glockmail
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In order to make usable power, the gearing is fairly short. Even then I have to keep the engine on the boil to take advantage of the low torque/short gears.
yeah - rear wheel drive, independant rear suspension.
Ford spent millions developing the Wankel (rotary) from the basic German design back in the 60's. They gave up, sold the technology to Mazda for 25% of the company, which they still own. Its a neat concept, but can only fill a niche market.
What do you mean by "short gears"? What is the red line?
It sounds like they should couple it to a CVT to take advantage of the unlimited gear ratios. It seems to me you could build a CVT with a manual shifter, but instead of a series of H's, just one long slider. THAT would be cool.
the IRS must be nice in a small car like that. I'll bet it handles real nice.