Hi Gordon:
Wasn't a RB-26 a Nissan engine verses a "Datsun"? I was speaking of just the
1600 or 2000 power plants. I agree, the apex seals are or could be the soft
spot with the rotary. The standard stock 12A engine can be picked up by one
person and produces 100hp. Weight to hp is amazing.
The strangest thing I've seen is a production Harley with a Chevy 350
installed. They are called a BossHog and are built by a small company in
Tennessee. That's a free ticket to the morgue as far as I'm concerned.
Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> Mazda also did a lot of metallurgical work on the apex seals. That was one
> of the things that contributed to the high oil consumption. One quart per
> thousand miles isn't acceptable in a brand-new engine. Also, the early
> RX-7's didn't have much torque. They made plenty of power up high, but not
> much down low. A friend of mine had one when they first came out, and I
> could blow his doors off with my U20 because I had gobs of torque. They
> were also known to be very throttle-sensitive when it came to fuel
> consumption - hammer the throttle and you're in single digits on the gas
> mileage. Most of these problems got solved over the years.
>
> BTW, Steve, how about 800hp from a Datsun RB26 twin-turbo? Turbos can do
> wonders, but I think it would be difficult to fit a 13B twin-turbo in a
> roadster. Actually you can fit anything in anything if you are willing to
> butcher it enough. Most radical thing I've seen is a twin-turbo Chrysler
> hemi with nitrous in a motorcycle! But you ain't gettin' me on it!
>
> Oh yeah, there was one other outrageous engine swap I saw a while back on
> the Web - an Opel GT with a mid-engine Allison V-12 aircraft engine!
> Street-licensed, too. Looked like something from a horror film.
>
> Steve Harvey wrote:
>
> > You tell'em Joshua:
> > Try and get 700 hp out of a datsun engine! It won't happen. The reason
> > 12A's and 13B's got such a bad rap is that the idiots that owned them
> > didn't realize that the engine consumes oil at a rate of 1 quart per
> > 3000 miles driven. This is the only way to lubricate the internal
> > components. American drivers don't check the oil. They just gas and go
> > which meant that their engines fried much quicker than if they had
> > maintained them.
> > Steve Harvey
> > --
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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