1973 snowmobil with a rotary engine??

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 11, 2009 at 9:56 pm #1213388

    Sampson Marine posted in the classifieds.

    Would that be…a Wankel engine??

    hisser
    Chatfield, Mn
    Posts: 158
    August 11, 2009 at 10:07 pm #796780

    Yep, to my knowledge Arctic Cat offered the olny rotary in 1973. They were very smooth running and had a lot of torque.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 12, 2009 at 12:04 am #796804

    I always wanted to run a Wankle engine. There was a pickup out there with one if I recall.

    What a collectors item!

    moler02
    Iowa, Knoxville
    Posts: 525
    August 12, 2009 at 12:30 am #796809

    Drove one once in something like a 197? Sabaru. That thing was the smoothest thing ever. It just wound and wound. Why did they not continue ??

    joshbjork
    Center of Iowa
    Posts: 727
    August 12, 2009 at 12:49 am #796813

    bad mileage and gaskets you have to replace in the engine block.

    moler02
    Iowa, Knoxville
    Posts: 525
    August 12, 2009 at 1:31 am #796825

    Yep, your memory serves me well. d.j.

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3875
    August 12, 2009 at 1:57 am #796831

    If my memory suits Mazda RX6 has a Wankel based rotary currently on the market.

    cshunt1
    Eagan, MN
    Posts: 370
    August 12, 2009 at 12:42 pm #796880

    Quote:

    the Mazda RX8 has a Wankel based rotary currently on the market.

    fify

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    August 14, 2009 at 5:01 am #784031

    Yep…and Subaru has the “Boxer” horizonal engine.

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