<VV> GM Wankels

Tue Apr 27 10:06:53 EDT 2010

You are absolutely right. This thing was huge - way too big for the car. It could be scary to drive.......so I was told!!

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From: jvhroberts at aol.com
To: vpersh at netzero.com
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Subject: Re: <VV> GM Wankels
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:52:42 -0400

Nah, a properly set up Q Jet is actually a really good carb, as far as carbs go. 

The issue with the GM Wankel is, just like GM, it was too big. And the bigger you make these, the thirstier and dirtier they get. So, doomed from the beginning. And again, Mazda had the intellectual property on their improvements pretty well tied up at that point. 

John Roberts

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Yeah. I imagine the Q-Jet had something to do with it!! 

---------- Original Message ----------
From: jvhroberts at aol.com
To: vpersh at netzero.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> GM Wankels
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:25:37 -0400

YIKES!! Even the RX2 would get 16 MPG! 

John Roberts

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Sent: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 3:28 pm
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While working at the GM Desert Proving Grounds in Mesa, Arizona in the early 70s 

I drove a Wankel-powered Vega. We weren't doing anything fancy with it, just 
putting miles on it. There were issues at the time with apex seal life. It was 
equipped with a 4-barrel (Q-Jet) carburetor and was about the fastest thing 
around with added bonus of getting a whopping 12 miles per gallon!! With Vega's 
10-gallon fuel tank we didn't pass many gas stations......

---------- Original Message ----------
From: jvhroberts at aol.com
To: dilligras at yahoo.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> GM Wankels, Starfire, flying cars (Dennis Johnsey)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:02:16 -0400

Well, maybe, right now, virtually ALL of the intellectual property of any 
meaning to the Wankel is owned by Mazda. So much so, I think it would be VERY 
hard for anyone else to pursue the Wankel without purchasing licensing rights 
from Mazda. 

John Roberts

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Johnsey USN (ret) <dilligras at yahoo.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sun, Apr 18, 2010 11:16 am
Subject: Re: <VV> GM Wankels, Starfire, flying cars (Dennis Johnsey)

I bought a new, six cylinder Olds Starfire in '75 because the V8 Monza required 
pulling the engine off its mounts to access sparkplugs. Now I know why. The 
wankel was also used by OMC in personal watercraft and by Moller Industries in 
their remarkable prototype eight-engined flying car. 
>From the website:

http://www.moller.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=72

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"Veddy intedesting!"[Arty Johnson]

Imagining 3 or 4 of those in a '64 convertible...

DJ
'62 Custom Corvan w/'66 110hp & powerglide

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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:56:32 -0400
From: "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Wankels
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Both Norton and Suzuki had Wankel powered motorcycles right from the
factory!

Ditto DKW.....but Suzuki built more RE-5's than Norton and DKW combined!

John

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