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.

www.2rotor.com visit and sign the guest book please.

 

Peripheral ports and turbos were never thought to work well together because of the overlap, but it has been done successfully. Very much a wide-open only motor!

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.