Mazda

Yep.

Yep.

For some values of fun, maybe...

Chris

:) sounds interesting.

Is it hard to understand when I get it's kit off?

Which values would they be?

cheers

Have a look here to see just how different they are.

How do they compare for prices on second hand?

And for parts?

And what is there longevity spec like?

Can they do a derv one?

Looks like an engine out jobbie.

How do they match up fuel conspumtion and size/power ratings?

I'll do some googlin' too.

ooh, specs on the website

cheers!!

and the all impotant question...

Do Haynes do manuals?

Well the Spice Girls wanna wanna wanna wanted a cigar or summink.

I wanna wanna wanna Wankel'd Mazda!!

OOps missed a wanna out,

I wanna wanna wanna wanna Wankel'd Mazda

They're thirsty, aren't they?

cheers, clive

It stands to reason there has to be some reason why very few cars are produced with that type of engine.

I just wonder how thirsty?

Big problem is lack of compression compared to a piston engine. I believe that a diesel version was made (by Rolls Royce) but it involve a double rotor system (shaped like a cottage loaf) to precompress the air.

Overall, I think the high surface area to "swept volume" ratio and the relatively poor compression ratios achievable means that a Wankel engine will never be as efficient in terms of fuel consumed to BHP generated.

Tim

The quasiturbine (qurbine) engine is now in its prototype stage, and has already been demonstrated in a go-cart (2004). It is an improvement on the rotary engine: higher output (30%), complete combustion of fuel (many different types of fuels can be used including hydrogen, and no exhaust pollution) and can be adopted to drive many varieties of machinery (can even be miniaturized to drive a power hand tool). This is the future.

A comparison of the types of motor engines, including diesel, is in here: "How Quasiturbine Engines Work"

Ha! I wonder how many engine designers have thought that in the past? ;-)

Not saying it won't be but a heck of a lot of promising designs have fallen by the wayside over the years.

Tim

They have a bumper sticker in new zealand that says "why did god invent the wankel engine?" " To keep wankers out of V8's " If you like driving a car that does 3 to the gallon and sounds like a very noisy model aeroplane you would be laughing Simon

They're not quite as bad as that at all, which is why mazda continue(d) to use them. And mazda being mazda, make them pretty good.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Lin Chung" saying something like:

So, all the carriages and wheels are subjected to combustion pressure and temperature. I can see that lasting, not.

What a crock.

Very thirsty. I think car magazine has a comparison this month. No its Auto Express and they compare it with an AudiTT turbo which managed 28mpg on test compared to the Mazda's 18

Huw