That was a cool car. Got a picture?I did a tune-up to dad's RX-2, A sparkplug snapped off at its threads, had to ease it out. Tricky, setting independant timing for the "leading" and "trailing" sparkplugs...
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That was a cool car. Got a picture?I did a tune-up to dad's RX-2, A sparkplug snapped off at its threads, had to ease it out. Tricky, setting independant timing for the "leading" and "trailing" sparkplugs...
Whoo boy, well I count 12. LOL
TwoMany.............
The Wankel had all kinds of promise - in an era when fuel was cheap and exhaust emissions were unregulated.
The light weight, compact size and smooth operation of the rotary was just sooooo coooolll. Unfortunately, fuel price and regulations coupled with some vexing problems in engine durability (largely in the apex seals as pointed out by Dude) really limited their application. These engines have poor volumetric efficiency and require really large exhaust catalysts (i.e. lots of expensive platinum) to comply with the regs - and modern piston engines are darned near as good at being light, small and smooth. Oh well...
Pictures ! Pictures !You got that right, Billy! During WWII, the government contracted Singer Sewing Machines to produce .45 Colt Auto pistols. As a company accustomed to manufacture within very tight tolerances, they made some of the best in their day! This was at the end of the war, and production numbers were very low. "Singer .45s" therefore, are some of the rarest, desirable, and finely crafted pistols out there...
But, yeah. Xs's run (more) like sewing machines...
59 tebo have you seen what singer is up to theses days,,,, have an extra 1.8 million dollars laying around, you could have one of theses made by singer