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Oh my. Oh yes.

I seriously want to build a rotary zuk

SP450andLE wrote:Oh my. Oh yes.

I seriously want to build a rotary zuk

Do you come from Alabama??


High 6 :

always wondered what a rotary would go like in 4x4 if geared down enough. dont think that one was geared down enough if at all. sure struggled to get going. auto with hi/stall converter. thoughts people?

rokhound wrote:

SP450andLE wrote:Oh my. Oh yes.

I seriously want to build a rotary zuk

Do you come from Alabama??


High 6 :

Nah, I'm from The Haven bro.

But grew up in K-Town G. (Which is pretty much NZ's version of a small town in Alabama )

AWESOME!!!!! been thinking someone needs to do that! Real engines go round and round not up and down

wjw wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwEPuVZ26zA&feature=related

That guy seriously sucks at driving

And if you used the trans from the rotary (like he did), there would be very little space inside. Damn rotaries and their huge trannies

Ha Ha, it gets worse.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wvCgV3D ... re=related

Rotary Zuk would be bad ass.

My brother had a 12a bridgeport early 80's 4wd zuki cant remember the exact model was about 8-10years ago . a guy in Tauranga built it .

They were aptly named as WANKel engines

rokhound wrote:They were aptly named as WANKel engines

correct because they guy who designed and built the first one was named Felix Wankel. I love rotaries but would never ever have one in a 4wd. I'll stick to rx3's, 2's etc and keep diesel turbo engines for my 4wds

Username wrote:My brother had a 12a bridgeport early 80's 4wd zuki cant remember the exact model was about 8-10years ago . a guy in Tauranga built it .

I think I remember that one. meet him at the mount bout 7 or so years back whilst cruzing the beach. was black at the time if its the one I had a look at. was a nice conversion.

i like it, but whats the point, theres usually no hot chicks to see in the bush as you pulse on by with your window down at eye level so your you can just see out it

geared right this could make a cool crawler if it was injected you could put it on some mean angles for a while

Wonder how a newer rx8 rotary engine would go. may have lower power. My old rx8 had desent low down power (for Rotary). With the lower ft lb wonder how the Suzuki drive train would handle it. Thinking.

i owned rotarys for years used as daily drivers rx2's and rx4's they were great for high reving hard and fast sideways in the dry type driving id think a tourqe ier enginge would be more suited to 4wding maybee thats why v8s are more common that samari was just revin too hard for the little work it was doin thats my opinion anyway

damon wrote: they were great for high reving hard and fast sideways in the dry type driving id think a tourqe ier enginge would be more suited to 4wding maybee thats why v8s are more common that samari was just revin too hard for the little work it was doin thats my opinion anyway

Thats been said about a heap of engines that are often used off road now
G13B (Zuk)
3SGTE (yota)
SR20DET (Nissan)
All about gearing.

tourqe ier enginge

that french for strong redheads?

id never heat up a rotary and drop it in a mud hole or cold river just like giving it the jandle from cold or not cooling it down.

Ive heard that story too, but how do RX rally cars cope with fords (the good water type not the shitty cars)/water crossing?

lilpigzuk wrote:Ive heard that story too, but how do RX rally cars cope with fords (the good water type not the shitty cars)/water crossing?

Not very well, but they pretty much rely on going in f-cken hot stayimg full tits on the gas and only being in the water for a couple of seconds or less. Doesn't shock cool them as much as dunking them in a river for 30 or more seconds.
Every done a compression test on a rotary stone cold and compared it to full hot? Huge difference compared to a standard piston motor the side seals when you build them are designed to seal when hot (thats what you clearance them to) I'd prob make them a bit longer than normal for a 4wd but then you can have problems with them jamming corner seals.
Great motors but you don't get 200-300hp out of a 1.2 or 1.3 motor without having limitations

Thats been said about a heap of engines that are often used off road now
G13B (Zuk)
3SGTE (yota)
SR20DET (Nissan)
All about gearing.

tourqe ier enginge

that french for strong redheads? [/quote]
id agree with the sr20 and 3sgte but a rotor id think high reving machine is not that good at times on the farm when we need to get places were just turnin the wheels on idle a rotor couldnt do that 4 wheelen isnt all about high revs and thrashin it to get somewere its about driving ability and yea mock my spelling im just a dirty old farmer school was for eatin lunch

rotor would be all good for such things as mudfest and mud drags. But not so much the slower more controlled type stuff.

Here is a dyno of a more modern rotary.

Torque comes on relatively early. Wonder how many kg the engine would be.


http://www.hypertech.com/PerformanceGra ... omatic.pdf