I have finished the block parts for the '53. All that is left to do now is the pistons and cross heads. Then a little fitting up and some air pressure......
Thunder and lightning yesterday kept the cnc machines down so I had some time to work on the piston assemblies. All that remains now is the crossheads and they...
Ray, What size is this engine?? Or should I say scale??? Since I am on dial up I did not download the viewer which may have told me. Where in FL??? Thanks, ...
JG, It has a 1" bore and a 7/8" stroke. The block is 4" long x 1-1/4 high. I am in Marianna. Going from dial-up to broad band is a life changing event. ...
... There are two things that make a Wankel type engine hard to build without industrial quality machine tools. First, the shape of the rotor housing, a...
... You are correct. Too many TLAs in my head. ;) -- If, through hard work and perseverance, you finally get what you want, it's probably a sign you weren't...
... An updated version is still available, though not at the same price as an equivalent piston. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPVE3&P=SM ...
I had one of the first RX7 around here. by the time it had 35,000 miles it had the seals and gaskets replaced twice and they need to be replaced at the time I...
And of course don't forget the Norton Wankel engined racing motorcycle, the problem they had was the racing organisers couldn't agree on how to the classify...
Yes, Norton Wankel. Don't forget the other like Van Veen, Hercules and much more. Wolfgang ... -- GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier findest Du Leute mit Deinen...
thats a complete motor for $450. plus extras. Vie been looking for a kit. with maybe just the chamber milled out. I’m wanting to build one , not buy a...
there is no doubt about that one I would really run . it just took it a while to get wound up.and both times the motor laid down and died. They fixed , and the...
There is a restored wankel engined Norton motorcycle in a little motorcycle museum in Solvang, California. Kind of a neat looking engine. Mike in SoCal.---...
I had a 1976 Cosmo (immediate prior model to the RX-7), which had pretty much the same problem. By the time the second generation RX-7 came out (the first one...
... From my reading and experience, I have to agree with the sports car racing governing body, whichever one it was, that classed rotary engines as equivalent...
... Given the relative cost of basic two-stroke engines over the same time frame, that's not far off; I bought an O.S. Max 25 around 1986, spent (as I recall)...
Although people have successfully used wankels in airplanes, there is no particular advantage in doing so. Once you add accessories like the cooling system...
... I bought one in about 1988 from a guy who had put it on an oak display stand. I gave him $150 for it, and it was listing at $200 from Tower Hobbies then. ...
Here's an example what kind of abuse they can put up with: http://tinyurl.com/6ocpkr ... -- ... Some folks will just never know the satisfaction of taking...
I went to Little Machine shop to see that finger lift for sensitive drilling and browsed around for a bit. I found this Noga type indicator base indicator and...
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