The Rotary Engine

A clip from history channel modern marvels episode on the rotatry engine.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• wankel
• rotary
• engine
• maza
• rx7
• rx8
• modern
• marvels
• history
• channel

[manolomazda]

Awesome video. Thank God for Felix Wankel!

[amartinjoe]

German engineering.

RESPECT.

[guevodeplomo]

from 255hp factory to 232hp at the dealer

[guevodeplomo]

can't wait till the next gen rotary cars come

that 16x engine sounds very promising 

[Hexisu]

@roaringwaterbay Actually I think 2011 mazda wont be making the RX8, its the first time in like 40 or 50 years mazda hasnt made a rotary powered car. But dont worry the NEW RX7 will be coming out soon :)

[twistymcslide]

@amartinjoe with japanese perfection of that engineering. the germans couldnt ever get them to seal right ...

[roaringwaterbay]

mazda is still building some models with a wankel, right? i mean for 2010 and 2011. thank you.

[afdhalatifftan92]

Where's the lubrication system?

[hvguy]

@301001082 nob end?

[301001082]

@hvguy 180K miles is apeshit for any car, it's 15 years.. wtf do you want you fkin nob end?????

[301001082]

is there anything but an american, ignorant, bias, bullshit opinion on Utube? they should separate the bullshit from intelligent people, we're not all stupid watching Utube...

[hvguy]

only downside is excessive heat and too low flow rate stock water pump.

Great for daily driving, but the engine just has too many seals, on a good day, a rotary would last only about 180k miles untill it started burning oil and loosing compression.

otherwise badass engine, plus lots of aftermarket seals and pretty simple to work on.