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Wankel Rotary engined vehicle - No Googling

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  • 01-09-2008 11:14pm
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    Max_Damage
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    Might aswell follow this recent trend...

    Apart from the Mazda RX-7 / RX-8, and the Citroen GS Birotor, care to name anymore rotary engined vehicles?


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    E92
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    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Might aswell follow this recent trend...

    Apart from the Mazda RX-7 / RX-8, and the Citroen GS Birotor, care to name anymore rotary engined vehicles?
    NSU Ro80?


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    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,863 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    NSU R080


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    L1011
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    NSU 80(I think?)

    Ah, dammit, heavily beaten...


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    #5
    RobAMerc
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    Damn it


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    Zonda999
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    Mazda RX-2 and RX-3:D


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    peasant
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    NSU Prinz Wankel Sport

    several Mazdas


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    VH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 690 ✭✭✭VH


    nsu mass-marketted the rotary engine and offered a life time warranty - hence they went bust a long time ago


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    galwaytt
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    Boys, ye're looking in the wrong place entirely:

    Suzuki RE-5 and Norton 588

    mmmm, I suspect there was a Merc of some type tried with it too......

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #10
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Citroen M35

    Mercedes C111


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    Biro
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    Chevrolet Corvette.


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    WHITE_P
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    I know its not a car, but here you go. I remember it well from Top Trumps.

    http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/van_veen_ocr_1000_1978.php


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    peterk19
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    mazda R100
    mazda cosmo
    and it think a few mazda 808 were ship with rotary motors oh and there deffo was a merc of some type think it was a c11 or something cant be sure tho


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    JimmyCrackCorn!
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    peterk19 wrote: »
    mazda R100
    mazda cosmo
    and it think a few mazda 808 were ship with rotary motors oh and there deffo was a merc of some type think it was a c11 or something cant be sure tho

    787b if Le Man cars count?

    Didnt expect anyone to get the cosmo.:)


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    peterk19
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    JimmyCrackCorn! wrote: »
    787b if Le Man cars count?

    Didnt expect anyone to get the cosmo.:)

    lol ah i am a big fan of mazda rotary's engines and thats was probably the only one left unmentioned


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    CJhaughey
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    Not quite a vehicle but cool all the same, especially if you are into chainsaws like me.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teEREL4BMGo


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    pyramuid man
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    Jensen Interceptor


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    WHITE_P
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭WHITE_P


    pyramuid man wrote: »
    Jensen Interceptor

    Don't think so. Chrysler V-8.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Interceptor


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    pyramuid man
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    WHITE_P wrote: »
    Don't think so. Chrysler V-8.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Interceptor
    oops. My bad. Always thought that they were rotary engined.


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    S.I.R
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    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Might aswell follow this recent trend...

    Apart from the Mazda RX-7 / RX-8, and the Citroen GS Birotor, care to name anymore rotary engined vehicles?

    mx-5, though there normally mazda-speed conversions...


    the mx-3 was supposed to use the rotary but they gave it the gay ford 2.5 v6....


    mazda az-1 has a rotary also theres a 70's small jap with the 1.0 100 hp version, the engine that noteably can be fitted into a suitcase...


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    Biro
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    S.I.R wrote: »
    the mx-3 was supposed to use the rotary but they gave it the gay ford 2.5 v6....
    Do you mean MX-6 ?


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    WHITE_P
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    pyramuid man wrote: »
    oops. My bad. Always thought that they were rotary engined.

    No worries.


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    carchaeologist
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    Didnt the MX3 have a small,as in under 2litre V6?


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    DublinWriter
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    Can't believe that no one has mentioned the VW Beetle yet!


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    peterk19
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    DublinWriter wrote: »
    Can't believe that no one has mentioned the VW Beetle yet!

    deffo not rotary they were available in both boxer and flat 4 from what i remember


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    carchaeologist
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    DublinWriter wrote: »
    Can't believe that no one has mentioned the VW Beetle yet!
    Yes,boxer only,unless someone had gone mad on the mods!!


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    Max_Damage
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    Biro wrote: »
    Chevrolet Corvette.

    Eh, no.

    5.7L V8 actually.


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    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭E92


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Didnt the MX3 have a small,as in under 2litre V6?
    It was a 1.8(though over 1800 cc IIRC)


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    Biro
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    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Eh, no.

    5.7L V8 actually.

    And in all the generations and variations of the Corvette, do you think they only ever put a 5.7 V8 into it? :D
    The C6 has a 6.3 V8 and a 7 litre V8 in the Z06. Go back a few generations though... see what you can dig up and post back here!


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    Biro
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    E92 wrote: »
    It was a 1.8(though over 1800 cc IIRC)

    Yep, that's why I was wondering if he meant the MX-6. He mentioned a Ford 2.5 V6, the MX-6 was platform shared with the Ford Probe, and had a 2.5 V6, so I'm thinking that's where he was coming from. I don't remember Mazda going to give that a rotary, but he might be right. Would that have made it a RX-6?


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