Do you drive an engine or a power unit?
Do you drive an engine or a power unit?
So... F1 is moving to a more mass-appealing new engine for next year. Actually, a power unit.....
But what do F1 fans drive?? It's a non-race sunday and i'm curious...
But what do F1 fans drive?? It's a non-race sunday and i'm curious...
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Other; I drive a Naturally Aspirated 1.3 Wankel rotary engine. 6-speed manual 228bhp RX8. Just had a rebuild
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mikhailv I love your car man. It was my favourite in Need for Speed, and I used to tune the hell out of it
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lol cheers TD. Unfortunatly, you cant tune them in real life very easily. An exhaust system, decat and a cold air intake is all you can do to it unless you install a Turbo costing around £5000 alone for the parts. You can remap it, but you will gain little.
End of the day, a 350z with a supercharge will push a good 400bhp while the RX8 would struggle to get 320bhp with a turbo and cost twice as much as the 350z. But I love my RX8, and theres only 100 of them in this colour ever made in the UK
End of the day, a 350z with a supercharge will push a good 400bhp while the RX8 would struggle to get 320bhp with a turbo and cost twice as much as the 350z. But I love my RX8, and theres only 100 of them in this colour ever made in the UK
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Nice. That's a fun car to drive!
Definitely falls into the "other" category as you don't see that engine often.
I drive an I6 on a rear wheel drive (guess the make haha). I'm pretty happy with it... wish i would have MT, but manual + lots of hills and city traffic, sometimes snowy... is not a great idea.
But yea, that rotary is fun as hell... The highest revving engine i've had was a 1.8L Alfa Romeo twin spark, and boy that was fun. The handling was superb. I'd say Alfa make the best handling front-engine, fwd cars...
Definitely falls into the "other" category as you don't see that engine often.
I drive an I6 on a rear wheel drive (guess the make haha). I'm pretty happy with it... wish i would have MT, but manual + lots of hills and city traffic, sometimes snowy... is not a great idea.
But yea, that rotary is fun as hell... The highest revving engine i've had was a 1.8L Alfa Romeo twin spark, and boy that was fun. The handling was superb. I'd say Alfa make the best handling front-engine, fwd cars...
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Its a supreme car. Handling is brilliant, perfect 50-50 weight distribution. I spent £800 on some Advan Neova AD08 semi slick tyres. It was the 787b which made me love rotaries. Johnny Herbert raced it to le Mans victory in 1991;
Shame they dont make any production cars with rotaries anymore.
Shame they dont make any production cars with rotaries anymore.
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I run a 2-liter Audi AEG straight 4 normally-aspirated in my 1999 VW Beetle. Great little engine, but it runs hot in warm weather.
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Well next year I will be moving on from the rotary engine. I've decided to go against my former word and turn Diesel. To be precise, 3.0d Ford AJD-V6 twin turbo. Goin Jaguar XF!
Pretty much how I would like mine to look. Remapped, these make between 280-300bhp.
Pretty much how I would like mine to look. Remapped, these make between 280-300bhp.
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Wowmikhailv wrote:Well next year I will be moving on from the rotary engine. I've decided to go against my former word and turn Diesel. To be precise, 3.0d Ford AJD-V6 twin turbo. Goin Jaguar XF!
Pretty much how I would like mine to look. Remapped, these make between 280-300bhp.
That's one awesome car.
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I have 1 Rover 220 Turbo Coupé and also 2 Rover 216 Coupés (with the Honda engine).
I don´t plan to sell!
I don´t plan to sell!