got a new job be working on rotary vehicle for a living now

http://www.xowii-racing.com/XOWii_Racing/Schedule.html

be on the road a lot traveling with the team should be pretty bad ***!

 

Sounds like a good job for you Rob, but will you get to do any racing yourself?

 

not as much as i would like. mainly only in june or july

 

Bad *** Rob. So you entering your car into their team then?

 

Congratulations man! That is awesome! You'll have to let me know whenever you're out here in southern california.

 

ill be in long beach crewing for formula d april 8/9 and for world challenge the following weekend.

 

The whole reason I moved out here is to work on rotaries. Are you going to be in long beach the whole week or just flying back and forth? It is a pretty far drive, but I'd imagine my room mate wouldn't have any issue letting you crash here if need be. That is the same week my parents and grandparents will be here as well though.

 

ill be staying in a hotel or the rig but thanks for the offer. you better at least come out and check out one of those events they are going to be bad ***. where are you located now?

 

Right on. I'll try to convince my parents and grandparents to go to Long Beach during one of those weekends. I'm sure I could convince them that they'd love it out there...then just kind of head directly to the track.

 

Congrats Roberto!!
Sounds fun!

 

Congrats Rob! Workin on a rotary car is def job security

 

Working on any race car is job security. Regardless of engine type.




We should set a date for a meet within the next couple months.

 

Awesome Rob, I am severely jealous

 

hey steve there is an event for us a mid o in august you should come and hang

 

So is anyone going to have their stuff put together and running around town this season? We need more people that don't suck hanging out up at the lots.

 

Just waiting on the weather Blake...

 

If gas prices don't hit $5 a gallon I might. I'm regretting swapping to the jdm trans. Shorter 5th gear has killed my gas mileage lol

 

I should be driving around town soon still have a ton of **** to get done, diff, aliment, battery box, exhaust , braces, all needs to be done by April 3rd **** I got some work to do

 

Personalized plate showed up today

 

That ^ must mean the car will be on the road this year...

 

Car was on the road last year

Tore it down for the new kit though

 

Can you explain what the sudden draw is in rotary land for a gilmer drive? It's saps more power than a serpentine, yet everybody seems to want one on their street car. Is there not a way to use a serpentine setup like the FD?

 

Not sure why others are getting them... But I have found that it is more expensive to get a good aluminum underdrive serpentine setup than one of these kits, Especially for what I stole this one for... plus it just sounds sweet. Lol

 

Next question (and I'm not being a dick here, just curious):

Why do you want to under drive a 13B? I know the stock alternator is barely adequate for the electrical system brand new, let along ~20 years old, and I recall the water pump not exactly being "amazing" either. It'd seem like the 3-4 HP you get from under driving those (which is probably sapped back off by the tension required by a gilmer drive) is probably not worth the risk to the rest of the system.

Most of my experience with gilmer setups like that is on blower cars, but I know in those instances they are hard on bearings for all parts involved also. (due to tension and leverage on the end of the shafts) Any concerns with that on the rotary setup?

Is there something I'm not aware of here? My rotary knowledge is rusty, considering it's been almost 10 years since I played with them, but cooling/power is pretty universal.

I am aware of the issues with power steering delete and needing to add more belt area on the water pump to keep everything happy, and the dual belt/serpentine stuff that way. The gilmer just seems like such an odd way to get there to me.

Oh, and I do agree, they do sound/look cool.

 

One of the reasons the cooling system sucks so bad is due to the velocity of the coolant through the engine being too high. larger water pump pulley helps slow things down. if the drive pulley is reduced in diameter it would also help but then the alternator would see fewer rpms as well possibly causing it not to charge at idle. to compensate for that the smallest alternator pulley possible would be good. from your pic Keith i am not sure if you will have charging issues or not as a DD