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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:29 AM
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Its not in car...... Or you mean rear flywheel hp :p
Ahhhh.... ok.....ahhhh...yea. Feeling kinda dumb now... Guess I'm just so used to typing RWHP that it came out of me automatically. Thanks for keeping me honest!!
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 02:08 PM
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here is something that may help enthusiasts... we took one of my sleves and fixed a stock housing that was ruined. just machined out the factory sleve and pressed mine in..
That will make you big money if you can do it at a reasonable cost and they last.
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 02:38 PM
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Apex seal material? Steel ?
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
the raw piece of material costs me quite a bit more then that..

again this may not be cost effective for a stock housing, but if you already had your exhaust housing ported alot and did not want to buy a new one and do it again then this may be worth it.

how much is a new housing going to really cost someone?
Now about $850.00.
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 04:40 PM
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Apex seal material? Steel ?
Ra super seals
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
here is something that may help enthusiasts... we took one of my sleves and fixed a stock housing that was ruined. just machined out the factory sleve and pressed mine in..
You could sell allot of these sleeves/service if you found a way to machine them for less money
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 08:42 PM
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Engine dyno video/info is up on its FB page;

https://www.facebook.com/12rotor
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Old Feb 10, 2014 | 09:20 PM
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When this thing goes WOT...it will make the earth stop rotating and begin a counterclockwise rotation.....

Insane!!!
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Turblown
Engine dyno video/info is up on its FB page;

https://www.facebook.com/12rotor
Any numbers at higher rpm?
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 02:57 PM
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Any numbers at higher rpm?
Yes take a look on the fb..
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 03:55 PM
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BYC, how about making a cheap 3 rotor crank and thick plate? I know I've mentioned it before...
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 12:42 AM
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Seems you have to ditch the carbs and buy a megasquirt and some injectors
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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 08:49 AM
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its going adaptronic & injection
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Old Feb 26, 2014 | 12:06 PM
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here is a video of the 12 rotor doing some low power testing on the dyno.


here is a video of the 12 rotor doing some low power testing on the dyno.
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Old Feb 26, 2014 | 01:40 PM
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What is happening at the end of the movie? power looks nice at 2000 rpm, but then all in a sudden it falls on its face??
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Old Feb 26, 2014 | 04:15 PM
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What is happening at the end of the movie? power looks nice at 2000 rpm, but then all in a sudden it falls on its face??
when the secondary's on the carb start to open it did not have enough fuel so it leaned out so bad it would almost shut off. We put a nitrous plate under the carb with fuel ran to it but then flooded it. So we took it back off the dyno and were working on the fuel injection intake.
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Old Feb 27, 2014 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
when the secondary's on the carb start to open it did not have enough fuel so it leaned out so bad it would almost shut off. We put a nitrous plate under the carb with fuel ran to it but then flooded it. So we took it back off the dyno and were working on the fuel injection intake.
Efi is the way to go! Unless you have 6 IDA's lying around, would look pretty too
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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 12:17 PM
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Round we go!

Insane 12-rotor Wankel powerboat engine - Video - Road & Track

12-rotor powerboat Wankel engine specs and video - Autoweek
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Old Mar 3, 2014 | 02:48 PM
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UPDATE: Exotic 12-rotor Rotary Engine Hits 815 lb-ft At 3,300 RPM! - EngineLabs
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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 05:31 PM
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http://www.grandprixengines.co.uk/cosworthstory.pdf

BigYellowCat, not sure if you've had any issues of resonance or deflection with the gears meshing the 3 engines together...but if so take a look @ pg. 15, Figure 47F. Very interesting idea. Seems to have eliminated their issues with it. Also the "roots-type" froth pump...
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 11:20 AM
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EFI installation is almost complete. Dyno round # 2 coming up in the next month if all goes to plan..
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Old Oct 27, 2014 | 09:09 PM
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Great to hear this insane project is moving forward with pro assistance. Keep your eyes on the temps BYC.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 10:55 AM
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little update,

The fuel injection system is on the engine, fuel rails, 24 id 2200cc injectors, 24 coils, Adaptronic computer, we burned up the starters trying to get all the sensors set up on the engine so we have not dynoed it yet.

I have a big job that has taken most of my time but I should be done with it in the next two months then I'm going to start working on the engine again.

Here are a few pics.
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 12:27 AM
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Good to see you still getting work done on it. I've sen it in the media a couple times now. Congrats man!
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 10:10 AM
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I can't wait to see someone with an unlimited budget put this in a car ...
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