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> You mean, like a turbine? There are rotary internal combustion engines, such as the Wankel engine. It has a triangular "rotor-piston" spinning in a circular
by exDM69 12y ago
> You mean, like a turbine?
There are rotary internal combustion engines, such as the Wankel engine. It has a triangular "rotor-piston" spinning in a circular cylinder and goes through four "strokes" per revolution.
Mazda is a manufacturer that utilizes rotary engines in production cars today, particularly in their high performance models.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine
- maxerickson 12y agoThey last used it in the RX-8, which they discontinued in 2012. (at least, for production consumer vehicles)
- exDM69 12y agoOk, I didn't know the RX-8 was discontinued. They do, however, still build the rotary engines for use in racing applications, such as the Star Mazda racing series in the US.
- maxerickson 12y agoI didn't mean to be picky, I just had some vague memory of an article talking about how no production car was going to have a Wankel anymore and after I checked decided it reasonable to post the clarification.