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post Mar 7 2008, 12:57 PM
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Suzuki had a production rotary powered motorcycle. There is one here in Santa Maria. As for the Lotus 7 style conversion, they were produced and sold (and may still be) under the name "Rotus 7". The Cap'n
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post Mar 7 2008, 02:55 PM
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They're working on a Rotus 7 at a shop about a mile from the house . . . it's pretty cool!
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post Mar 7 2008, 03:53 PM
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Am I a bad person for thinking Rotus 7 could be a mispronunciation by more...asiatic people?
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post Mar 7 2008, 05:14 PM
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If anyone has a copy of road and track from June 1974 Rod Simpson did a rotary swap into a 914 and was planning on doing a production of them 10 at a time, the price was pretty steep at $9400 but the 10a mazda engine didn't seem to give to much of a gain. He was actually putting the radiator in the rear. I have the article but I have no way to scan it.
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post Mar 7 2008, 05:16 PM
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Oh yea Suzuki made the rotary motorcyle RE5 in 74 and 75, I have a buddy that picked one up on ebay a couple of years ago for $700 and it still runs today.
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post Mar 7 2008, 08:55 PM
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QUOTE(purple @ Mar 7 2008, 01:53 PM) *

Am I a bad person for thinking Rotus 7 could be a mispronunciation by more...asiatic people?


You're not wrong. Google "rotus" and one of the links tells the whole story. Actually, most of the Rotus cars are NOT rotary powered. There's an interesting link to jalopnik that has a story about a gathering of some absolutely AMAZING cars. Like 1700 lbs./600+ HP rocketships. The Cap'n
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post Jan 29 2010, 07:19 AM
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Looking at that first picture, there are steel wheels on the car - did they ever make those wheels for a 5-lug pattern? I thought they were only on the 914/4.
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post Jan 29 2010, 07:35 AM
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post Jan 29 2010, 07:42 AM
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Looking at that first picture, there are steel wheels on the car - did they ever make those wheels for a 5-lug pattern? I thought they were only on the 914/4.

they did - 5.5x15 steel wheels (with 165HR15) were standard on the 914-6

options were the chrome steel wheel, 5.5x15 Mahle Gasburner (with 165HR15) and 5.5x14 Fuchs (with 185HR14)

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post Jan 31 2010, 06:03 AM
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