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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 10:20 AM
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[08:58] Steve: It's an RX7

[08:58] Joe: VERY NICE

[08:58] Joe: I LIKE THE ROTARY ENGINES.

[08:58] Steve: Haha, how's the commercial go?

[08:58] Steve: Piston engines go 'boing boing boing'

[08:59] Joe: I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT ONE

[08:59] Steve: Admittedly that was before my time.

[08:59] Steve: Say, 1979

[08:59] Steve: ish

[08:59] Joe: HEY, I WAS JUST BEING BORN THEN

[08:59] Steve: Yeah, I was negative two

[09:00] Joe: NO KIDDING

[09:00] Joe: HOW MANY MILES ON THE RX-7?

[09:00] Joe: THEY NEED A REBUILD EVERY 60K

[09:00] Steve: Uh, I think I turned 75,600 this weekend

[09:00] Steve: Yeah, I had it done at 52k

[09:00] Joe: NICE

[09:00] Steve: blew her up racing a viper

[09:01] Steve: I'm pushing 14.5psi on a reman now

[09:01] Joe: MAZDA MAKES A BIG *** ROTARY, IT'S A 6.0.

[09:01] Steve: what?

[09:01] Steve: Yer crazy

[09:02] Steve: that would be a BIG motor

[09:02] Joe: THEY MADE EM BACK IN THE DAY AND PUT THEM IN THERE LeMANS CARS.

[09:02] Steve: Nah, that was a four rotor!

[09:03] Steve: brb, smoke break

[09:03] Joe: COOL

[09:16] Joe: I'M LOOKING FOR THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE 6.0 ROTARY. I'LL SEND YOU THE LINK WHENI FIND IT, YOU'LL BE AMAZED.

[09:16] Steve: Cool,

[09:16] Joe: IT WAS AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE THAT WAS DROPPED INTO A CAR


Any truth to that?
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 10:24 AM
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maybe they measured the displacement differently.
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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true, you did take a smoke break.....
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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that was the 787b i think it was the 26b so thats 2.6L
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 01:10 PM
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Holy crap - Curtiss Wright made a 31500cc single rotor that made 782bhp at 1525 rpm.
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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seriously?
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 06:15 PM
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yes
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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see:
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 06:58 PM
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that **** never ran right
Old Jul 27, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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i dont remember any rotary with 1000hp running correctly.



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