late night oppo

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 06/06/2020 at 06:31 • Filed to: late night oppo, Sbarro, Wankel, carsoftumblr, Porsche, NSU, rotary

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Felix Wankel standing next to the Porsche 914.

Porsche 914 Wankel by Sbarro (c1971)

commissioned by Swiss industrialist Dr. A. Gerber, they used the twin rotor engine and semi auto trans from an NSU Ro80 with a radiator installed in the nose using fans from a Renault R16.

phenotyp > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/06/2020 at 07:08

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I’d thought about swapping the rotormotor from my RX-7 into my 914, at one point, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to finish it in the two months of summer break in college. Apparently it’s a thing that a few people did, back when no one gave a shit about 914s. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/06/2020 at 07:12

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Lighhtweight high reving rotary in such a lightweight car would be a hoot. Semi auto not  so much

phenotyp > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 06/06/2020 at 09:11

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I bet it’s better... even with a short-shifter, those manual  gearboxes are sloppy as a 50s Beetle. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > phenotyp 06/06/2020 at 09:20

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I thought the short shifters made it even worse?

Goggles Pizzano > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/06/2020 at 13:49

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phenotyp > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 06/06/2020 at 14:22

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Entirely possible! I never drove mine enough after I’d installed it to know. 

Rufant > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/06/2020 at 18:14

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Sbarro. Never a dull moment.

http://sbarro.phcalvet.fr/indexgb.html