Kudos to Fran

[Ben]

Last week I had the opportunity to spend about 13 hours touring the RCR facility learning more about the SL-C. What a fantastic experience! Phenomenal group of people who truly have a passion for their products, and absolutely made me feel at home from the moment I arrived.

I felt like a kid in a candy store looking at all of the gorgeous CNC'd billet aluminum parts, vast array of options, and shelves of parts awaiting a deserving home.

Fran, thank you for taking so much of your precious time to answer all of my ignorant questions. Please pass along my most sincere appreciation to all of your staff.

I've posted a few photos on Picasa. Please forgive the poor quality. My new DSLR and I are having some growing pains.

Link to the photos:
https://picasaweb.google.com/yellod...authkey=Gv1sRgCMvR8f2nt6HO7QE&feat=directlink

 

[Justin]

Nice pics, but there's no pics of the SL-C Le Mans... (Must've been hiding in the back)

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Thanks Ben....glad you had fun...

Justin,
you are correct...she is in the skunkwerks shop being worked on.......

 

[Ricardo Montalvo]

Cool pix. It's like a toy store for adults.

 

[Dave]

One of these days I'll make it over there to the shop.

I saw this pic from the group you posted and am wondering what will be going into this car?

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

4 rotor engine

 

[David]

4 rotor engine

R26B?

 

[Howard Jones]

Fran............Thats a very interesting V shape transverse cross member in the chassis on the red car.

Good Idea!

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Many more cool things on it too......wink

 

[Dave]

You must be kidding. Why is it offset to one side?

I could easily fit a 4-rotor in my car without doing that crossbeam mod. That diagonal mod makes no sense to me unless you raise the entire engine/transaxle up 4"-6" and there is only a couple inches allowed due to the upper crossmember.

Depending on pulley choice and/or front cover, a 4-rotor engine is ~28" long. Mounting the adapter plate on the backside of the engine/tranny mounts 3" further back from where mine is all that you have to do. Simple. The halfshafts could easily take that.

Fran, you must call me when you get some time....

R26B?

There are only a few R26b's in existence. That was the engine code for the Le mans winning 787b. All four rotor cars these days are derived from two or three modified 13b intermediate housings, stock 13b rotor housing sand a custom 4-rotor shaft from Australia.

 

[Dave]

Chips Motorsports?
It's killing me, tell me already.

 

[David]

R26B?

There are only a few R26b's in existence. That was the engine code for the Le mans winning 787b. All four rotor cars these days are derived from two or three modified 13b intermediate housings, stock 13b rotor housing sand a custom 4-rotor shaft from Australia.

Well yes, I kind of meant R26B replica.

I'd love to hear/see one of those, love our RX-8 and rather gutted to see that Mazda have discontinued both it and the rotary engine.

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Just screwing with you Dave....gotcha....

its actually an LS9 chassis....we do the V for packaging and also easier servicing of the supercharger/water pump etc...

 

[Jack]

Boing, boing, boing!

 

[Paul Osborn]

Just screwing with you Dave....gotcha....

its actually an LS9 chassis....we do the V for packaging and also easier servicing of the supercharger/water pump etc...

Dave; hook, line & sinker. :laugh:

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

He spun up faster than a turbo 4 rotor....sorry Dave...

 

[Mesa]

Shame on you Fran, you know those rotary guys are a few fries short. Now me and Howard are going to have to initiate a suicide watch. Nice going.

 

[Ben]

I don't recall it being offset to one side. Might it be the angle of the photo that makes it appear to be?

....am wondering what will be going into this car?

It should be my bum, but unfortunately it's not:laugh:

 

[Justin]

That's just mean.....







But I got a good laugh out of it...

 

[Dave]

Hook.
Line.
Sunk like the Titanic.

Bastards :furious: