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Mazda stopping production of rotary engines
I always thought the Wankel engines were kinda cool. I was a little sad to see this news:
Mazda ends production of rotary engine | Fox News |
No worries, there's still R&D going on. With fancier technology and materials a lot of the drawbacks can be addressed, but the compression ratio limit is a bit of a problem :/
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Though I love the electric zing of rotaries, the fact that Mazda was making them was cool merely from a technical point of view... sort of like Stanley Steamers and Chrysler Turbines... but from a practical point of view, to continue putting them in production cars is a lot like persisting in producing two-strokes despite the monumental hurdles in making them emissions-friendly.
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...so they YANKED the WANK(LE)>
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Rotary racecar! :D So awesome they had to change the rules and ban it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_787B http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....da_787b_lo.jpg |
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