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Old 05-18-2002, 05:05 PM
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i was looking around on e-bay and found this

Rotary Watch

look under where it says the history of the rotary

10A

12A

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20B

R26B???

is it a racing engine or something available only in japan h34r:
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Old 05-18-2002, 05:07 PM
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that was the 4 rotor that was the Mazda 24 hour of LeMan winner
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Old 05-18-2002, 06:15 PM
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Don't know if his will work, but here is a vid of the car.
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Old 05-19-2002, 09:46 PM
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Yeah that thing is sweet. I have a 15 minute video of that thing.
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Old 05-20-2002, 01:25 PM
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now only if i could put one in my 7 i would be king!

i heard that mazda was banned from racing at leman with their rotary.
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Old 05-20-2002, 02:21 PM
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You could always try making your own:

http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/4rotor.html
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Old 05-21-2002, 11:19 AM
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ACK!

thats insane...or is it

however he only made 550hp (without turbo) i wonder what could have been gained with a turbo (hella fast)
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Originally Posted by The Blue Bomber' date='May 21 2002, 01:19 PM
ACK!

thats insane...or is it

however he only made 550hp (without turbo) i wonder what could have been gained with a turbo (hella fast)
He probably could have made about 1000 HP pretty easily.
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