I got it. No harm, no foul.bajajoaquin wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 9:16 pmAnd by the way, I just re read this. Meant to be funny. Wasn’t. Sorry.bajajoaquin wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 5:08 pm.
You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but it's wrong.58Hawken wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 3:26 pm
Miatas look like what they are. Midlife crisis on a budget. KGs at least look like an attempt to be classics while having your mid-life crisis on a budget. IMVUIO.
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52At least it hasn't devolved into a 'Positive Ground' Karma event thread...
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53I’d imagine that it makes the power curve different and doesn’t make more power total. That said, all internal combustion engines have a compression stroke and that’s entirely different from what supercharging does. Also, to say that a wankel runs like a two stroke is a reductive explanation at best.YankeeTarheel wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 10:59 amI don't understand how turning one rotor into a super charger would help. Rotaries are fundamentally 2-strokes and the other chambers of the rotor already act as a supercharger, forcing the mixture in. And you lose half the engine's power. Piston-port 2-strokes are essentially super-charged already. as the downward stroke of the piston forces the charge into the upper chamber, while a tuned, timed exhaust sucks out the old charge and sets up a back pressure to hold the new charge in place.Bucolic wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 9:47 amOoooo! Now that’s some serious shit! I hope they upgraded the brakes.Marlene wrote:There was one of those in San Francisco years back. Rumor was that they plumbed one rotor to just act as a supercharger for the other two.Bucolic wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 4:28 pm The best conversion I’ve ever heard of was done by an engineer on a project that I provided some oversight to. He dropped an RX-6 rotary engine into a bug eye Sprite.
I love the sound of those Wankels when they’re revving up around 10k.
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54The compression stroke is different. Turbo and super-charging push the mixture into the chamber rather than having the intake stroke suck it in, saving both the drag power used for the vacuum and forcing more charge into the chamber, so there's more charge for the compression stroke to compress. This can even require a reduced compression ratio so the engine doesn't blow up or burn up.Marlene wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 2:25 pmI’d imagine that it makes the power curve different and doesn’t make more power total. That said, all internal combustion engines have a compression stroke and that’s entirely different from what supercharging does. Also, to say that a wankel runs like a two stroke is a reductive explanation at best.YankeeTarheel wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 10:59 amI don't understand how turning one rotor into a super charger would help. Rotaries are fundamentally 2-strokes and the other chambers of the rotor already act as a supercharger, forcing the mixture in. And you lose half the engine's power. Piston-port 2-strokes are essentially super-charged already. as the downward stroke of the piston forces the charge into the upper chamber, while a tuned, timed exhaust sucks out the old charge and sets up a back pressure to hold the new charge in place.Bucolic wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 9:47 amOoooo! Now that’s some serious shit! I hope they upgraded the brakes.Marlene wrote:
There was one of those in San Francisco years back. Rumor was that they plumbed one rotor to just act as a supercharger for the other two.
I love the sound of those Wankels when they’re revving up around 10k.
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57If I recall correctly, they made two models: a 1600 and a 2000. They must have had serious rust problems. I don’t think I’ve seen one for 30 years.
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59The pre-240 was the Fairlady.
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60In America, they were just he 1600 and 2000 Roadsters, as they thought the name wasn't right for the US market.
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62They made a retro Fairlady or something like it in the 90s or early 2000s I think?
@yankeetarheel lol
@yankeetarheel lol
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63I remember the Datsun 280-Z from, I guess, the early 1970's? I think it was also called the Fairlady.
Toyota I think had the Celica Supra to compete...not sure about that.
Don't know much about the Japanese 70's and 80's muscle cars other than the RX7.
Toyota I think had the Celica Supra to compete...not sure about that.
Don't know much about the Japanese 70's and 80's muscle cars other than the RX7.
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64The 280Z was preceded by the 240Z and the 260z. The 240Z was a game changer; the others, not so much.
A cherry 240z is worth LOTS. Not many are left since they were really prone to rust.
A cherry 240z is worth LOTS. Not many are left since they were really prone to rust.
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65then there was that snail who had the "Z" logos on the hub centers reversed on his 240, so people would say "Look at that S car go!"
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66As it left a trail of slime...Marlene wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 9:11 am then there was that snail who had the "Z" logos on the hub centers reversed on his 240, so people would say "Look at that S car go!"
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67we need facepalm emoji. this will have to do for now.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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68saw this rust-bucket today on my walk:
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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69Given its age that's not an outrageous amount of rust.
"it's a goddamn impossible way of life"
"And so it goes"
"And so it goes"
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71There's a Baja Fastback in my neighborhood. It's just far away enough that I don't typically walk past it. I see it when I need to go to a store driving distance away. Let me see if i can get a picture of it next time.
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73That's just sad.
To be vintage it must be older than me!
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