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Re: Thank You

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Subject: Re: Thank You
From: Jesus Villarreal <jesvilla@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:13:12 -0800
Michael R. Clements wrote:
> 
> Torque schmorque, torque is for wimps. Rotary rice burners don't
> have much torque but they go 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds, and that's
> enough to beat most of those Vettes and Porsches. I'll take
> screaming wankel squirrels on crack over a big fiberglass boat
> powered by 100 year old thump-thump technology.
> 
> Scot Zediker wrote:
> >
> > --- Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > Andy McKee wrote:
> > > > Sorry Kit, but I think Sal's logic went something
> > > like "torque over
> > > > squirrels on crack".  Of course, if you can keep
> > > your car between 6000-9000 > RPM at all times, you
> > > should do fine.:-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Torque-Smorque... I just need to watch the VTEC
> > > engagement point in
> > > sweepers. ;)
> >
> > Torque?  We don't need no steenking torque!
> >
> > Scot - no VTEC, but not much torque either
> > Do You Yahoo!?


I guess you don't mind being second best then.:)) And it's only 45 year
good ol' American tech not one hundred year old. The wankel has been
around at least that long also, if my memory is any good, 1945 in
Germany sounds about right, albeit not very reliable until the Japanese
made it work pretty good. Now put a turbo on one of those V8's and we'll
see which one gets there first. You don't see any Top Fuel dragsters
with wankels in them, or F1 cars, now, do we ????

Jesus


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