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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:53 PM
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Question 2 Rotary Engines in one?

I was wondering, would it be possible to combine to rotary motors? And if it is where could you buy a custom crankshaft for it? That would be bad *** if you could, because i have to rotary engines and nothing to do with one of them. So if there is a site that shows or or sells crankshafts, please let me know thanks!

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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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That would be a 26B and you would need a custom E-shaft for that (there are no crank shafts in a rotary engine).

And this really is not a 2nd gen topic
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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Well both cars are 86's, thanks for the e-shaft bit though man. But i still need to know where i could get one.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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A shop would have to custom build it for you. Mazda built a 26B for racing, but never made it available for production cars.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:15 AM
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Ok, i found a 4 rotor e shaft, but now, does anyone know if i have to have custom intake and custom exhaust, let me guess....yes dumb question i know.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:20 AM
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Ok, i found a 4 rotor e shaft, but now, does anyone know if i have to have custom intake and custom exhaust, let me guess....yes dumb question i know.

yep...custom intake and exhaust manifolds....fo sho
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:24 AM
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Man that sucks....how in the world could i do that? IT would be so bad *** to have a four rotor engine, but of course if it was that easy everyone would have one.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:33 AM
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pretty much everything on it would be custom work

it'd take alottt of time and alottt of money
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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....But it can be done! At least in an FD. I've never seen a 4 rotor in an FC.
4 Rotor FD video

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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 01:17 AM
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where do you think you would get the manifolds? ugh, try learning about something before making yourself look dumb.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 01:26 AM
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yes it can be done, i dont really see it geting done and running for under $20,000
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 01:37 AM
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Granny's has a very informative article about their 4-rotor outlaw racer at
http://members.tripod.com/~grannys/4rotor.html
This guy has a link about a homebrew 4-rotor used in tractor-pulling events, it uses motorcycle chain gears or an automatic torque convertor to join the engines.
http://cp_www.tripod.com/rotary/pg27.htm#hm4r

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