Re: Rotary?
Posted: April 30th, 2009, 9:01 pm
someone i know has a 7mgte from a mark 3 in his mark 2 supra and hes making over 600 horse with it, ill admit he always seems to be working on it but if you knew the guy you'de see why hes always taking stuff apart.
and i know people swear by rotary, but really if it was a better design then a engine with pistons then it would be in every car. sure they are reliable up too x amount of miles, but they are known to blow apex seals like its nobody's business. and apex seals aernt exactly a ten minute job to replace. that alone is enough to turn me away from rotary engines, not counting how they burn oil or the low torque numbers.
now back on topic:
a 2jze would be cool in a mx3 but im beginning to think that the inline six idea might be a tight squeeze in a little mx3 engine bay. what about a sr20 engine? smaller, lighter, and the added bonus of the cheapness and availability of aftermarket parts to give one of those engines 700+ HP.
or better yet f--- it, lets cut the trunk away and put a v12 from a renault F1 car back there.
and i know people swear by rotary, but really if it was a better design then a engine with pistons then it would be in every car. sure they are reliable up too x amount of miles, but they are known to blow apex seals like its nobody's business. and apex seals aernt exactly a ten minute job to replace. that alone is enough to turn me away from rotary engines, not counting how they burn oil or the low torque numbers.
now back on topic:
a 2jze would be cool in a mx3 but im beginning to think that the inline six idea might be a tight squeeze in a little mx3 engine bay. what about a sr20 engine? smaller, lighter, and the added bonus of the cheapness and availability of aftermarket parts to give one of those engines 700+ HP.
or better yet f--- it, lets cut the trunk away and put a v12 from a renault F1 car back there.