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Old 02-02-14, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Rub20B
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Its not in car...... Or you mean rear flywheel hp :p
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
here is something that may help enthusiasts... we took one of my sleves and fixed a stock housing that was ruined. just machined out the factory sleve and pressed mine in..
That will make you big money if you can do it at a reasonable cost and they last.
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Apex seal material? Steel ?
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
the raw piece of material costs me quite a bit more then that..

again this may not be cost effective for a stock housing, but if you already had your exhaust housing ported alot and did not want to buy a new one and do it again then this may be worth it.

how much is a new housing going to really cost someone?
Now about $850.00.
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Apex seal material? Steel ?
Ra super seals
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
here is something that may help enthusiasts... we took one of my sleves and fixed a stock housing that was ruined. just machined out the factory sleve and pressed mine in..
You could sell allot of these sleeves/service if you found a way to machine them for less money
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Engine dyno video/info is up on its FB page;

https://www.facebook.com/12rotor
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When this thing goes WOT...it will make the earth stop rotating and begin a counterclockwise rotation.....

Insane!!!
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Originally Posted by Turblown
Engine dyno video/info is up on its FB page;

https://www.facebook.com/12rotor
Any numbers at higher rpm?
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Originally Posted by Rub20B
Any numbers at higher rpm?
Yes take a look on the fb..
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BYC, how about making a cheap 3 rotor crank and thick plate? I know I've mentioned it before...
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Seems you have to ditch the carbs and buy a megasquirt and some injectors
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its going adaptronic & injection
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here is a video of the 12 rotor doing some low power testing on the dyno.


here is a video of the 12 rotor doing some low power testing on the dyno.
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What is happening at the end of the movie? power looks nice at 2000 rpm, but then all in a sudden it falls on its face??
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Originally Posted by Rub20B
What is happening at the end of the movie? power looks nice at 2000 rpm, but then all in a sudden it falls on its face??
when the secondary's on the carb start to open it did not have enough fuel so it leaned out so bad it would almost shut off. We put a nitrous plate under the carb with fuel ran to it but then flooded it. So we took it back off the dyno and were working on the fuel injection intake.
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Originally Posted by Bigyellowcat
when the secondary's on the carb start to open it did not have enough fuel so it leaned out so bad it would almost shut off. We put a nitrous plate under the carb with fuel ran to it but then flooded it. So we took it back off the dyno and were working on the fuel injection intake.
Efi is the way to go! Unless you have 6 IDA's lying around, would look pretty too
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http://www.grandprixengines.co.uk/cosworthstory.pdf

BigYellowCat, not sure if you've had any issues of resonance or deflection with the gears meshing the 3 engines together...but if so take a look @ pg. 15, Figure 47F. Very interesting idea. Seems to have eliminated their issues with it. Also the "roots-type" froth pump...
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EFI installation is almost complete. Dyno round # 2 coming up in the next month if all goes to plan..
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Great to hear this insane project is moving forward with pro assistance. Keep your eyes on the temps BYC.
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little update,

The fuel injection system is on the engine, fuel rails, 24 id 2200cc injectors, 24 coils, Adaptronic computer, we burned up the starters trying to get all the sensors set up on the engine so we have not dynoed it yet.

I have a big job that has taken most of my time but I should be done with it in the next two months then I'm going to start working on the engine again.

Here are a few pics.
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Good to see you still getting work done on it. I've sen it in the media a couple times now. Congrats man!
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I can't wait to see someone with an unlimited budget put this in a car ...


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