[Editor's Note: This article originally ran in the July 2007 issue of Classic Motorsports.]
What’s so complicated about it? Spin a single wedge-shaped “piston” through its four-stroke combustion cycle instead of firing it up and down. As a result, throw away a boatload of heavy parts, like a long crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons and valve train. Now rev the …
I was the first to race an NSU in the US buying two wrecked Spyders from Norm Krastel, the NSU dealer in Columbus Ohio. Until last year, I still owned it from 1966. The current curator of my Spyder lives in Akron Ohio and is a rotory enthusiast who told me he would restore it as a vintage racer. I hope he does.
Dave Sawyer
In reply to moggiedog :
in '67 or '68 someone raced a spider at mid-ohio. it was probably a float level problem that gave it a staggering acceleration out of the turns.
Mr. Webber totally missed the Rotary Engine Pickup and the RX4. Both used the 13B wankel engine. The RX4 was a really nice family-sized sedan or wagon and the REPU was the fastest thing on 4 wheels from 0 to 60.
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