since my dad bought a mazda rx 7, it got me thinking why dont they build a rotary engine for all the new quad and bikes. cause my dads rx is a freaking screamer and if they put them in bikes that would be nucking futs.
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since my dad bought a mazda rx 7, it got me thinking why dont they build a rotary engine for all the new quad and bikes. cause my dads rx is a freaking screamer and if they put them in bikes that would be nucking futs.
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The engine companies experimented with rotary engines in sleds back in the early 80's/late 70's. I dunno, I remember reading something about them not having great revving power, but lots of torque.
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i figure they may try rotary again some time. hell they already have quads that are fuel injected. what else is there to try?
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Well, rotary and EFI are hugely different. One of them is a relatively simple fuel management modification, the other requires complete retooling of 100% of your engine manufacturing. There are no parts identical in a rotary engine.Originally Posted by storm_impulse
It may also be a patent? I think Mazda patented the rotary engine as their own, and now nobody but them can sell a rotary engine...
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ya but just imangine if it worked, mazda would make bank
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1987 Ford Ranger Prerunner
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I know that some jet ski-s and sleds run a rotax rotary engine. I believe Bombardier has something to do with it.
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Well, searching Wikipedia for "Wankel engine" told me some interesting stuff.
Wankel engines are less fuel efficient than piston type engines. There were a few street-type bikes built with Wankel engines, most famous of all the Suzuki RE5 cruiser (500cc), which only got 30 mpg or so, which is about half to 1/3 of what normal cruiser type bikes get.
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rotary motors make no torque
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maybe not with a standard engine but with a twin turbo setup or a big single turbo setup they make huge torque, thats why the rx-7 is one of the most bought cars for drifting. i like em cause cause they sound like a big ass weed eater
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mazda can't have patented the rotary...that style of engine has been out since at least the 20s. i'm almost positive the old airplane's had em.
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I saw a nice RE5 at Iron Pony Morotsports in Columbus Ohio, it was there on display from the AMA museum. Interesting bike but looks like your riding a brick, can you say heavy! So much stuff cramed in there!
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Wankel motors were used in the old 70's Coleman Skiroule snowmachines also....in fact we still have 2-3 of them still beatin around.
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4 Wheels? Huh?
no rotax sled engines use a rotary valve. good solid engines. ive always loved rotax engines. all i pretty much owned were ski doo sleds.
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4 Wheels? Huh?
ak is rite. mazda bought rites to the motor along time ago. ill see if i can dig up some information. i remember watching it on modern marvels a while ago. i think it was on the "automobile" or something like that.
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what about those really really old winde up cars? they sure didnt run off a pistons cause they didnt need gas. had to be rotary powered.
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