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Old May 21, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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Question on a rotary quad

i was wondering if anyone has tried this, if so how would i do it, a few buddies of mine here at ford have racing quads and i want to get a body and put a rotary in one to go with them rotary quad, sounds so great, i was thinkin if i cant do a custom, maybe get a 588cc one from a norton motorcycle that makes 95ps
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Old May 21, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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I know a guy (Mike Wiggins of RX7 Heaven in Dexter MO) who has a single rotor engine made from mazda parts and a custom E-shaft...this was made by a Mazda engineer in his spare time during the 80s. I think he said he'd sell it for $500.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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would it fit in a quad like a polaris banshee??
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Old May 21, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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I'm not familiar with quad bikes but just imagine a standard Mazda 12a but half as long.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 07:14 PM
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im not worried about length, just height the norton motorcycles have a 294x2 rotor engine, 588cc, one of them made 150hp@10,000rpm, sweet engine if i could find one.
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Old May 21, 2004 | 07:23 PM
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Atkins sells single rotor 13Bs.
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Old May 27, 2004 | 10:50 AM
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Yamaha makes the Banshee. With some tuning they're pretty scary already with thier twin cylinder 350 2 stroke. Unless you use the norton engine how are you going to do the transmission and drive train?
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 10:54 PM
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yea thats what i thought. a guy at my work has a 490cc polaris, its damn quick
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