What the Motherf**K??
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What the Motherf**K??
Hope this isn't a repost, look at the size of this rotor!!!!!
The Ingersoll-Rand Wankel Rotary engine. The world's largest Wankel engine.
A single rotor could displace 31.5-liters. They came in single, and twin rotor setups, produced 550 and 1100 HP, respectively for each rotor. Mainly used for gas line pumping stations, they ran off of the fuel they were pumping.
I do not have a picture of the complete engine, but a rotor from one of them in the picture. Note the small rotor on the left. That would be out of a early RX#, the one on the right? Perhaps a Sachs or a RE5.
WTF??!!!!
The Ingersoll-Rand Wankel Rotary engine. The world's largest Wankel engine.
A single rotor could displace 31.5-liters. They came in single, and twin rotor setups, produced 550 and 1100 HP, respectively for each rotor. Mainly used for gas line pumping stations, they ran off of the fuel they were pumping.
I do not have a picture of the complete engine, but a rotor from one of them in the picture. Note the small rotor on the left. That would be out of a early RX#, the one on the right? Perhaps a Sachs or a RE5.
WTF??!!!!
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Taken from Wiki
The largest Wankel engine was built by Ingersoll-Rand; available in 550 hp (410 kW) one rotor and 1100 hp (820 kW) two rotor versions, displacing 41 liters per rotor with a rotor approximately one meter in diameter, it was available between 1975 and 1985. It was derived from a previous, unsuccessful, Curtiss-Wright design, which failed because of a well-known problem with all internal combustion engines; the fixed speed at which the flame front travels limits the distance combustion can travel from the point of ignition in a given time, and thereby the maximum size of the cylinder or rotor chamber which can be used. This problem was solved by limiting the engine speed to only 1200 rpm and use of natural gas as fuel; this was particularly well chosen, as one of the major uses of the engine was to drive compressors on natural gas pipelines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine
Look under "Other uses" near the bottom of the page.
The largest Wankel engine was built by Ingersoll-Rand; available in 550 hp (410 kW) one rotor and 1100 hp (820 kW) two rotor versions, displacing 41 liters per rotor with a rotor approximately one meter in diameter, it was available between 1975 and 1985. It was derived from a previous, unsuccessful, Curtiss-Wright design, which failed because of a well-known problem with all internal combustion engines; the fixed speed at which the flame front travels limits the distance combustion can travel from the point of ignition in a given time, and thereby the maximum size of the cylinder or rotor chamber which can be used. This problem was solved by limiting the engine speed to only 1200 rpm and use of natural gas as fuel; this was particularly well chosen, as one of the major uses of the engine was to drive compressors on natural gas pipelines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine
Look under "Other uses" near the bottom of the page.
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^^ hahaha so true man at redline i could break the sound barrier lol that or rip the body off the sub frame. either way its all good. only one problem. Does anyone sell a 500 liter endurance race tank so i can drive for a whole 30 seconds lol
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is there a hood with a cowl big enough to house that rotor.....hehe i've been a two, three and four rotor fan for a long time but now i'm thinking of going single!! I heard that Mazda is thinking about using larger rotors for the new RX-7 for more torque to compete with the new supra and skyline
I'll take four...
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If ya'll ever seen "Employee of the Month" with dane cook and jessica simpson and the part at which dane cook pops that popper in andy dicks face at that party and andy yells, "WHAT THE FUUUUCK!" haha those three words say it all lmao!
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From: In Awesome-Land...
'Oscar, don't move! You're messing with the momma' rotor's babies! Just play dead and maybe it won't maim you.'
WTF, I bet his name is Oscar.
Talk about rotational mass. In the words of Col. Hunter Gathers 'Don't they know there's a gas crunch on? Look at the SIZE of you...'
WTF, I bet his name is Oscar.
Talk about rotational mass. In the words of Col. Hunter Gathers 'Don't they know there's a gas crunch on? Look at the SIZE of you...'