Mark Steitle wrote:

Paul,
Even though this isn't rotary news, it is Miata related, and also rather

amazing.  And from the pictures, looks to be a true story.  What do you
think would be the results if this had happened to a rotary engine?  Do you
think it have survived at 8000 RPMs?  --- Mark

For your entertainment.

Bill Elliott wrote:

I was just sent this link by a fellow quattro guy... darnest thing I've
ever seen... I just had to share.

http://www.miataforum.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=013878

Disclaimer: No Corvair engines were harmed in the above depicted
events... only a "bulletproof" Miata engine... such irony...

Bill Elliott
Lake Barrington, IL

Crushing BB's is nothing compared to jerking pistons up and down :-)
Probably the BB's would go right through the rotary and be swept
out the exhaust.

Paul Lamar

Mark wrote

Looks like some one has finally come up with a bullet(proof) method of
cleaning the carbon off the rotor and freeing stuck apex seals.

Mark Wrathall

ROFL

Paul Lamar
 
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