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From: sch@dedalus.UUCP (sch)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Rx7 & trailers: rebuttal
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 16:13:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 17 16:13:35 1986
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For the record: I have an 82 Rx7 GS.  Its 12A rotary engine was rated
at 100 bhp.  I never have trouble pulling my Supercat 17 catamaran
which is longer, taller, and wider than the car.  It is admittedly
not very heavy as trailers go (approx. 500 lbs boat+trailer), but
with me, a friend, all related sailing gear (ice-ladened coolers,
sails, harnesses, etc.), and so forth, the total load represents a
considerable percentage of the "empty car" weight.  The new model (86)
Rx7 uses a fuel-injected 13B rotary engine, rated at 139 bhp.
    Both rotary engines have approximately one fourth the number of moving
parts of your 302 V8.  MY car has never had any mechanical or engine
failures to speak of (the one exception was a centrifugal clutch for the
radiator fan, it froze up).  There are no valves to burn, no cam shafts
to wear out, and the engine is so small that it actually sits BEHIND the
front wheels.  The weight balance on the car is 51% front, 49% rear.
Trailering just isn't that much of a problem (Airstreams excluded).

     An interesting aside:  my car has 100 bhp; my 84 Yamaha motorcycle
has 120 bhp.  Maybe I should pull the boat with the bike...although
stopping might be exciting.

					Steve Holzworth
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