Willy Wankel Cruise Lines

magpiemini · 05-06-2012, 09:31 PM

The track day was a complete success. Car ran beautiful, ran cool, handled very well considering it's age and no leaks. Leaks? Yes I am used to racing British cars so this was a nice surprise for me. I made an in car video with a GoPro mounted on my helmet, see below.

Tires: Yokohama ES100 185/60-14
Fuel: Union 76 87 octane with Maxima racing 2 stroke oil premix 1oz/gal
Oil: Castrol GTX 20w50
Trans and Diff Valvoline GL5 85w140
Upgraded rear sway bar, center hole

So I tried many lines, some good, some bad just to see how this car would handle it. In LeMons racing you can not depend on any one racing line, it gets crowded.

Around lap three I went in a little hot on a bad line and used the run off. Besides that, it took all I had nads enough to try. My top speed was 115 mph but I started using 5th gear on the front straight just to save the engine a bit so I was down to about 110 top speed. 115 was almost redline in 4th gear. I could hold the banked turns 1 and 2 at 105 but usually kept it around 100 mph. I have seen that wall too close before. Here is the layout of Cal Speedway "ROVAL" as they call it.

Here is the helmet cam video. At time 16:05 I was doing 100mph as I shifted into 5th, see how fast that car passed me...

Helmet Cam Cal Speedway

...and yes I need to get used to the short throws and stop shifting from 2nd to 5th.

N.RotaryTech · 05-07-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by magpiemini

Car ran beautiful, ran cool, handled very well considering it's age and no leaks. Leaks? Yes I am used to racing British cars so this was a nice surprise for me.

And, you got this thing up to 100mph!?

magpiemini · 05-07-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by N.RotaryTech

And, you got this thing up to 100mph!?

Actually 115mph once when I pushed it. Yeah it looks rough, that is why I took it to a track day, now I trust it and it will be worth turning it in to a race car. The only money I can really spend is on safety, tires, brakes, roll cage, etc. I can also spend a bit of money on the theme but not a lot, cheap paint, home made plastic parts, dolls, etc. I will spend about $75 on some oompa loompa dolls, two for the paddle wheel on the back and one mounted on the front (bow) as the mermaid. In theory you are not suppose to spend a bunch of money on the engine, porting and such. I was told this one was ported already but I have no idea what was actually done.

Force13b · 05-07-2012, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by magpiemini

Actually 115mph once when I pushed it. Yeah it looks rough, that is why I took it to a track day, now I trust it and it will be worth turning it in to a race car. The only money I can really spend is on safety, tires, brakes, roll cage, etc. I can also spend a bit of money on the theme but not a lot, cheap paint, home made plastic parts, dolls, etc. I will spend about $75 on some oompa loompa dolls, two for the paddle wheel on the back and one mounted on the front (bow) as the mermaid. In theory you are not suppose to spend a bunch of money on the engine, porting and such. I was told this one was ported already but I have no idea what was actually done.

I think you need to budget in the rental of a few midgets for race day.

magpiemini · 05-07-2012, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Force13b

I think you need to budget in the rental of a few midgets for race day.

Our drivers have small kids that are willing to become as foolish as we are. We will also have an over stuffed blueberry girl and I will be dressed as Willy. the hood will have a picture of a Wonka bar but will be Wankle bar.

Force13b · 05-10-2012, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by magpiemini

Our drivers have small kids that are willing to become as foolish as we are. We will also have an over stuffed blueberry girl and I will be dressed as Willy. the hood will have a picture of a Wonka bar but will be Wankle bar.

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magpiemini Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Escondido, Ca Posts: 75 Rep Power: 14	The track day was a complete success. Car ran beautiful, ran cool, handled very well considering it's age and no leaks. Leaks? Yes I am used to racing British cars so this was a nice surprise for me. I made an in car video with a GoPro mounted on my helmet, see below. Tires: Yokohama ES100 185/60-14 Fuel: Union 76 87 octane with Maxima racing 2 stroke oil premix 1oz/gal Oil: Castrol GTX 20w50 Trans and Diff Valvoline GL5 85w140 Upgraded rear sway bar, center hole So I tried many lines, some good, some bad just to see how this car would handle it. In LeMons racing you can not depend on any one racing line, it gets crowded. Around lap three I went in a little hot on a bad line and used the run off. Besides that, it took all I had nads enough to try. My top speed was 115 mph but I started using 5th gear on the front straight just to save the engine a bit so I was down to about 110 top speed. 115 was almost redline in 4th gear. I could hold the banked turns 1 and 2 at 105 but usually kept it around 100 mph. I have seen that wall too close before. Here is the layout of Cal Speedway "ROVAL" as they call it. Here is the helmet cam video. At time 16:05 I was doing 100mph as I shifted into 5th, see how fast that car passed me... Helmet Cam Cal Speedway ...and yes I need to get used to the short throws and stop shifting from 2nd to 5th. __________________ 1984 RX7 GSL-SE Building for the 24 Hours Of Lemons Last edited by magpiemini; 05-07-2012 at 09:30 AM.