Tyler [S5 FC]

Actually, not to nay say. But its more like a 3.9 if you think about it. Spark plugs firing twice doesn't have anything to do with fuel consumption. It ignites three times per rotation due to it being a rotor. So really it gets compressed, fuel delivery and ignition 3 times per one rotation compared to once on a piston engine.

tulok

"In auto racing, the displacement of a Wankel engine is usually doubled for classing purposes"
"A fixed gear mounted on one side of the rotor housing engages a ring gear attached to the rotor and ensures the rotor moves exactly 1/3 turn for each turn of the eccentric shaft"

so if you have 2 rotors and they each move 1/3 of a turn per revolution,
you get 2 pulses per 360 degrees and
you get 4 power pulses per 720 degrees just like a 4 cylinder.

need RX7

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Fixed

Chaotic_FC

you are both wrong...

2.6 is correct.
it has a powerstroke twice that of a piston engine. a piston engine has to rotate twice to get a full cycle, a rotary only rotates once.

you are probably confused by the fact the rotor has 3 faces.. the eccentric shaft actually moves at 3 times the speed of the rotor. if you look at a video closely you will see that.

tulok

Yeah, I realized in my first post I was wrong but didn't bother to correct it :P

Chaotic_FC

oh whoops didn't see your second post.

Jamehij

These last few posts arent funny at all lol.

I went to Mc D's in the Sev the other day. Its bridgeported with massive exhaust ports to match.

I roll up to the order both.

Me: "Can I have a Big Mac Combo please?"
Random: "Waaaa daaaa fark??! I can not ere you over dat horrible noise sir..."
Me: "CAN I PLEASE HAVE A BIG MAC COMBO?"
Random: "NO, I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND YOU OVER THAT RACKET CAN YOU PLEASE DRIVE TO THE WINDOW SIR!!!"

My Neighbour: "When are you getting it fixed?"
Me: "It's not broken"
My Neighbour: "So it alway makes this noise?"
Me: "Yes"
My Neighbour: "Oh" *Look of regret.

* Me at the gas station premixing oil.
Random noob: "You know thats the fuel tank you're putting that into"

This one is my favourite.

My 3 year old cousin: "James, when can I go in your spaceship"

DC 91 fc3s

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lolz the gas sstation one is funny hahah

Tyler [S5 FC]

Oh the many awesome ways to respond to this...

Photonic

I prefer telling the truth.

Or just going "AND??" Then wait for them to dig the hole deeper...THEN throw their dirt ontop of them.

Jamehij

Yea hard. Like if I look like I know what I'm doing leave me to it...

I don't live in the states so I'm lucky not every one assumes because its fast it has to be a V8. Rotary > V8.

slpin

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DUDE!
I did that exact same thing....
followed a guy in the parking lot and he ran toward me and was like - wtf mate
i was like
dude, nice fc, you going to that fc meet?

and he went from pissed to.... orly?! and we became friends....

Drakelee

"these cup holders don't work for ****" hahaha

89RedsunGTUs

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i've got aalot of exhaust leaks so its kinda the reason for most of mine. But i'm constantly hearing

"Damn thats loud"
" it must suck rebuilding that every 50k"
"1.3 Liters??? So My Honda will beat it?"
"Why Does your Car Smoke?"
"(Muscle Guys) Ur Car Sounds like a Lawn mower"

My Teacher here at school tried to make fun. he's got a Firbird with a LS1.
"your car sounds like crap. only 1.3 Liters huh? they just keep getting smaller and smaller"
My response " so you've got 5.7 liters right?"
His " ya round that"
Mine " How much Hp you make?"
His " about 350 i'd say"
mine " Oh.... so with 5.7 liters you still can't make 100 HP per liter?"
Thats when i just turn and walk away. lol

Barnett87GXL

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No way, that's amazing, how could you be so stupid

s13skank

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Retard: Hey your car's loud
Me: Why yes it is
Retard: So how many cylinders is it
Me: None
Retard: So how does it run?
Me: Its a rotary
Retard: Whats that mean
Me: I explain the whole RE thing (Told him about rebuilding my project)
Retard: So how many head gaskets have you gone through

g14novak

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So I took my FC out a couple days for the first time in months (long story short, I don't ever want to change another dash in my life). I pull up to a gas station to put some gas in the car so I can go burn out all the old stuff. I go inside, prepay my pump and head back out to my car. I start pumping the gas and leave it to finish pumping while I check the fluids under the hood.

As I'm finishing up, I see this rice as rice can be Honda pulling into the gas station. Slammed to the point the frames dragging and on donuts. Car is primered black with the origional red showing through. The whole nine yards. I see him looking around the gas station when he sees my car, he floors it IN the gas station, nearly hitting my car. He pulls up, gets out and walks over to where I'm checking my fluids. At this point, I'm hoping he's just passing by and isnt going to ask any questions. Then it comes out. "Hey, my boy has one of these. It's the 1.3, right?". I reply "Yeah man, its pretty close to stock but still fun". And then it happened... "So this things turbo right?". My car is carb'd with no a/c or p/s. Their is no doubt in my mind that someone could climb in the engine bay with my motor and I could close the hood. I have home made headers to a 3" collected that you can easily see from the engine bay in my car.

I just point at the headers. I guess he thought I was pointing at the carb (and wasn't very smart) because as soon as I did, he was like "OH MY GOD! ITS F*&$ING HUGE! YO JJ, COME CHECK DIS SH*$ OUT!" to his buddy in the car. Now I have 2 of these guys looking at my car. I'm done pumping gas and checking my fluids. I'm ready to leave. As there staring at my engine bay, I drop the hood. I tell them politely "Hey guys, I'm outa here, peace". I hop in my car and start it up.

Being that it's a straight pipe, it's ridiculous loud. As soon as it fires, both these guys start yelling and jumping around "ohhhh shiiiiii, dogggg, this thing sounds sickkkkkkk! Holy fuuuuuuu**". As I pull out, looking in my rear view and all I can see is these 2 guys pretty much walking out in the middle of the road to watch me leave.

I guess the ricans down here in FL really love rotaries, even if they don't know much about them.

pattyrx7

the other day i say an fc parked at a local mechanic's shop. i asked him if it was for sale, he said maybe. he was trying to get if fixed cuz the engine was blown, and then he said "i'm going to put and engine from a tractor in it" i was like WHAT??!!

lonetlan

New neighbor- "Why are you trying to make your probe look so cool?"
Me- "Why are you trying to make your Pontiac Cavalier so cool?"
Neighbor- "Least mine runs"
Me-

GeezerMan

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random dude at a red light- "is that an 85 or 86?"
me - "what?"
dude - "is that an 85 or 86 corolla?"
me - "its an rx7"
dude - "O **** those ***** are classic, keep that ****!!!"
me - "I know thanks"
greenlight

helghast7

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^ lmfao! that dude definetly just read initial D

Tyler [S5 FC]

Haha! This whole story is really hilarious, but this part was killin me at work!

Aaron Cake

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Last time I was at a local car show, two old guys were arguing over which year Fiero my car was.

Last week I pulled into the bank parking lot, minding my own business and parked beside a new Challenger. The driver of the Challenger was exiting his car the same time I was leaving mine and struck up a conversation in a very rude way:

Rude Guy: Betcha wish you had a car with some power eh? (he's gesturing to his)
Me: What engine do you have?
RG: 6.1 litre Hemi!
Me: Wow! How much power is that beast putting out? (I'm acting all excited)
RG: ******* 425!
Me: Oh (at this point I make all my enthusiasm disappear and look/sound very disappointed)
RG: ???
Me: If your engine was making power per litre like mine, it would be putting out over 2300HP.
RG: (blank stare, mental math happening...)

At that point I went into the bank, leaving him to try and figure out what I said.

What is it with these people? I mean, I don't park next to a Mustang and say "Bet you wish you had an independent suspension!".

stylEmon

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that happened to me but they asked if my alternator was the turbo!
haha

Supernaut

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Thats funny but you didnt have to laught at the guy. Kinda rude I think. He was just trying to help you out.