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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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My rotary heaven

I had to add the caveat of 'My' because, to me, this is heaven.


I set up some shelves for rotary engine storage, and got to try them out today.

As you can see, the bottom is still empty.

These will go there.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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The more rare engines are a genuine 6 port 12A, a twin dizzy early (original) 12A with 6mm apex seals, and a few interesting nitrided J-spec R5 engines with dorky NO intermediate plates. The rest are mostly beehive engines with the nice '83-'85 rotating assemblies yearning for a port job and a light flywheel. I've got zoom zoom potential now!

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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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*drool*

Your stockpile reminds me of a guy's trailer from Zoomfest. He had a bunch of old school parts! Post pics in the morning.

I love your place.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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I suppose I should mention I'm helping a buddy close down a shop. I don't normally have that many engines on the floor.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:35 AM
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I suppose I should mention I'm helping a buddy close down a shop. I don't normally have that many engines on the floor.
I want to move to the west coast strictly because of the non-rarity of first gen parts. The odds of finding parts on the west coast vs east coast is like 5:1.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 09:15 AM
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What a collection! The organization looks like art to me.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff20B
The more rare engines are a genuine 6 port 12A, a twin dizzy early (original) 12A with 6mm apex seals, and a few interesting nitrided J-spec R5 engines with dorky NO intermediate plates. The rest are mostly beehive engines with the nice '83-'85 rotating assemblies yearning for a port job and a light flywheel. I've got zoom zoom potential now!
Don't forget the ones you already had, such as the 20B lurking in the background.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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ahhh beautiful!! are you tagging them as to their condition, mileage and servicability?
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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One was tagged after I personally pulled it (R5 12A) but the rest came from various places so I don't really know much about them. Unfortunately the 6 port 12A and the R5 13B are locked up. A teardown to determine what's wrong is all I can do at this point, and probably the safer option since I doubt it's carbon lock.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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Wow. If i had a garage that looked like that my girl would dump my *** and move out due to extreme neglect! LOL Very cool man, very cool.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Looks like a zoomzeum!
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