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No need to convert me. I loved my cousin's Mazda the first time I rode in it back in the mid-70's.

I was not impressed with the "race" car at idle ... a waste of inconvenienced electrons.

Not complaining about how it sounds ... what turns me off in that video is that it never runs over idle for more than a half second at a time ... that does not impress me that you are hearing the...

I didn't say I didn't like rotaries ... I just don't care for the one clip. I like the other one with the car on the track

Its also possible that they knew they could not compete on price if the imports were being subsidized and "dumped" into our market

I think that would be a better question for Jim Nerstrom

I think Tim is right ... look at it this way:

The wires now seem to be hanging down naturally and the things now at the right appear to be parts bins with nuts and bolts in them

All the hardware that remained in the US, but fortunately, much of the V-6 and triple hardware was already in the hands of Cees Vander Velden in Holland. After his death, it was acquired by Seaway.

It sure does. I wonder if it was a factory set up or something Reggie did on his own?

I would also imagine the lower unit intended for the 175 hp V-4 may not have been able to handle the full torque of the rotary if suddenly applied hard in a corner. No need to bust parts when you are...

I would think the dedicated 4 rotor motors also benefited from being charge cooled rather than water cooled as the early snowmobile converted motors were.

So as a guess the total weight of the...

I know that is what is implied ... I want John to say so exactly and certainly.:)

OK, more questions for John ... so, in the beginning there were 4 rotary motors made by stacking 2 snowmobile engines together. There were some motor failures and replacements were worked up. Were...

John, were you ever aware of the weight of these motors?

I had never thought of a rotary engine in a PWC ... sounds perfect

OMC never released it during the program, but John has it in the text on this thread ... the early versions made 265+ and the later versions made 280+

I don't know why, but sometimes Webshots won't let me open the images full size, other times it does.

Any way ... If Ken would be kind enough to email me the original scans, I can improve a lot of...