Peter Hill gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

But the 1967 NSU RO80 was nearly 10 years before all of those.

Two years before the M35. Three years after the Sport Spider. Two years
after the Mazda Cosmo.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Tim Downie"
saying something like:

Wankels
Besides, who wants smooth quiet power, I want a bit of rortiness! ;-)

600+bhp achievable from an asserted 1300cc isn't rorty enough?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Chris Whelan
saying something like:

It was rumoured when they were current that there were more of them on
the road with Ford V4 lumps than with Wankel...

Probably true. And what a piece of **** that V4 was - if only some other
lump could have fitted.

In article ,
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
It was rumoured when they were current that there were more of them on
the road with Ford V4 lumps than with Wankel...

Probably true. And what a piece of **** that V4 was - if only some other
lump could have fitted.

The German Ford V4 was better - as used by SAAB.

--
*'ome is where you 'ang your @ *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Tim Downie"
saying something like:

Wankels
Besides, who wants smooth quiet power, I want a bit of rortiness! ;-)

600+bhp achievable from an asserted 1300cc isn't rorty enough?

For 600+bhp I could probably put up with a bit of zizziness. ;-)

Tim

"Tim Downie" wrote in message
...

Besides, who wants smooth quiet power, I want a bit of rortiness! ;-)

It *can* be quiet but it doesn't have to be (mine certainly isn't).
Check out this 4-rotor for some "rortiness":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJnyJyBxzCE

Z

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Zimmy" saying something
like:

It *can* be quiet but it doesn't have to be (mine certainly isn't).
Check out this 4-rotor for some "rortiness":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJnyJyBxzCE

****ing lovely sound - just like a V12.
If it weren't such a pita to join two twin-rotors... I know it can be
done, but it makes it too long for my use.

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Zimmy" saying something
like:

It *can* be quiet but it doesn't have to be (mine certainly isn't).
Check out this 4-rotor for some "rortiness":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJnyJyBxzCE

****ing lovely sound - just like a V12.
If it weren't such a pita to join two twin-rotors... I know it can be
done, but it makes it too long for my use.

There's always the 3-rotor 20B option?

Z

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Zimmy" saying something
like:

There's always the 3-rotor 20B option?

When I first looked into that they seemed to be available as front cuts
from Japan, but the price...
Looking around again, there's a New Zealand machine shop doing 3-rotor
eccentric shafts for 12a or 13b base and it's only (hah) 2,200 NZ$ -
plus shipping, plus import, plus VAT, which brings it up to around 3
grand. Then there's the cost of getting another donor lump and doing a
complete rebuild/meld on both.
Oh... bugger it.
It was only an idea - as I say, if I'd more bonnet room I'd look
seriously at linking two nose/tail (with a bit of chopping in the
middle) as the cheapest option.

Pity they can't stack; one on top of the other, with a big Gates belt.

****, now hold on a minute....

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Zimmy" saying something
like:

There's always the 3-rotor 20B option?

When I first looked into that they seemed to be available as front cuts
from Japan, but the price...
Looking around again, there's a New Zealand machine shop doing 3-rotor
eccentric shafts for 12a or 13b base and it's only (hah) 2,200 NZ$ -
plus shipping, plus import, plus VAT, which brings it up to around 3
grand. Then there's the cost of getting another donor lump and doing a
complete rebuild/meld on both.
Oh... bugger it.
It was only an idea - as I say, if I'd more bonnet room I'd look
seriously at linking two nose/tail (with a bit of chopping in the
middle) as the cheapest option.

Pity they can't stack; one on top of the other, with a big Gates belt.

****, now hold on a minute....

Send me the pictures ;-)

Z