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 pete wood
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| posted on January 17th, 2005 at 05:38 PM |
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10A rotaries?
anyone know much about them?
got a friend who is looking for one, has some hairbrain idea for it. Won't say what though. :o
[Edited on 17-1-2005 by pete wood]
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Doug Sweetman
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| posted on January 17th, 2005 at 06:45 PM |
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Ummm, maybe in a museum ? They werent produced for very long, and wouldnt be very many in OZ, due to the fact that they were superseded by the 12A in
the first RX7 (1978) which is when the rotary revolution happened.
Good luck.
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| posted on January 17th, 2005 at 10:00 PM |
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QUT (where I went to Uni) has one in pieces mounted on a wall in the mechanical building labs. That's the only one I have seen in real life.
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| posted on January 17th, 2005 at 10:32 PM |
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First 10A in Australia
The Mazda R100 was released in June 1969 and was one of the first Mazda vehicles equipped with the rotary engine. It was available as a coupe only,
and was based on the 1200 coupe which had been on sale for over a year
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 08:03 AM |
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i would'nt use it,how cheap are 13b turbos from the importers these days.faster option..............
so fill as in on the project...
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pete wood
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 09:04 AM |
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He's being real cagey about what he's doing with it. Spose I'll have to wait and see. He's really set on a 10a though.
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 09:36 AM |
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so.....what is he going to supercharge with it????:duh:thumb
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pete wood
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 09:46 AM |
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dunno, he won't say, he's real cagey. personally, I think he's a bit of a nutter. you know what I mean, everyone has a mate like it, too many
'broolliunt' schemes. :o
anyway, a 10a is what he really wants.
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 02:11 PM |
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maybe hes building a super rotary powered lawn mower. or a 10A powered golf cart!
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
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pete wood
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 02:16 PM |
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dunno, but whatever he does, it always seems to be a bit out of the ordinary.
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 09:54 PM |
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The 10a is a top little motor revs to 10000prm easily.
Only down side is finding parts , but if hes's serious give me a u2u and i know a mate who has a couple , its whether he'll sell them is the
thing. If not I've still got a twin dizzy 12a mild port sitting in the shed,needs a water pump though.
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pete wood
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 10:21 PM |
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Hey klaus, you have U2U.
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| posted on January 24th, 2005 at 06:40 PM |
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Mazda R100
Pete, probably totally off subject - i owned a 10a powered Mazda R100 a few years ago - have attached a pic - totally stock standard , wish i never
sold it ...oh well..
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| posted on January 24th, 2005 at 06:41 PM |
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try piccy again
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| posted on January 24th, 2005 at 06:52 PM |
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try again ...last one mongrel....
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pete wood
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| posted on January 24th, 2005 at 08:00 PM |
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nice, got any spare motors?
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| posted on January 24th, 2005 at 08:06 PM |
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Sorry mate, sold all my rotary stuff with the car.
Good luck with it anyway.
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| posted on January 29th, 2005 at 10:12 AM |
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yo pete! i do mazda parts for a living....
a lot of 10A parts are hard to come by..mostly no longer available
they still do some of the internal stuff still though (apex seals etc..)
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 04:23 PM |
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know of a 10a in Adelaide.
u2u vwrx if interested. |
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 05:23 PM |
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can i ask... waht are 12a rotaries like? and how reliable and serviceable are rotaries? there is a 12a in a project i am looking at.
seems to be a little rough to start and needs choke bad?
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 05:25 PM |
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a 10A can be turbocharged and put into a bug, legaly, pop, there goes the secret buble.
You would want to rebuild the whole thing with new seals from todays spare parts manufacturers, Original mazda seals were only getting about 20 000
klms from new, thats why they got such a bad name, but todays seal materials are great, after all its been nearly 40 years since mazda released its
first rotary engine, a lot has been devoped since then.
And NSU made the ro80 even before that.
I did toy with the idea of turbochargeing a 10A for Herbie, as it has a small enough displacement to be legal, yet still create some good horsepower
if you know what you're doing.
I decided it was going to be too expensive to worry about, but it is an option I guess.
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 05:51 PM |
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well the last rumour I heard is the new rules are coming june/july. And there was talk that the engine multipliers would change, making a 12A turbo or
possibly even a 13B turbo legal.
We'll wait and see I guess
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| posted on March 4th, 2005 at 06:54 PM |
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A legal 13B would be heaps of fun !!! Umm now where did i put that video i got of one !!!
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