Building a rotary-powered bike??

[Jantar]

i jsut watch suzuki RE5 intro movie and he explains the 4-strokes,

I have a copy of the original RE5 Movie on DVD, and although it compares the 4 phases with a 4 stroke engine, it never calls the rotary a 4 stroke. Being a rotor, (you know its a thing that goes round and round, not up and down) there are no strokes, just a circular motion.

Have a look at my signature.

[hurricane_r]

yea ok read my last post

[Mr. Peanut]

I thought a turbocharged, lightened 20b in a Hayabusa would go down quite well

[hurricane_r]

a bit tooo well

[2much]

I have a plan to start a long project involving two of these engines, http://www.wankel-ag.de/lcrkart_e.html or two of these http://www.nova-racing.com/nova_gb/index.htm.
and getting them turned into a two-rotor engine, one of these engines produce about 48hp,

interesting concept. are you an engineer? reason i ask is that getting a custom eccentric shaft and centre plate machined up is going to be fucking expensive.

and with some port work, i'd love to do PERIPHERAL, but most likely BRIDGE, hopefully it should put out 100hp+,

Are you sure these engines run a side port setup? (i couldn't find any details). The only reason mazda use a side intake port is for idling quality, for a kart motor i doubt this is a major design concern so i suspect its probably PP already.

finding a gearbox i can match to it and i will need to either modify an existing frame, most likely a two-stroke rgv/nsr frame, or get one exclusively made.

I wouldn't even consider attempting to build your own sportsbike frame.... find one that measures up.

i know there is the norton f1 but that is horrible.

I think u need to do abit more homework on the F1. Otherwise please explain what makes it horrible?

[andrea]

you guys should check this site out, its got an out of it exhaust, spins around like one of those gatling machine guns http://www.tailgunnerexhaust.com/performance.php

i especially like this bike

[2much]

yeah the tailgunner, seen that before. Each to their own but its not for me. if i remember correctly it claimed it improved performance by sucking the exhaust out..... yeah right.

[imdying]

you guys should check this site out, its got an out of it exhaust, spins around like one of those gatling machine guns http://www.tailgunnerexhaust.com/performance.php

I was stumped for a little as to how you made the connection... but was it rotary engine/rotary barrel cannon?

[Dadpole]

I think u need to do abit more homework on the F1. Otherwise please explain what makes it horrible?

It is a Norton


PT

[andrea]

I was stumped for a little as to how you made the connection... but was it rotary engine/rotary barrel cannon?

nah i was just browsing and looking for rotary bikes but came across this site,
those rotary's have so much power those rotaholics usually get their engines dowled by precision engineering over albany, where they drill right through the rotar housings. something bout the engine twisting n shit. could you imagine what it'll be like having a 13b on a bike, man even a big as 20b even.
hmm i wouldnt mind a 13b turboed one, with a big as bridgey.
YEAYEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[-df-]

I have a plan to start a long project involving two of these engines, http://www.wankel-ag.de/lcrkart_e.html ....

quote "Design: 1-rotor rotary piston engine with carburettor" how does a rotary engine have a piston?

[Mr. Peanut]

quote "Design: 1-rotor rotary piston engine with carburettor" how does a rotary engine have a piston?

1-rotor 'rotary piston' engine... makes sense to me.

[-df-]

1-rotor 'rotary piston' engine... makes sense to me.

but...a piston is...um...up and down...and.....well....

Can't say I've ever heard of a rotor being a piston...but then I don't have much to do with rotories...

They aren't still refered to as pistons????

[imdying]

1-rotor 'rotary piston' engine... makes sense to me.

Nope, that's just plain wrong. The bit in the middle is not a 'rotary piston', it's a rotor. Rotary piston is the terminology you'd perhaps use to try to explain a rotary engine to a mechanical simpleton. As far as 4 stroke goes... no conrod, no stroke, so that's out too.

http://www.answers.com/topic/piston
1 A solid cylinder or disk that fits snugly into a larger cylinder and moves under fluid pressure, as in a reciprocating engine, or displaces or compresses fluids, as in pumps and compressors.

http://dict.die.net/piston/
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.

They're not definitive of course, but we get the idea.

[James Deuce]

They are definitely rotors NOT pistons (there are a bunch of dead Wankels spinning at 8000rpm due to that statement). Pistons go up and down, rotors "sweep". I think the "dude" was just trying to point out it is an internal combustion engine.