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LiquidPiston’s X-engine: the inside-out-Wankel engine wonder
In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Alec Shkolnik, co-founder and CEO of LiquidPiston, to explore how ...
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Broken Promises Of The Wankel Engine
Through the history of internal combustion engines, there has been plenty of evolution, but few revolutions. Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel.
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The Chevrolet Concept That Used A Four Rotor Wankel Engine
Felix Wankel, a German engineer, created the Wankel engine. Compared to the standard engine configuration, the Wankel engine was typically lighter and had a smaller form factor. Because the rotors ...
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Will the Mazda2 be offered as a PHEV with a rotary engine range extender?
The company reportedly took inspiration from its Skyactiv engines to make the Wankel have lower friction and a lighter weight. The next-generation Mazda2 is rumored to debut during the Paris Motor ...
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Delorean finally gets the engine it should have had all along - 3 rotor Wankel
var digg_url = 'https://digg.com/hardware/Delorean_with_a_300hp_3_rotor_Wankel_engine'; In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with ...
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3D-Printing Wankel Engine From Mazda’s Beloved “Rotary Rocket”
Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...
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Mercedes-Benz Nearly Gave Mazda A Headache In The Rotary Sports Car Segment
Today, it is one of the world's largest automakers. First introduced in 1969 Powered by a three-rotor Wankel rotary engine Featured a mid-engine layout In the late 1960s, Mercedes-Benz was hard at ...
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6 Of The Best Rotary Engine Cars Ever Built
NSU unveiled the Ro 80 at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show, and Car Magazine praised its sleek design and named the vehicle its Car of the Year. Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s ...
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Rotary engined cars: past, present and future
As a result, very few GS Birotors survive today. The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine with 345bhp, giving them top ...
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Get Used 2004 Mazda SUV Values
Perhaps the most buzz-worthy addition, Mazda debuts their latest generation vehicle to use rotary or Wankel engine technology called the RX-8. Powered by an advance Renesis powerplant, the 2004 Mazda ...
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Get Used 2004 Mazda Sport Values
Perhaps the most buzz-worthy addition, Mazda debuts their latest generation vehicle to use rotary or Wankel engine technology called the RX-8. Powered by an advance Renesis powerplant, the 2004 Mazda ...