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<blockquote data-quote="winkychevelle" data-source="post: 8127013" data-attributes="member: 611804"><p>The rx8 is a rotory motor and the most notable part of driving that can is the high revs. You just keep pushing the car harder and harder till you hit redline at around 9k rpms which is unlike other motors that redline around 5-6k rpms. Some care should betaken with these motors as the power really builds fast 1000-9k can happen in half the time of a regular piston engine.</p><p></p><p>These cars are known for fun but maintenance can be costly and oil and water temps should stay low, detonation in this motor design almost always ends in a bad motor were as other piston engines can handle detonation alot better. Air flowing over the radiator is usually the easiest way of cooling for these engine but at low speeds the air flow is minimum causing the engine to run hotter than normal.</p><p></p><p>And lastly these engine are horribly inefficient and burn fuel like crazy. They can be built for high power numbers but its gonna cost a good built due the the lack of durability and how much of the engine needs to be upgraded in order to withstand these higher power numbers. Nitrous is almost always a bad idea as the sudden increase in engine pressures can actually deform the cylinders causing a lose of piston seal and there fore lost of compression</p><p></p><p>Overall the wankle motor design is lacking but on a track were fuel cost don't matter and wind speed is high these motors excel at getting out of corners due to the rapidly climbing engine rpms resulting in faster acceleration. The downside I that most trasmissions eithe r run out of top end(top speed ability) or they dog the motor down at lower speeds. Speaking streetwise track is different with the power adders avalible today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winkychevelle, post: 8127013, member: 611804"] The rx8 is a rotory motor and the most notable part of driving that can is the high revs. You just keep pushing the car harder and harder till you hit redline at around 9k rpms which is unlike other motors that redline around 5-6k rpms. Some care should betaken with these motors as the power really builds fast 1000-9k can happen in half the time of a regular piston engine. These cars are known for fun but maintenance can be costly and oil and water temps should stay low, detonation in this motor design almost always ends in a bad motor were as other piston engines can handle detonation alot better. Air flowing over the radiator is usually the easiest way of cooling for these engine but at low speeds the air flow is minimum causing the engine to run hotter than normal. And lastly these engine are horribly inefficient and burn fuel like crazy. They can be built for high power numbers but its gonna cost a good built due the the lack of durability and how much of the engine needs to be upgraded in order to withstand these higher power numbers. Nitrous is almost always a bad idea as the sudden increase in engine pressures can actually deform the cylinders causing a lose of piston seal and there fore lost of compression Overall the wankle motor design is lacking but on a track were fuel cost don't matter and wind speed is high these motors excel at getting out of corners due to the rapidly climbing engine rpms resulting in faster acceleration. The downside I that most trasmissions eithe r run out of top end(top speed ability) or they dog the motor down at lower speeds. Speaking streetwise track is different with the power adders avalible today. [/QUOTE]
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