"Moose Kitty" (moosekitty)
05/19/2014 at 09:41 • Filed to: None
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"Moose Kitty" (moosekitty)
05/19/2014 at 09:41 • Filed to: None | 1
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Feasible? With the coming storm of diesels preparing to hit America, I'd love to see some monsterous sports diesel hitting 14,000 revs...
If anything I'd attempt to build it myself. For your few seconds of time some rotary...
Grindintosecond
> Moose Kitty
05/19/2014 at 09:45 |
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from wikipedia:
"In Britain, in the 1960s, Rolls Royce Motor Car Division pioneered a two-stage diesel version of the Wankel engine."
So the work was done, but diesel has such high compression ratios I wonder how eccentricly that rotor would have to move to generate the compression.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Grindintosecond
05/19/2014 at 09:47 |
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not to mention apex seal life...
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Grindintosecond
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/19/2014 at 09:48 |
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Yeah. seal tech of the 60's must have been terrible in a diesel application.
Frank Grimes
> Grindintosecond
05/19/2014 at 09:50 |
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Doesn't the seal tech of today still blow? I thought the Rx8 motors were using tons of oil.
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Grindintosecond
> Moose Kitty
05/19/2014 at 09:52 |
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http://www.rx7club.com/rotary-car-per…
I found that forum post just now with good info. post #5
dinobot666
> Moose Kitty
05/19/2014 at 09:54 |
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Put it in a Miata Wagon with a 6 speed manual and it would be something that I'd say that I would buy on the internet right now.
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Grindintosecond
> Frank Grimes
05/19/2014 at 09:55 |
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Oh yeah on that front it does, I was speaking of duration. They can make seals last 100k miles now...but back then...for a diesel version....man it had to be bad.
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Frank Grimes
> Grindintosecond
05/19/2014 at 09:59 |
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I can only the imagine the smoke screen out the tail pipe.
RazoE
> Moose Kitty
05/19/2014 at 10:08 |
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It'd still probably redline at 4k.
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Moose Kitty
> Grindintosecond
05/19/2014 at 10:58 |
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Looks like John Deer made one too.
RotaryLover
> Moose Kitty
05/20/2014 at 10:38 |
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Natural gas Rotary engines could be a thing. Diesel...the Apex seals would shatter in no time IMO. But with all the tech we have now, it could happen someday.