OT: American race cars (formerly - OT: new car advice)

[slegge at govliquidation.com]

hahah I have seen cars in the 12's w/ powerglides does that count as 
second gear?

I think he was referring was the revvs the rotary can spin up to. 
Theoretically they can spin to insane rpm's and the torque/hp curves stay 
pretty linear where a mornal car will float valves or throw parts out of 
the block.  They make a wankel model-airplane engine I have always wanted 
to get my hands on a 5cc version they have ridiculous power for a larger 
combat/airobatics model planes. 

Some Sprint cars run mechanical fuel injection which is absolutely insane 
in cost for race application. Those motors rival those of the spec style 
in nascar in cost and performance in the outlaws. I knew a couple people 
who raced sprinters in the southwest and the $$$ they threw around was jaw 
dropping to say the least. 


-Scott






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The rotarys still require more mainteance than other stuff.

Btw, my piston engined car does 70mph in 2nd.

vodhner at cox.net spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> When the first recumbent bicycles first appeared,
> they turned out to be too fast for the
> Tour de France, so you won't see them there.
> That was about 100 years ago ...
> A recumbent with a shell was the first bike
> to take the prize for hitting 65 mph.
> 
> In the demolition derbies, they banned some cars
> like the '73 Continental because they were
> indestructable so it wasn't fair.  :-)
> 
> I drove a rotary Mazda once back in the 70s.
> Cool.  I once left a traffic light, shifted
> into 2nd at about 2 mph, and took it up to
> 55 on the freeway in 2nd before the tach
> approached the red line.  Sweet, smooth
> running engines.
> 
> I heard once that they wear out and start
> eating oil very quickly.  But that was a
> long time ago, they may have improved
> that.
> 
> Vic
> 
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