787B on FP - Blech.

Kinja'd!!! "Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
12/16/2014 at 11:56 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (13)


Kinja'd!!! Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 12:01

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I'm in support of rotaries in race cars, they sound amazing. The real issues with rotaries are heavy consumption and maintenance. Not an issue in a race car depending on the series it's in.


Kinja'd!!! ACESandEIGHTS > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 12:01

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787B's rotary: apparently slower than its contemporaries, and yet less prone to technicals, more efficient, netting easy wins. Added plus: sounded badass.

Don't quote me on this. I was alive at the time, but not tuned in to Le Mans.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 12:04

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It sounds phenomenal though.


Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/16/2014 at 12:13

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you mean sounds like a turbo weed quackery...


Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > ACESandEIGHTS
12/16/2014 at 12:18

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These engines are like top fuel drag motors, as long as they get rebuilt after each race they do the job. Other than that, garbage.


Kinja'd!!! RazoE > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 12:24

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I posted it, and even I hate it. BBBUUUTTTT it's unmistakable as a race-car engine. In that sense we can appreciate what it is.


Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > RazoE
12/16/2014 at 12:25

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unmistakable does not equal good.


Kinja'd!!! MultiplaOrgasms > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 12:28

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I don't get the hype over it's sound either.


Kinja'd!!! angrytetsuo > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 12:38

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I helped a friend at a historic race in sebring fl years back, the 787b was 787 times louder than everything else on the track... It was the closest thing I have experienced to the "brown note"


Kinja'd!!! Saracen > MultiplaOrgasms
12/16/2014 at 13:07

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It's okay. Nobody's perfect.


Kinja'd!!! Saracen > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 13:08

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turbo weed whackers sound epic.


Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > Saracen
12/16/2014 at 13:09

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I think i need to make this happen...


Kinja'd!!! samssun > Sweet Trav
12/16/2014 at 22:10

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If you want to get lost down the rabbit hole, check out this 75+ page thread about a very, very serious 4 rotor build:

http://www.rx7club.com/build-threads-…