Rotary build... AKA my midlife crisis :p

[Dualist]

Originally Posted by will_08

Looking good

Its nice when you get to that stage, you can start to get a feel for things

Ta Will, yeah it's actually taking shape now

Originally Posted by robo

Have you had a chance to rest this little lot in the chassis yet to see how it all looks?

Bob

No not yet, will see if I can get an engine hoist though as I'm going to need one sooner or later so may as well do it sooner

[robo]

These rotary lumps are something else. the guy I got my rx7 hubs from reckoned there are some 600hp rx7`s out there. I took that as pub or magazine hp but they really do exist. This one is N/A http://www.streetfire.net/video/allm...en-rx7_549.htm.

Bob

[Dualist]

Yeah but thats a quad rotor Bob, PPort 13b's can hit 300bhp. 20b triple rotors can hit 450bhp.
Then you start on the turbos... stock twin turbo 13b's hit 300bhp, max stock twin turbos hit 400bhp, massive single turbos hit 4-600bhp. Turbo 20b's hit 8-1000bhp, 26b's (quad turbos) hit 1k-1600bhp.!

But then you get one of these that comes along....
http://www.rx7club.com/old-school-ot...engine-945021/

12 rotor anyone.? 2600bhp+ turbocharged

And here's a straight 6 one off..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og2G4...ure=plpp_video

God I love these engines..!!

[robo]

God I love these engines..!! [/quote]

I can see the attraction

Bob

[spud69]

I've always said these engines in a roadster would be phenomenal, much better than a bike engine. They just need someone to go out there and build one to show what they can do.

If i had the money mine would be coming together in the garage now - should have stuck to my original one with Saturn but changed strategy half way through, deeply regret that now.

All the Best with the build and ENJOY.........AndyH

[Dualist]

Thanks Andy.

Page 3, hell it's been a while but been working weekends most of the time but really nice to get time off.

So update time, I'm still tacking up but got a bit of the back end done and the transmission tunnel done. I need to get some 3mm plate so I can start making brackets and plates.
Need to re-do TT8 and 6 as I cut it to the MX5 amendment but it's not done as the up and over done in front of it but I'll cut it out and make it with 45 angles on it so I don't have to cap it off now I know how it all lies and is also square.
Going to go around and make sure every single box section end has 4 tacks on it before I start to weld it all up so it doesn't pull.
The sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed that U7 has moved

[robo]

Come on put us out of our misery. Shove that lump in the frame at once and take some piccies .Dont think I can wait any longer.

bob