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Driving the Datsun Rotary
 ddgonzal  2006/2/14 5:49  Tell a friend
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112 mph, and still pulling hard ...
February 1973. Thanks to stirlingmac for providing the magazine article! |
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Posted: 2006/2/14 4:06 Updated: 2006/2/14 4:06 |
Home away from home   Joined: 2000/5/6 From: Wellington New Zealand Posts: 962 |
 Re: Driving the Nissan Rotary Sweet,...I hope you can work out a way of posting the whole article too. I have to credit Teretonga for pointing me in the right direction for this article. Now here is the proof there were rotor powered 1200s although prototypes, i would dearly love to find one of the experimental engines. Years ago when dealing with Mazdaspeed I brokered a deal to buy a development 20B triple rotor for a friend , he slipped it into an almost new then Series 4 RX7. It was a real sleeper. I am sure that some of these early motors must have slipped out of the factory into private hands....
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Posted: 2006/2/14 5:47 Updated: 2013/5/9 20:38 |
Moderator   Joined: 2001/5/3 From: 48 North Posts: 31599 |
Re: Driving the Nissan Rotary I've been wondering all day if a prototype engine still exists. Maybe in the Nissan engine museum? It's one of the saddest 1200 stories I've heard yet, so full of expectation in 1973 ... then ... Read the full text here: Driving the Datsun Rotary (Wheels Magazine). |
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Posted: 2006/2/14 6:16 Updated: 2006/2/14 6:16 |
Home away from home  Joined: 2004/6/4 From: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 770 |
Re: Driving the Nissan Rotary I've had this article for a few years now, my laziness and mainly the retyping of the text has stopped it from appearing. Thanks DD.
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Posted: 2006/2/14 6:25 Updated: 2006/2/14 6:25 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)   Joined: 2002/10/28 From: under the Firmament LOL no twiglight effect BS Posts: 10933 |
Re: Driving the Nissan Rotary Very sad especially considering that mazda never really recovered from their stint and eventually Ford Fudged them.
If only mazda released a single rotor first in small lihgtweight chassis it would have been cheap, compact and versatile.
22mpg for the 2 rotor would have been 44mpg for the single.
Later with a turbo 30mpg could have been achieved and 200hp eaisly.
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Posted: 2006/2/14 12:07 Updated: 2006/2/14 12:07 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2002/6/7 From: Newscastle, Australia Posts: 2479 |
Re: Driving the Nissan Rotary maybe Nissan just saw the light...compared the wankel o the A series and said...why???
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Posted: 2006/2/14 12:29 Updated: 2006/2/14 12:29 |
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)  Joined: 2002/8/22 From: Adelaide, SA Posts: 1991 |
Re: Driving the Nissan Rotary That's definately the same Excellent Coupe... Nice find!!!  |
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