I was working on another Automotive Engineering project (design a vehicle capable of breaking a land-speed record, we went with a twin-turbo top fuel engine capable of 5000 hp).
In the process of looking for a power source, I was wondering if anyone has done Top Fuel drag racing with something like a peripheral ported 3 or 4 rotor engine, twin turbo. I figured if a piston engine could produce 5000 hp at over 8000 rpm, why not a rotary engine also. Just figured I would throw this out at you. After all, what is the maximum documented power from a rotary engine, any size, any fuel, any form of induction? |
I don't know the exact specs but i know peripherated rotaries do exist. I know a guy around here (Miami) that had one i'll find out the specs and get back to you. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif
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Originally Posted by RX-7Aggie' date='Oct 15 2002, 06:24 AM
I was working on another Automotive Engineering project (design a vehicle capable of breaking a land-speed record, we went with a twin-turbo top fuel engine capable of 5000 hp).
In the process of looking for a power source, I was wondering if anyone has done Top Fuel drag racing with something like a peripheral ported 3 or 4 rotor engine, twin turbo. I figured if a piston engine could produce 5000 hp at over 8000 rpm, why not a rotary engine also. Just figured I would throw this out at you. After all, what is the maximum documented power from a rotary engine, any size, any fuel, any form of induction? Guy here had a PP twin turbo 13B with Hilborn on alky. Car was too angry to dyno but ran in the 7's & held the RR/Gas record here for ages! The lemans R26B was a PP produced 700hp @ 9000 naturally aspirated, so you could feasibly double that forced. While in theory one can keep adding rotors, I think other (engineering) factors would limit total power, like transmitting that power out of one end! Two r26Bs back to back with the power take off in the centre maybe? |
twin engined, AWD, four turbo's running Methanol or 80% Nritomethane. With some of those land speed records, the issue becomes traction. Small size makes the Rotary capable of being fitted virtually anywhere.
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