First test drive - Rebellion R1k [VIDEO]
May 27, 2011 | 06:52 PM
#45
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 97
From: Sarasota, FL
lmfao........a rotary diesel with 20 pistons!
lol.
someone said a few times that it is a toyota(lexus) v8 TT which sounds possible if the tuning is currently REALLY bad in that video, lol.
May 30, 2011 | 07:14 PM
#47
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 311
From: Flagstaff, Arizona
If that is a Lexus, it is very badly tuned to smoke like that, and ti has a lot of American muscle built in to it to sound like that.
Diesel is possible with that smoke.
Rotary is highly likely with that sound. And rotary would make a great engine, high power and low weight. And considering they aren't as clean as piston engines, it could smoke like that with off tuning.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a rotary!
Diesel is possible with that smoke.
Rotary is highly likely with that sound. And rotary would make a great engine, high power and low weight. And considering they aren't as clean as piston engines, it could smoke like that with off tuning.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a rotary!
Jun 6, 2011 | 03:23 PM
#50
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 93
Hey guys!
The reason for all the smoke was that the "cold start" was not set so it was still on when it rolled out...
Its now starting nice and smooth but boubles in the water system makes us think that the head gasket is not sealing properly, a problem we have had in the past with this engine. (Lexus V8 Twin Turbo)
New gaskets will be ordered asap and hopefully that will solve the problem temporarily...
But with all this happening I could not help but thinking of new engine alternatives so I thought I would see what you guys could come up with, any ideas what I could put in this little crazy car?
Options that I have been looking into are the BMW V10 and a good old Nascar engine. Any other ideas? If so please post with link on places to get them... ;-)
Then again, something like this would be insane, but maybe not a smart move since this will be used to drive Gumball with and I am not suer how something like this would handle a few hours of hard driving on the road... ??
Cosworth XD Spec Sheet
Thoughts? ;-)
/JON
The reason for all the smoke was that the "cold start" was not set so it was still on when it rolled out...
Its now starting nice and smooth but boubles in the water system makes us think that the head gasket is not sealing properly, a problem we have had in the past with this engine. (Lexus V8 Twin Turbo)
New gaskets will be ordered asap and hopefully that will solve the problem temporarily...
But with all this happening I could not help but thinking of new engine alternatives so I thought I would see what you guys could come up with, any ideas what I could put in this little crazy car?
Options that I have been looking into are the BMW V10 and a good old Nascar engine. Any other ideas? If so please post with link on places to get them... ;-)
Then again, something like this would be insane, but maybe not a smart move since this will be used to drive Gumball with and I am not suer how something like this would handle a few hours of hard driving on the road... ??
Cosworth XD Spec Sheet
Thoughts? ;-)
/JON