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10 Aug 2003, 09:21 (Ref:684090)
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Rotary Or V8
ROTARY OR V8
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10 Aug 2003, 09:55 (Ref:684118)
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10 Aug 2003, 10:12 (Ref:684133)
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Let's see, if I choose V8, I can have a Ferrari 360, or Maserati Coupe (including Trofeo), BMW M5, various TVR's - one or two others I think.... it's difficult to think how any of those cars could have been improved with a rotary.
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10 Aug 2003, 11:14 (Ref:684167)
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Welcome rx72c.
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10 Aug 2003, 15:24 (Ref:684272)
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Can't decide, I love 'em both!
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10 Aug 2003, 17:18 (Ref:684330)
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Rotary. Smaller, weighs less, closer to the CoG. And you can get tons of power out of a ridiculously small displacement.
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10 Aug 2003, 19:36 (Ref:684434)
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depends on the application. small, light weight mr ... ill take a 20b with a single turbo ... big, heavy, "supercar" ill take a 6l/7l v8 ... or perferably v10/v12
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10 Aug 2003, 20:30 (Ref:684473)
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Rotary!
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11 Aug 2003, 08:09 (Ref:684761)
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V8 but high rev one .. not a american like V8
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11 Aug 2003, 08:31 (Ref:684781)
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11 Aug 2003, 08:34 (Ref:684784)
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ITS NICE TO SEE THAT THTERE ARE VARYING OPINIONS, PERSONALLY I LOVE ROTARS CAUSE OF THEIR WEIGHT AND CHEAPNESS BUT HIGH REVING V8s ARE PRETTY COOL
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11 Aug 2003, 08:39 (Ref:684791)
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11 Aug 2003, 08:59 (Ref:684804)
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YEH when it comes to the lights with a short blend lane THE ROTARY WILL BE IN FRONT AND THE V8 will be MOVING ITS GREAT MASS, hold on where did the ROTAR GO.OH OK ITS GONE OUT OF SIGHT >
HAHAHA BY DA WAY KILLED AN SS UTE and A GTO WITH A 1987 RX7 |
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11 Aug 2003, 13:10 (Ref:685010)
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Wow that's pretty impressive.... I guess hearing the news all the Ferrari 288 GTO owners will be replacing their 400bhp twin-turbo V8 engines with rotaries.... not!
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11 Aug 2003, 14:23 (Ref:685091)
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I guess it has to be a V8, although Stacy Vickers would have good grounds to argue with that!
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11 Aug 2003, 18:24 (Ref:685330)
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11 Aug 2003, 22:45 (Ref:685659)
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A friend of mine accidentally filled his rotary with diesel. It's a lot harder to clean than a V8, apparently.
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11 Aug 2003, 22:49 (Ref:685662)
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well a rotary? really how many rotors? it makes a difference.
and current market Rotaries are twins, and are equal to a high strung 4 (like an S2000) or a V6. why compare it to a V8? doesn't seem quite right I would take a rotie over a 4 easy, maybe over a V6, but a flat 6 or a V8 has something over the rotary unless it is a 3 or 4 rotor, and a big turbo |
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12 Aug 2003, 05:36 (Ref:685810)
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Mate when i said i took on a GTO AND WOOPED it i meant the HOLDEN GTO COUPE. I WISH I COULD BEAT A FERRARI(NEVER TRIED)
And my 2 rotor engine is more than capable of munchin up v8s the only advantage in having a 3 rotor is the torque. I have seen 2 rotor engines do 1000hp at the wheels. YES MY CAR HAS A T04E so its pretty big turbo. HEHE ROTARYS CAN TAKE MUCH MUCH MUCH BIGGERRRR FILL A ROTARY WITH DIESEL(DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY) |
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12 Aug 2003, 06:43 (Ref:685817)
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KEEP IN MIND ROTARIES ARE MUCH CHEAPER THAN
YOUR FAST V8s and gota think in their time of context in which they were released. THE MOST RECENT RX8 is quite impressive in that it produces a great amount of power for its size. YES TRUE THAT IT ISNT CURRENTLY AS FAST AS THE V8s becaue mazada have decided to make someting that everybody will be and not just a few people. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAST RX7s they were the fastest of their time THE NEW 1.5L ROTARY PROMISING BETWEEN 240KW-280KW WILL BE A V8 COMPETITOR I GURANTEE(CANT WAIT!!!!) |
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12 Aug 2003, 09:07 (Ref:685927)
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YOUR CAPS LOCK SEEMS TO BE STUCK!!!!
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12 Aug 2003, 14:54 (Ref:686273)
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rotaries are cool, but even at 250hp the Renesis motor has a low 100something Lbs/Ft of torque I wouldn't expect too much, a wonderful motor for sure, but i would want one more rotor for the torque.
These are awesome, but there is more than one way to skin a cat, and beafraid a V8 can outlast and most likely out drag a imilarly set up Rotary (try a turbo V8 to your turbo rotary-see what i mean...) |
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12 Aug 2003, 17:09 (Ref:686397)
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A rotary any day.
I have had all models and I still own a 1969 R100 10a original. 40,000 miles and plastic on the doors I got it from an old lady friend of my parents. Awaiting our Yellow RX8 as we unfortunately don't need a baby sit anymore. |
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12 Aug 2003, 22:44 (Ref:686715)
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My head says Rotary, my heart and ears say V8.
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13 Aug 2003, 00:24 (Ref:686769)
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being that the rotary has had so much less development done so far, I would take a V8 but gimmee a couple years of the new RX-8 and hopefully more recognition of the rotary and we'll be seeing nasty fast rotaries, not to mention an 8 rotor motor would be scary
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