- 1. Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: "JAMES CANNON" <dr.piston@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:00:13 -0500
- Didn't I read a few months ago a extensive discussion about pinto motors in Studebakers and how foolish that was because it would not be as fast as with bigger or better powerplants, but now that som
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00036.html (15,925 bytes)
- 2. Re: Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:54:35 -0800 (PST)
- Well I'm on both sides. I want to keep the old stuff alive, but the new stuff sure makes sweet music when it screams by. There's a lot to be said for a guy who makes a lil' one go fast, but the shaki
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00037.html (16,170 bytes)
- 3. Re: Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 12:26:54 -0600
- I can Appreciate it all.... but to me personally the Turbine Engine isn't a Car motor.... got's no Pistons... even if it is driving the wheels..... it's a Turbine powered Hot Rod for a fact... and at
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00045.html (18,392 bytes)
- 4. Re: Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 19:20:32 -0500
- I ain't "got's no pistons" neither, and the Wankel don't whine! Gotta think about the tiny chassis that a turbo rotary in the easy 600+ HP/10,000 RPM range would fit into. Bet it would fit nicely in
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00076.html (9,028 bytes)
- 5. Re: Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:26:06 -0500 (EST)
- Thanks for that historical perspective on the Wankel, Chuck. No question that this design has been very successful in all ways, best known as the powerful, reliable and long-lasting RX-7 sports car e
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00077.html (7,658 bytes)
- 6. Re: Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:00:35 -0500
- To: Chuck "No whine, no pistons and no pushin' rods" Rothfuss Saw an artical on a turboed Wankel (13B) the other day. Couldn't believ it...79 cu. in. and 798 HP...incredible...10 HP per cid...discove
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00078.html (10,346 bytes)
- 7. Re: Just a Question? (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 10:45:15 -0800
- It is my understanding the high exhaust emission caused the Rotary to be discontinued for sale in the States. The fuel mileage was also a factor. I seem to remember that one of the highly advertised
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00086.html (8,358 bytes)
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