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Hey i was just informed by my engines instructor that sometime in the 60's GM had two team building a corvette one was the big block and the other was the rotary team. He said that they played around with 4 and 3 rotor engines but wasnt able to keep the engine bolted to the chassis because every time the fired it up it would rip the bolts right out the frame. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif But if anyone have any mor info. about this experiment give me some info or post a link.
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Originally Posted by 13_b_kid' date='Jul 14 2003, 01:07 PM
Hey i was just informed by my engines instructor that sometime in the 60's GM had two team building a corvette one was the big block and the other was the rotary team. He said that they played around with 4 and 3 rotor engines but wasnt able to keep the engine bolted to the chassis because every time the fired it up it would rip the bolts right out the frame. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif But if anyone have any mor info. about this experiment give me some info or post a link.
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i had an "artist rendition"of what it looked like. as soon as i find the magazine ill see about posting pics.
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Motor Trend, April 2003, p. 85.
2 rotor and 4 rotor |
I have this "American Musclecar" coffee table book at home with a picture of it in there. When I get home I'll try scanning it and posting it up. The caption says that it was supposed to have a 4 rotor.
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So for the corvette, they basically just hooked up (2) two rotors eshaft to eshaft? or was it all sandwiched together with one huge eshaft?
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I don't know how they went about designing that engine, it just says that it had a rotary in it. Kinda odd lookin car eh?
Edit: Sorry about the inverted caption... it says "While the muscle car era was all but dead, Chevrolet tantalized the public with mid-engine concept Corvettes, like the Aerovette, which sported a 400-cube small block. Originally, the Aerovette was called the 4-rotor because of its Rotary power plant." |
those would have been very nice
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Whoa. And this was in the 70's? In that case, no wonder why they never actually came into production.. people thought it was a damn UFO..
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by the shape of that car........... looks like a mid engine car
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It'd be only fair. I mean, after all, they do V-8 FD conversions, somebody oughta slap a 4-rotor in a Corvette to even the score.
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Originally Posted by FikseRxSeven' date='Jul 16 2003, 08:40 PM
by the shape of that car........... looks like a mid engine car
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Is it coming or going? Haha, ctually the front end looks alot like a C3 front. I think that is the front any ways...
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out of motor trend:
...it would be hard to imagine a rotary engine's nasal exhaust note coming out of a car wearing a corvette badge. |
Originally Posted by Baldy' date='Jul 17 2003, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Orochinoyamato' date='Jul 17 2003, 08:42 AM
It'd be only fair. I mean, after all, they do V-8 FD conversions, somebody oughta slap a 4-rotor in a Corvette to even the score.
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why stop at a 4 rotor, try a 6. that will grab some attention.
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Originally Posted by DJ Blu' date='Jul 18 2003, 05:53 PM
why stop at a 4 rotor, try a 6. that will grab some attention.
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