rotary engine redlining for 5 mins

pat99872 · 10-13-2005, 09:53 AM

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player....EF855BA56E&p=0

10-13-2005, 11:05 AM

What was the point of doing that?

Spank666 · 10-13-2005, 12:07 PM

Haha, the inside of the muffler was on fire at the end.

10-13-2005, 12:14 PM

They are still unreliable peaces of shit.. talk to any owner that drives theres on a daily basis and has owend it for a few years.

Khaos · 10-13-2005, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Boostedpimp

They are still unreliable peaces of shit.. talk to any owner that drives theres on a daily basis and has owend it for a few years.

probably why he was blowing it up. I'm sure either that thing was ready for a new engine, or the dumpster.

Da KiLlDoZeR · 10-13-2005, 03:04 PM

Re post, but i still dont get why they would try to blow a engine that suprise suprise loves to spin lol. Throw some iron filings in the intake and see what happens!

Newb1e St1l3Z · 10-14-2005, 04:52 AM

I hate it when idiots do those sort of things, especially to a rotary.

10-14-2005, 06:19 AM

Fuck I hate streetfire, never plays the vids for me.
I don't like Rotarys anyways, so I could care less if it blew. They're torqueless wonders.

Regulator_ · 10-14-2005, 11:20 AM

I saw another video somewhere a while back with another rotary engine and it redlined for like 12-15 minutes I remember. Those things are pretty tough

10-14-2005, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Regulator_

I saw another video somewhere a while back with another rotary engine and it redlined for like 12-15 minutes I remember. Those things are pretty tough

ha yeah try driving them daily with some wot action and see how tough they are.. they are tough, tough on the wallet lol. No but seriously ask an owner that daily drives his and you'll see

PitwrkzZ1 · 10-14-2005, 03:54 PM

just get ceramic apex seals.....5k a piece....

Carbon · 10-15-2005, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Boostedpimp

ha yeah try driving them daily with some wot action and see how tough they are.. they are tough, tough on the wallet lol. No but seriously ask an owner that daily drives his and you'll see

it's called "looking after" the car... on a rotary forum i visit many cases of cars with over 400'000ks, im talking fair few, only un reliableness is when modding comes into it... eg bigger turbo, would then need bigger injectors, fuel pump, cooling etc etc...

FatBastard · 10-15-2005, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Carbon

it's called "looking after" the car... on a rotary forum i visit many cases of cars with over 400'000ks, im talking fair few, only un reliableness is when modding comes into it... eg bigger turbo, would then need bigger injectors, fuel pump, cooling etc etc...

as far as i knew, the first rotarys were really unreliable. mazda released the engine before the had solved the problem with the "edges" of the rotating pistons. (that they wear really fast).

still. nowadays they are supposedly as reliable as other engines.

10-15-2005, 01:17 PM

when the rotory engine first came out, they predicted that it would be the end of the piston engine....ha, that sure happened. That was what, 30-40 years ago when the rotary was introduced...and its still a pile a shit. Unreliable to this day, no torque to this day....i cant even imagine how much money has been wasted on this engine.

PitwrkzZ1 · 10-15-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FatBastard

as far as i knew, the first rotarys were really unreliable. mazda released the engine before the had solved the problem with the "edges" of the rotating pistons. (that they wear really fast).

still. nowadays they are supposedly as reliable as other engines.

Those are the apex seals. You have to break down the whole engine to replace them. Not fun.

10-13-2005, 09:53 AM	#1
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10-13-2005, 11:05 AM	#2
Exploited Guest Posts: n/a	What was the point of doing that?

10-13-2005, 12:14 PM	#4
Boostedpimp Guest Posts: n/a	They are still unreliable peaces of shit.. talk to any owner that drives theres on a daily basis and has owend it for a few years.

10-14-2005, 04:52 AM	#7
Newb1e St1l3Z Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NZ Posts: 525	I hate it when idiots do those sort of things, especially to a rotary.

10-14-2005, 06:19 AM	#8
BigS Guest Posts: n/a	Fuck I hate streetfire, never plays the vids for me. I don't like Rotarys anyways, so I could care less if it blew. They're torqueless wonders.

10-14-2005, 11:20 AM	#9
Regulator_ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 390	I saw another video somewhere a while back with another rotary engine and it redlined for like 12-15 minutes I remember. Those things are pretty tough

10-15-2005, 01:17 PM	#14
wsuwarrior Guest Posts: n/a	when the rotory engine first came out, they predicted that it would be the end of the piston engine....ha, that sure happened. That was what, 30-40 years ago when the rotary was introduced...and its still a pile a shit. Unreliable to this day, no torque to this day....i cant even imagine how much money has been wasted on this engine.