rotary engine

[Mr Camouflage]

Originally posted by CoastGuardZ

I've never heard of a car getting hit by lightining a burning. It would seem that the tires would isolate it from ground at stop it from getting hit to begin with:ermm:

Nate

Really. Maybe you should see the video i've seen of a 4wd driving down the road, It gets hit by lightning. I saw it slowed down frame by frame. Hit the car right in the roof.

[240znz]

Lightning will jump any gap given half a chance. A 4-6 inch piece of rubber will offer little resistance (no pun intended)

But as you are in a farraday cage......you should not get struck. Current will flow on the outside of the car and not you.

DON'T GO OUT AND TRY IT THOUGH:devious: :dead:

[Gav240z]

Originally posted by CoastGuardZ

rotary has rotors spun through the center by an "eccentric" shaft. Because there are no pistons there is no crank and no rods which are the two key ingredients for angular momentum aka torque. To make up for the lack of torque Mazda tossed on the turbo charger and bang it's light and quick.

Nate

What I was trying to say earlier in the post .

[MikeW]

Originally posted by 240znz

Lightning will jump any gap given half a chance.

Given the fact that the lightning has just come through several miles of air would reinforce the idea that nothing's going to stop it. Maybe it was aiming for a spot on the ground that the car just happened to drive over. :stupid:

[Dan Baldwin]

Tires conduct electricity. Which is why you are protected in a car. Lightning has a path to ground. If it didn't, lightning strikes of cars would be fatally destructive events. One of the properties that have to be designed into tires is proper conductivity.

Regarding rotaries and torque, the main reason they don't make much is low displacement. 159 lb-ft is tremendous for 1.3 liters! But of course some would argue 2.6 to be a better effective displacement since the each rotor has a "power stroke" for each crank rev. Anyway, Make a 3.5 liter rotary and it'll make a lot more torque. Of course the fuel mileage would be truly abysmal!

[kmack]

Here ya go...it's being done right now...

http://hybridz.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31085

[Fun_in_my_z]

thats weird!

[z_boi]

wow! i didnt know he started his pri=oject already. i wonder wat the weight distrubution is gonna be like? I remember he was talkin bout doin the swap at the z fest buy the bay. Now if i had the funds, i would be droppin a 20b in mine:devious:

[Zrush]

Whoa! I just freaked out. The fifth picture down kinda looked like an old Mustang. It was the way the fender guards are hanging over the front of the car. I'm OK now.:stupid:

[zed240au]

yeah a 20b turbo would be sweet big hp light weight what more could you want

Mick