quad rotory RX-7

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Iconoclast

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classic red P5

• Apr 20, 2004

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in the may 2004 issue of superstreet page 182 bottom right is a pic of the rx with a caption that it has a 4 rotory, thier is no other info.

any one ever hear of this?

i know of the unos cosmos tri-rotor and the single and double-but never a quad

 

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Dexter

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• Apr 20, 2004

• #2

ive never heard of a quad-rotor either.

 

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mp5jeff

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• Apr 20, 2004

• #3

yea there was a thread on rx7 club about a 4 rotor, with a video of it, or maybe it was on this website, i forget. The thing was freakin sick though, it reved fast as ****.

 

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Dexter

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• Apr 20, 2004

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theoretically , couldnt you make a 4 rotor by combining 2 2-rotor motors?

 

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mp5jeff

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• Apr 20, 2004

• #5

i highly doubt it(could be wrong), but if you want to add 2 plus 2 to get 4, that could work lol =)

 

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Dexter

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• Apr 20, 2004

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i dont know all the terms for rotary engines, but if you connected the housings and lengthened all the shafts, what is preventing you from making a 4 rotor out of 2 seperate motors?

 

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Phoenix5

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• Apr 20, 2004

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I assume your talking about the silver one from the pics from the 2004 Tokyo Auto Salon,right??I have that issue.That is a sick car and it looks really clean too.

Can U say "787B reborn"??Talk about a sleeper.

You want to know what my fave ride is in that magazine??It's on the Table of Contents,hehe!

 

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Roywhitep5

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• Apr 20, 2004

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maybe its a 3 rotor but with 2 middle sections

 

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jflo

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• Apr 20, 2004

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i saw the video of that car...it was nuts. it was putting out about 550hp or something. the rx-7 body it was put in had a totally custom body...nothing was left alone. they removed the cover and they showed 4 rotors slicing through 4 spark plug holes. it sounded mean as hell and revved as fast and as high as an F1 engine

 

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jflo

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03.5 msp

• Apr 20, 2004

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actually, the link to the video was posted somewhere in the photo/video section

 

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jflo

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03.5 msp

• Apr 20, 2004

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Dexter said:

i dont know all the terms for rotary engines, but if you connected the housings and lengthened all the shafts, what is preventing you from making a 4 rotor out of 2 seperate motors?

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umm...a developed drivetrain and ignition system ?

 

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Dexter

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• Apr 20, 2004

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jflo said:

umm...a developed drivetrain and ignition system ?

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umm, how is the ignition being controlled on this 4 rotor? and what does it have to do with the drivetrain, why wouldnt it bolt into the stock transmission?

ummmmmmmm umm umu um um um ????

 

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Kauai Dave

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• Apr 20, 2004

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The only thing that I know of that has a 4 rotor is the 787B, but the thing has a hard time getting up to speeds high enough to drive on the highways.

 

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jflo

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03.5 msp

• Apr 20, 2004

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i dunno...wouldn't the engine be longer and i dunno ?

 

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jflo

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03.5 msp

• Apr 20, 2004

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well, i found one thread with a vid of the 4 rotor FD

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56528&highlight=rx-7

i couldn't find the other one where it actually had the car roll out unpainted and hood lifted to show the rotors turning

 

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03.5 msp

• Apr 20, 2004

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FOUND IT ! argh i don't think the links work anymore tho...*nevermind they do

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39441&highlight=rotor

 

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jflo

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03.5 msp

• Apr 20, 2004

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hmm...i just watched the scoot vid...those taillights look like they came off a 3rd gen protege

 

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Kauai Dave

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• Apr 20, 2004

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WTF!!! That's all I can say!

 

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Iconoclast

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classic red P5

• Apr 20, 2004

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jflo-thats what the caption reads on the one in superstreet

Scoots 4 rotory (good find)

 

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Notorious

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• Apr 20, 2004

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there was one at 7 stock. they never got it to ran, infact while it was there it had no wiring harness or anything. It was just a motor sitting in a rx-7 with significant firewall work.