six rotor goes at last

[John]

The boys from down under in little ole Wanganui have done it at last, the worlds first six rotor goes
PPRE 6B - 6 ROTOR START UP - YouTube

go the Kiwis

cheers John

 

[Mark]

I know I will regret this, but what does that mean?

 

[jyrki sulka]

6 chamber/piston wankel-engine

 

[Mark]

A rotary engine. OK, that explains it. Thank jjs. I wondered what a six rotor was and failed to make the leap. Brain not what it was!?

 

[Keith]

That's going to be insane remembering that the Le Mans winning Mazda was a 'mere' 4 rotors...

 

[Phil]

John:
What Keith said brings back memories of watching the 4 rotor cars in the 80's, they were really fast. they used to run them here before the CART series and they had a distinctive exhaust note, and if I remember a bit quieter.
The biggest problem was the high heat generated in the exhaust system.
That six rotor has to be over 1200 hp.

Cheers
Phil

 

[Jeff Young]

Heat is a problem with all rotaries. The headers run several hundred degrees hotter than a piston engine. You should see the heat shielding just on a first gen RX7!

 

[Dave]

Running in the car and debuted this weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZGq-q6ag0o

2013 V 4 & Rotary Nationals - World's first public viewing/startup of the 6 Rotor RX4. - YouTube

 

[Keith]

Just 2 words.

Day Um.