New member - NSU Wankel Spider

[Phaedrus]

Hi folks, here's my intro:

I've always been a car/motorcycle nut, and I've always got tons of projects going on at home. One of my neighbors noticed that I have weird cars out from of my house (mostly Peugeots) and mentioned that he had a car they were thinking about selling. It turned out to be a 1965 NSU Wankel Spider, one of 2300 made worldwide! In short, I love a challenge, so I bought it. It came with a super rare hard top and two spare engines.

That was about 2 years ago, and about 2 weeks ago, I finally got it running! When I got it, it had two broken apex seals. I went all through the engine, and with the help of RX7 racer/mechanic Jose Rodriguez, installed NSU Ro80 steel apex seals and RX7 side seals. The engine runs, but still needs some tuning.

I also have a 2nd trochoid at JHB in Canada being cermet coated. When that comes back I will build a 2nd engine with it and either steel or carbon seals.

I hope that some of the folks in this group can help me with any general rotary questsions I may come up with. Thanks for reading!