OHhhh, I Hope, I hope!
The thinner rotor housings were counter-intuitive at first (from a performance, fuel economy and emissions perspective) but the more I think about it the more sense it makes. The percentage of combustion chamber volume consumed by quench areas is minimized with this approach which I think is the key.
Not to mention the lower weight. The public is going to accept lower weight cars with $4.00+ gasoline, even if it means giving up the stupid notion of needing massive cars to resist impacts with semi trucks.
Tracy (writing up the post mortem on the "This can't be good" gear drive. Will post when finished)
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Ed Anderson < eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
Things been a bit quite of recently. How about a view of the 1600 cc rotary under development by Mazda. Those aluminum side housing sure look nice. Rotor is thinner but larger in diameter with a larger throw on the eccentric shaft for more torque at all rpm. Saving my pennies.
Ed
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