Neat little article:
http://www.autonet.ca/EdmontonDrive/...m?StoryID=3090

 

14000 RPM??? 22000 RPM... Um... No..

*Sniff Sniff* I smell... Bullshit.. and they lay it on thick round these parts.

Nice review, but his quantitave information needs checked...

 

I will try getting my car up to 20,000 rpm tonight and tell ya if my car survives, NOT!!!. How could you even tell if you got the RPM's up that high? I could see maybe hitting 12k but the needle would bottom out. I wonder how load the car would sound at 22k?

 

pittdp let me know when your going to do this so i can see the fireworks show i think a rotary @22k rpm's would sound like a pissed off weed eater with a 200 shot of nos

 

Hmmm I too am curious to see what it looks like to have an engine throw a Rotor should be interesting, ill bring my camcorder... hehehe

 

I will step out on a limb. The guy said he read that Wankel had one up to 20k. One of the rotary prototypes used a different design than what we are used to. very high reving but it required a rebuild just to change the plugs.

I will find my faqs to back myself if need be. if he was talking about his 12a yes, bullshit. my problem is why would the alternator **** out out at high rpm. the waterpump yes. the alt NO.

 

The name Dave Cameron is familier. I just don't remember where I've seen it before. Is he associated with a shop somewhere?

I don't think that part about 14k RPM is true. However that part about Wankel himself getting 22k RPM is true, but not with DKM, or was it a KKM? Well, the older high revving engine had to be disassembled to change the plugs. Wouldn't that be fun? For 22k RPM? Maybe

Oh, and I used to live in Grants Pass and it's in Oregon! Geez!

EDIT: Our posts were a minute apart.

 

i would guess it's due to belt slippage.

 

Or bearing explosion.