Date:         Thu, 13 May 2004 16:04:19 +1000
Reply-To:     STEPHEN OVERMYER <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         STEPHEN OVERMYER <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 12 May 2004 (#2004-448)
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Date:    Wed, 12 May 2004 23:51:58 -0400
From:    tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM>
Subject: Rotary engines

Anyone install an RX-7 engine in a vanagon?  It seems like they would be
compact and powerful enough to do the job reliably.
TEMiller



Yea,but you gotta rev the buggery out of them to get going in a heavy
vehicle....they just don't have the torque down
low where you need it in a Transporter...

A friend of mine had a rotary in a '73 Double Cab years ago....lots of
slipping the clutch to get the thing happening
but it went like a scalded cat once it got going...I remember doing
130kph in 3rd before I shifted to 4th....
Useless for pulling a load however...

Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab 
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top (ex-Aust.Army)