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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever ...

var digg_url = 'https://digg.com/hardware/Delorean_with_a_300hp_3_rotor_Wankel_engine'; In the late sixties and early seventies, many car companies were enamored with ...

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.

NSU unveiled the Ro 80 at the 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show, and Car Magazine praised its sleek design and named the vehicle its Car of the Year. Car’s editors noted that the Wankel engine’s ...