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Old 07-21-07 | 04:14 PM
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Idaho people i need information about this truck

This truck was at Seven Stock 5... It had a supercharged 20b in it... does anyone have anymore information on it???

Old 07-21-07 | 08:24 PM
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I live close enough to Idaho. I havent seen it around but I will ask some of my Idaho friends and get back with ya if i can find out any info.
Old 07-22-07 | 01:25 AM
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It was from a rotary shop in Post Falls. I don't think they're still in business.
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I want one! (sc20b)
Old 07-26-07 | 08:46 PM
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That was the truck that Skip built at Revolution Rotary. They used it as a parts hauler and to pull the race car to the track. Nobodies heard from Skip in a long time (We sure miss him over here). I heard he moved to Pa., but it's not confirmed. I'm not sure if he took the truck or not, so it may be floating around still. He had a partner named Greg who may have kept it. if so, it's probably sitting in his garage rotting. He got pretty sour on rotaries when skip left, and sold the entire inventory to someone on the west side (so he said). This was all about 5 years ago, so good luck following that trail now.
Old 07-26-07 | 09:40 PM
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he bailed out of idaho when his wife was diagnosed with cancer, thats all i know. i just know that guy was the **** and knew his stuff..

skip now works for KDR PERFORMANCE or KD ROTARY

8408 Kistler Valley Rd
New Tripoli, PA 18066
Phone (610) 298 - 1946
Fax (610) 298 - 1948

"And so it begins from here. Once the new facilities are organized there will be so much more information and pictures listed here under Innovations. There will be several fronts going at the same time, but we will have the transmission and its upgrades coming next, and then the motor build and modifications along with an in-depth look at the anti-detonation modification that comes from Skip Gorman and KDR. Also will be pics of the paint work and of course the dual radiator as a finished product. So please stay tuned and we will try to add something new every week. "



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Skip Gorman AKA “Skip"

Skip brings 35 yrs of rotary engine experience to the RotaMax team. His dream, commitment, and passion had been to see rotary engines in all kinds of applications. With RotaMax, he's making his dreams come true. As the engine program manager at RotaMax, Skip tests and tunes every engine to perfection. Like everyone else on the team, Skip says he is building a bike after riding the RotaBike! He was astounded to learn that it can go from concept to test ride in four weeks! That will be a reality soon!

http://www.rotabike.com/about-us.html
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Originally Posted by bstrange99
That was the truck that Skip built at Revolution Rotary. They used it as a parts hauler and to pull the race car to the track. Nobodies heard from Skip in a long time (We sure miss him over here). I heard he moved to Pa., but it's not confirmed. I'm not sure if he took the truck or not, so it may be floating around still. He had a partner named Greg who may have kept it. if so, it's probably sitting in his garage rotting. He got pretty sour on rotaries when skip left, and sold the entire inventory to someone on the west side (so he said). This was all about 5 years ago, so good luck following that trail now.

Thats a real shame... I don't remember the guys name (older guy with grey hair) but he was very nice... No one was looking at the truck, so i went over and to my amazment the holy grail was under the hood. He jumped at the chance to fire it up when i asked if he would start it.... about 5 seconds everyone within earshot was surrounding the truck. The conversion looked top notch and it sounded great.

Anyhow I never really got to talk to him about the setup and now , like the holy grail... sounds like it is gone and lost forever
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Originally Posted by lovehate
he bailed out of idaho when his wife was diagnosed with cancer, thats all i know. i just know that guy was the **** and knew his stuff..

skip now works for KDR PERFORMANCE or KD ROTARY

8408 Kistler Valley Rd
New Tripoli, PA 18066
Phone (610) 298 - 1946
Fax (610) 298 - 1948

"And so it begins from here. Once the new facilities are organized there will be so much more information and pictures listed here under Innovations. There will be several fronts going at the same time, but we will have the transmission and its upgrades coming next, and then the motor build and modifications along with an in-depth look at the anti-detonation modification that comes from Skip Gorman and KDR. Also will be pics of the paint work and of course the dual radiator as a finished product. So please stay tuned and we will try to add something new every week. "



found this quite interesting



Skip Gorman AKA “Skip"

Skip brings 35 yrs of rotary engine experience to the RotaMax team. His dream, commitment, and passion had been to see rotary engines in all kinds of applications. With RotaMax, he's making his dreams come true. As the engine program manager at RotaMax, Skip tests and tunes every engine to perfection. Like everyone else on the team, Skip says he is building a bike after riding the RotaBike! He was astounded to learn that it can go from concept to test ride in four weeks! That will be a reality soon!

http://www.rotabike.com/about-us.html


WOW... thanks for the info... I will defenatly contact him
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Skip's pretty cool. I met him when he worked at Atkins.
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