racerfoo

i hear a lot of you guys talking about this...and how you do a bunch of hard runs on the car. but now that i have my car, i've realized something. its so SMOOTH it never feels hard. the first time i took my car to the warning track (7500) and heard the buzzer, i was shocked. it just kept turning the RPMs without feeling like it was straining or anything. the car always feels so smooth and nice, its almost hard to keep myself from hitting the redline more often. i love it!

spurvo

Yeah, the smooth engine with the radio up can make for some interesting times... I personally detest 4 bangers now, and even V-8's are a little... unrefined.

Why, yes, I WOULD like another glass of Chianti Classico, thank you.

HeatTreated

I know with piston engines there are things such as floating valves and sleeves not being able to take higher revs... what are the side effects Hi revs do to our Rotarys?

Crash

The eccentric shaft can flew and cuase the rotors to hit the housings(never heard of this happening) or it can nap all together.

ijneb

Your fuel system would most likely cause the most problems, but then you are pushing more and more exhaust gasses out very quickly, spinning your turbos faster and faster...

rynberg

Why would your fuel system cause the most problems? Injector pulse rate?

BTW, your statement about the exhaust gases spinning the turbos faster and faster would only be true if we didn't have a wastegate.....

rynberg

apex seal skipping, bent e-shafts

excessive over-revving could also send parts of your drivetrain through your car -- there's a reason for the "not to exceed 10500 rpm" on Racing Beat's flywheel+clutch page.....

All in all though, the rotary is much more tolerant of that kind of abuse. I read somewhere that someone ran a 12A up to 20000+ rpm before it self-destructed.