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Three rotary Roadsters underway during a weekend drive.
Just posted.
Re: Rotary Roadsters
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:28 pm
by datsunrides
Awfully quiet for a rotary. Not much room under a roadster for the required pre silencers AND large muffler needed to keep them that quiet.
Mark
Re: Rotary Roadsters
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:07 pm
by GeoffM
I've always thought fondly of a 13B-MSP swap but I would want it to sound like...
Do you have more info on the swap or more videos?
Re: Rotary Roadsters
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:36 pm
by datsunrides
Those are probably peripheral port motors. Pretty distintive sound!
Mark
Re: Rotary Roadsters
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:05 pm
by FairladySPL
Maybe the word is an east or northeast thing.
A "rotary" is a traffic circle. The three of us are powering through with stock engines -- two Solex 2Ls behind me in a stock 1600.
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Re: Rotary Roadsters
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:10 pm
by ppeters914
Yeah, rotary traffic circles are rare on the West Coast. I remember when they put one on Bainbridge Island years ago. Confused the hell out of the locals. They really make sense and work well once you understand 'em.
Not much room under a roadster for the required pre silencers AND large muffler needed to keep them that quiet.