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I’ve seen all too many people landing on my blog asking: “How much mileage out of a rotary engine?” The answer is very simple: “Your mileage will vary”. Dissappointed? Don’t be. It’s actually a good thing. In my case, with a 2004 Mazda Rx-8 (Renesis rotary engine), I was getting a combined average of 17mpg. I [...] Check out this interview with Franz Von Holzhausen, Mazda’s Design Director, at NAIAS 2008 talking about the design direction of the Mazda Furai. Here is an excerpt from another interview: The car is built on a chassis from the company’s racing team. Mazda ran a vehicle with a related chassis and engine in the American Le Mans [...] Take a look at this short from what seems to be Mazda’s Laguna Seca Raceway on a press track demonstration of the Furai -the last in a long line of, until then, show concepts and prototypes of another rotary engine powered car. Crank up the volume and listen to that engine scream!!! Share on Facebook
[...] I thought it would be prudent to throw in some material that can help human beings like me visualize the construction and cycles of a rotary engine. All I had to do was a quick search through YouTube. Here is a Car & Driver TV segment talking about a Mazda RX-8 Renesis’ engine [...] Here is another oldie from the my old collection of Rotary Engine & RX8 articles. Original publish date 1/24/2005 Definition: the mass of air supplied to the engine divided by the mass of fuel supplied in the same period of time. The Stoichiometric, or chemically correct, air-fuel ratio (A/F ratio) is [...] |
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