Interesting fact about rotary engines.........

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Feb 20, 2003 | 06:08 PM

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Interesting fact about rotary engines.........

.........did you know that GM toyed with them before Mazda? How about a 420 4 rotor?

http://www.monito.com/wankel/corvette.html

Feb 20, 2003 | 06:40 PM

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actually, damned near everyone played around w/ the rotary before the big oil crisis in the 70's. Mazda was the only ones w/ the vision to keep it going and do R&D on it.

Feb 20, 2003 | 07:06 PM

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Good I love those engines, have to love the rev. they can handle. too bad they blow up alot lol

Feb 20, 2003 | 08:36 PM

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rotary engines have been toyed with by many car companies

Feb 21, 2003 | 04:42 AM

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Note that a revised 4 rotor engine went on to win the '91 LeMans in the 787B.

On a side note, I can't wait to get the EMS for mine...group buy ends today. Wideband tuning is fun.

Feb 21, 2003 | 06:15 AM

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They don't "blow up" like exploding.

Apex seals and o-rings.

I almost bought an FC and did some research. Turns out the one i was lookin at had a bad apex seal.

Feb 21, 2003 | 06:24 AM

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oddly enough, i actually knew that! now i just wish i knew how the hell the things work. well, i sorta know just not much.

Feb 21, 2003 | 06:28 AM

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They're actually simpler (in my mind) than piston engines.

Here's what I used:
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm

Feb 21, 2003 | 06:29 AM

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i just know they have some triangular things that rotates on the rotors and compresses and decompresses the valves or something like that. or maybe i was just lied to..