Radical overkill…the point where you seriously consider that there is such a thing as too much. A case in point is this Wankel engine. It’s got twelve rotors. That’s eight more that Mazda’s 787B LeMans race car had. That’s ten more than any production Mazda rotary-powered vehicle. Keep that in mind: the turbocharged twin-rotor sold in the RX-7 was good for 280hp stock, and the 787’s 2.6L four-rotor pushed 700hp.
So, what the hell, why not twelve? The answer to a question that somebody asked, presumably while on a grain alcohol bender, was built and amazingly, sounds both ready to kill the unsuspecting and inattentive unmuffled, yet once the tubes go on it sounds as docile as any other rotary you’ve ever heard. The engine appears to be in the tuning stages, but by the end of the video they have a glass of water sitting on the block. Not a ripple, barely a shake. And it looks great, as well.
Quick, shove this thing into a late 1980s RX-7 and go hunting!
(Thanks to Tedly for the tip!)
I like it! ( and I don’t really like rotaries, mainly cos of the horrible noise they make – but I love the noise coming out of this…) So if you call 2 rotors an easy 300 hp, then this has to be …um….1800 hp???????????????? really?? wow…..and that’s gunna be smooth revvy power too! The only slightly weird thing is the 4 bbl propped at the end of it…I would have assumed multiple carbs or EFI but it certainly doesn’t seem to be hurting performance at all
Looks like he started with a throttle body in the beginning, then they switched to the carb when they couldn’t get it to idle.
talk about an answer to a question nobody asked, this is one of the most oddly themed pages in BS history (is there a theme?)
In the name of all that is Holy that engine has to go into a 73 RX-3. The throttle response sounds better than Scarlett Johansson…
Replacement engine for Project Raven?
Man that is sick. I love how rotarys rev. That engine is a thing of beauty. I don’t know why but I’d like to see it dropped in a late 60s E-type. If they need a test mule, I’ll volunteer my AMC.
which needle moves faster, the tach racing up scale or the gas gauge heading for zero!
Sounds amazing.
Technically it’s 9 more than any production rotary. The Mazda JC Cosmos had a 3 rotor engine. They built about 3000 in the early to mid 90s.