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| SirAndy |
  Oct 29 2004, 05:51 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 41,675 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
Found this interesting story:
===================================== In 1970 a Swiss Industrialist named Dr. A. Gerber contracted Franco Sbarro (a Swiss Car-Designer/Builder) to build him a Wankel (Rotary) powered 914. Sbarro acquired a 914/6 and a 2-Disk Wankel Engine out of a NSU RO 80 ... The Engine was bolted to a NSU Half-Automatic Transmission, special Axles and Shift-Rod were fabricated. The Engine was cooled by a front-mounted Radiator with dual Fans out of a Renault R16. The Water Hoses for the cooling system were routed through the center tunnel. Technical Details: ----------------------- HP - 115 mpg - 21 top speed - 190 km/h Dr. Gerber used the car as a daily driver and replaced the Motor after about 70000 km with a newer model Wankel Engine. To this date, the car remains in the possession of the Gerber Family. ===================================== and this is a Photo of Prof. Felix Wankel himself in front of the Car !!! (notice the NSU in the background) Attached image(s) 
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| Gustl |
Nov 2 2004, 02:10 PM
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914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,522 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria  |
QUOTE(Cabasa @ Nov 2 2004, 02:37 PM) So how does it compare to the six? the summary says, that the Wankel-914 was the better car to make it easy I translate the table from the last page: standard 914-6 # Wankel 914 about 8,000 DM # about 1,570 DM # prize of the engine about 5 hours # about 2 hours # time for engine inspection premium (95) # standard (91) # kind of fuel 25,8 mpg # 24,3 mpg # fuel consumption 0,33-0,44 gal # 0,22 gal # oil consumption per 600 miles every 3,125 miles # not nessesary # oilchanges 110 DIN PS # 115 DIN PS # power about 125 mph # about 120 mph # high speed The article says, that the 914-6 is extreme noisy, compared with the Wankel-914 The NSU-automitic transmission shifts smooth and pretty well, 1st gear up to 50 mph, 2nd 80 mph and 3rd up to the end of about 120 mph. The lower highspeed is a result of the higher weight, due to the heavy engine and the additional water cooling system. After about 45,000 miles without any problem the owner ordered a new engine because there was a newer revision available. So long, Gustl |
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SirAndy Wankel 914, the Father of all Engine-Mods! Oct 29 2004, 05:51 PM
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