really start asking real questions once they get past all the mystery.

Fluid Dynamics 01-04-2004 07:58 PM


Originally Posted by amp' date='Jan 4 2004, 03:48 PM
consider them as uninformed..

take the opportunity to present the rotary...

you may get a receptive individual...

That is the way I try to look at the situation. But when I am dealing with a stupid kid who is ignorant and has watched too much TV, I act arrogantly and blow him off like I am superior to him because I have rotary knowlege, while he has an aluminum wing.

Fluid Dynamics 01-04-2004 08:05 PM


Originally Posted by teknics' date='Jan 4 2004, 05:05 PM
my rotary isn't the equivalent of a 6-clyinder, it is a rotary.



kevin.

Although the rotary is not identical to a 6 cyl. from a power delivery per crank revolution standpoint, it shares six combustion events per two revolutions like a six cylinder, so if someone won't try to understand the concept of a rotary engine, I say "it's about the equivalent of a DOHC Vtec V6" . . . dohc for the higher flowing street port and vtec for the aux ports which change port timing for higher rpm.



Most idiots know vtec and dohc, so they will relate to that.

teknics 01-04-2004 08:30 PM


Originally Posted by Fluid Dynamics' date='Jan 4 2004, 09:05 PM
Although the rotary is not identical to a 6 cyl. from a power delivery per crank revolution standpoint, it shares six combustion events per two revolutions like a six cylinder, so if someone won't try to understand the concept of a rotary engine, I say "it's about the equivalent of a DOHC Vtec V6" . . . dohc for the higher flowing street port and vtec for the aux ports which change port timing for higher rpm.



Most idiots know vtec and dohc, so they will relate to that.

oh, i get it now.



kevin.

Dramon_Killer 01-04-2004 08:31 PM

Rednecks i've found find the rotary concept funnier than the ricers do.

defprun 01-04-2004 08:36 PM

Looks like ******* 1.3 litres to me.

Dramon_Killer 01-04-2004 08:38 PM

"haha what no pistons? i bet you got one of them rotundoes dont ya"



-Drunk redneck

twstdmtl 01-04-2004 08:42 PM


Originally Posted by defprun' date='Jan 4 2004, 06:36 PM
Looks like ******* 1.3 litres to me.

Here we go the age old argument...



Yeah I agree 1.3 litres too. I have never seen a Mazda RX-7 or RX-8 advertised as a 2.6 litre engine. Always 1.3 litre. You can argue this... Or you can argue that... But you cannot argue how the manufacturer classifies/is permitted to classify it's engine...



Anyway my sig from day one here has explained my frustration with explaining rotaries...


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