the_wheel_man

it would be interesting to see ford make a rotary falcon based on the BA and the new mazda rx-8 engine

it would have to have:

4l rx8 engine producing arround 400kw
6spd manual/auto
AWD, etc

what do u all think?

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Cobra

Absolutely proposterous (spelling).

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galaxy xr8

I shake at the thought of it (long live the V8).

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the_wheel_man

yeah true the V8 is the best sort of engine
BUT can you pull 141kw/l out of a conventional engine?

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the_wheel_man

i think its unfortunate that the rotary has become part of the ricer scene.

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galaxy xr8

If you can make the Rotary sound different to what it does then maybe I'll think about it,but I dont think it will ever sound any different to that wankel sound so therefore I dont have to think about it, FEW, thank god for that.

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Ford jeepman

I would prefer an all alloy 4.0 litre inline DOHC six,that would ease off some of the weight concerns with the BA Falcon,cheers
Bill.

Martin

How about the 20B Triple Rotary Turbo? 220+kw/390Nm from 2000rpm and 400Nm from 3000rpm to 7000rpm.

Who says rotors have no torque?

Propelled the 1600kg Cosmo to 14.1sec 1/4s

Thought about dropping one of these in an EA Falcon! Be an ultimate sleeper!

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ebxr8240

Hmmm what about fuel consumption ??

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dave_au

Errr, Ford sorta have a rotary. As Ford owns Mazda, word on the street says that if the Renesis Rotary of the RX8 fails to deliver - either sales, performance or reliability wise, then FoMoCo will shelve the rotary engine altogether.

+back in the early 70s holden used to export some unassembled kingswoods to Mazda in Japan for an exec car for japanese businessmen. They whacked a 12a (I think) in it and called it the Mazda Roadmaster. The thing had barely enough torque to get up hill.

+ also, given a rotaries fuel efficiency (or lack there-of), its certainly the kind of motor you dont want to see pushing much over the 2L mark......