Sep

Some potential rotary news for you rotorheads

Posted by admin Published in Flex-Fuel, Auto Shows, Mazda

Depending on how you choose to degree it, Mazda’s Wankel rotary could be as big as 2.6 liters already, but to most citizens, the engine has always been 1.3 liters. While the engine has never been known as a fuel-sipper, it has always been known for its excellent power-to-weight ratio. With the final update of the venerable design, Mazda offered up a partial solution to the engine’s past emissions and oil-consumption woes by controlling the oil injection via a computer. We had an RX8 in our family which barely used any oil at all. Being suckers for technology, my family is always ready to try something new, and the capability output of the rotary was plenty for our meanings. The rub was always keeping the engine under 4000 rpm or so. You see, there are additional valves which open at preset rpm levels, regardless

of how much ability the engine really needs to assemble. So, when kept under the point where the first additional set of valves open up, the engine consumes much less fuel.

Here is an article which claims that the next rotary from Mazda, the Renesis 2, will be enlarge somewhat. that could open up the opportunity of additional potential for one, but could additionally allow engineers to allow for better mileage under low-throttle conditions, which would be a big step in the right direction. whether any Mazda engineers are reading that, flex-fuel capability would be nice too! We may find out increasingly details at the Tokyo Motor Show in a few months.

[Source: Rotarynews via Autoblog]

Original post by Jeremy Korzeniewski