Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The ...

Naturally-aspirated, pump fuel Forced induction, race fuel (speculative) Engine 15.7-liter, NA 12-rotor Wankel 15.7-liter, turbocharged 12-rotor Wankel The engine was only tested in naturally ...

It sounds more like an old-school radial aircraft engine than anything that should power an automobile of any kind.

We're talking about a 12-rotor Wankel engine, given to Dahm by a man named Tyson Garvin. The engine displaces 15.7 liters but is enclosed in a big block the size of a Chevy V8. It's relatively ...

Rob Dahm is refining the unique 15.7-liter Y12 rotary engine, originally designed by Tyson Garvin as a twelve-rotor ...

Talk of radically different designs always leads to a single name – Wankel. The Wankel rotary engine, most notably used in automobiles by Mazda, has been around since the late 1950’s.

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The mere fact that this engine starts and runs is a testament to the mechanical know-how of these guys. For comparison's sake, Mazda's own Le Mans-winning 787 prototype utilized a four-rotor Wankel.

As a result, very few GS Birotors survive today. The C111-I of 1969 had a three-rotor Wankel engine with 276bhp, while the C111-II of 1970 featured a four-rotor engine with 345bhp, giving them top ...