NSU RO 80 Heute im Test!
A rotary engine NSU in Florida that would have thunk it.
How many times the engine was replaced There is an old myth that when NSU drivers abandon each other, they use their fingers to indicate how many times they've changed the engine.
What is the availability of spare parts for the NSU these days Regards, Axel J Wulff610-731-5453 Cellular610-572-4611 Home.
I sent the email below to the mbcoupes mailing list, but he bounced back because the email was larger than 600K due to the photo of the car attached to the e- email If you are interested in watching 4 photos of the car they are currently displayed on the Sarasota Herald-Tribune newspaper's website, although I do not know how long they will be there to access the photos, click the link below below.
Then enter the SpotMoreID Keyword returning.
Then click the search button, then when the ad appears, click the link below that says click here for more information and take you to the full script and 4 photos of the car.
David Filkins For mbcoupes to Sent Thursday, May 1, 2008 2 h 35 Subject 1973 German car - NSU Ro 80.
I stopped and talked with Mike on Longboat Key last week about his interest in German cars, as I have a NSU Ro 80 I have owned the car for more than 30 years 1973 hate to sell, but am forced now to sell the car has been stored all his life, but we now live in a condo on Longboat Key and the car is parked in a carport regulations and condo does not allow to work on the cars in the complex and an old car this age should be stored anyway Mike suggested I'll post info on the car to the mailing list MBCOUPES, which is the subject of this email car has 58,000 miles and is in beautiful condition see attached photo and was exposed in the Sarasota Classic car Museum My phone number is 941-383-1826 Here is a technical write-up on the history of the car and some information on mine-1973 AUDI NSU RO8037,340 product e etween 1967 and 1977 voted European Car of the Year in 1968, the car was designed and a blower powered by a twin rotor Wankel Rotary engi not of 995cc, 129 hp at 5500 rpm, classified as roughly equivalent to a piston engine 1900CC drive front wheel empty dual-circuit servo-assisted disc brakes front and rear with the front disc mounted within front suspension is independent MacPherson strut damping with lower wishbone and anti bar -roulis, rears are independent coil springs with semi-back of arms, telescopic dampers and assisted rack and pinion steering traverses with a very short steering column 3 speed semi-automatic transmission with a torque converter, the clutch actuated by a micro -switch in the knob of the maximum shift speed 55 mph Compilatio r 88 mph in second and 120 mph in third car would cruise effortlessly at 100 mph all day, as a scribe of the British automotive wrote the faster it goes, quieter it gets up to about 100 mph there is dead silence, except for a slight wind noise from the door mirror and the soft echo of the cash register at the last station where the car was filled up to about 3500 rpm, before e was a bit of noise induction twin solex carbs, over 3500 the car became very quiet and obviously because of the rotary engine is very smooth and vibration-free red area on the rev counter begins at 6500 revolutions per minute, a signal will sound at 6,800 revolutions per minute to remind the driver to change NSU AUDI speed purchased in 1969 and the car became an Audi-NSU Ro 80 used the Ro80 AUDI like the design of the oil crisis in 1973 AUDI; and in that the rotor top end and side seals often wore and the surface of the rotor housing also often wore meant that the motor has a relatively short life; brought production to a halt early The recommended method to make the engines last longer was to add Redex fuel, it was an additive that has helped reduce carbon buildup and never turn cold engine and at change warm gear should not occur until the tachometer is in the red area, that is so hot, the engine had to be trained hard to last it was Mazda who finally made the Wankel engine reliable I also owned a 1971 Ro80 previously to this one and that the car required a reconditioned NSU Wankel to ride my car in 1973 was sold in 1975 sales dropped dramatically in 1973 due to the oil crisis and I bought the car in 1978 with 10,000 miles on the clock and a rotary engine used the car had been used by the first owner just for local shopping trips, the worst driving p ossible for NSU Wankel conversion kit I bought a Ford engine and installed a new engine Ford 2000cc V4 in the car at the time, Ford was the only V4 engine wou ld fit in the car due to the compact size Wankel engine in 1978, the Mazda rotary engine is not reliable and the Mazda conversion kit was not available at the time in later years a Mazda conversion kit became available to install either Mazda RX7 12A, 12B, 13A or 13B motor; but this car still has the Ford engine if I had a garage, now is the time that I was contemplating installing an RX7 motor in the car The car is right NSU Ro 80 in the same condition it with NSU original work Wankel engine is a value of about 10 000 to 12 000 today with the Ford V4 engine, I'm only asking 7500 Some spare parts and a number of tools are included in the car, including media axle, a garage jack, two car ramps and a hoist motor.
If you are interested to see more photos taken at the front and rear of the car, email me and I'll pass them.
W126 Cup 1973 German Car NSU Ro 80, Coupe, 1973 German.