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Old 11-25-06, 10:22 AM
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4 Rotor Rotary Engine in BMW?
http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...ne-in-bmw.html

Is there alot of BMWs with rotary engines in them? I've never really heard of any b4.
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i think thats the 2nd 4 rotor bmw ive seen.. the other was pink wth
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its turbo! too!!
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holy crap.......
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yes that a holy "crap"
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yeah... why in a bmw? i dont even understand why they would do that.
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why not ?

wow this thing is fast.
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why not ?

wow this thing is fast.
Yeah IDK, just seems werid, well its for sure the only BMW that sounds like that lol. I wonder how it handles, it seems like its a straight race car. 8.5 seconds or whatever, good stuff!
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this BMW is own by the same team that had the pink one...they sold the pink chassis because it reached its limit so in order to harness the full potental of the 4rotor this built this new PRORWD chassis...those videos are of the cars 1st or 2nd time at the track so they still have alot more left in it...6.50's maybe? after its fully dialed in

BTW the owners (queen st smash & repair) was building a pro class ferarri chassis to battle in OZ but they canceled it... i think they was having a hard time fitting those huge rear slicks under the ferarri body and still making it look like a prancing horse...im not sure if the ferarri was going to be v8 or rotary powered
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lol i love how he brakes it loose half way down the track and still runs in the 8's i would have **** my pants
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i think if you look close its twin.
or maybe im the only one seeing that
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it is twin
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when this engine was in the pink chassis it ran a 7 something
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repost.
http://www.ozhoon.com/Vids/OzHoon-BMW-testing.wmv

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/6...4900391220.htm
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Holly hell.
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when the pink car was built in '03 it had suade interior, TV screens and a few 12" woofers....




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yeh its twin..you see both the turbos..who cares if its in a mustang..4 rotor twin turbo..off the wall!!!
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yeh its twin..you see both the turbos..who cares if its in a mustang..4 rotor twin turbo..off the wall!!!
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Holy hell, that thing sounds mean...I need to get one of those under the hode of a second gen.
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Originally Posted by project 88 gxl
yeah... why in a bmw? i dont even understand why they would do that.

I think Felix Wankel was German, so there's a connection if I'm right about what was his nationality.
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Ahh, true he was German
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Originally Posted by keithrulz
Ahh, true he was German
Makes me wonder what Germany thought about the rotary put into Japanese cars (and motorcycles). Somehow, I sincerely doubt they were all like- "Any motor in any car!"
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that is a pretty sweet car, never seen one of those myself
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