Rotary engines are pretty much in the past now, except for a few automakers out there, and if you are not sure why that is, ...

Rotary engines have a long, growing combustion chamber as the rotor spins, making complete combustion difficult - not great for fuel economy. They’re also difficult to seal, ...

One of the rotary engine's biggest champions, AIE has been advancing rotary design since 2012. ... Diagram of the Compact SPARCS cooling system. Advanced Innovative Engineering. 6 / 7.

A rotary engine may go against the automotive norm, but it's actually a very simple alternative - in technical terms at least. Rotary engines gained niche appeal and status with the Mazda RX-7 sports ...

Other popular rotary engine-powered vehicles by the company include the Mazda Luce R130 Coupe, the Rotary Pickup, the Parkway Rotary, the RX-7, and of course, the RX-8.

The rotary engine in the 1991 RX-7 featured twin turbo charging, which enabled its output of around 250 horsepower from a compact package. (© Mazda) In the early 1960s, ...

A new rotary engine for Mazda sports cars is entering development, and could bring all sorts of groundbreaking tech to the RX-7's successor.

The rotary engine has no need for the likes of crankshafts, connecting rods or complex valvetrains. In fact, there’s no need for valves – the rotor takes care of the whole deal with a few ports.

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, ... We're trying to stretch the PV diagram in every direction to get more energy, ...

Mazda Rotary Engines: The rotary engine is a unique type of engine that uses rotational movement of triangular rotors to generate power. Mazda was the first automaker to mass-produce rotary ...

1970 Mazda RX-2. That was the start of a wave and by 1973, the brand had built 500,000 rotary engines. However, it wasn’t until 1978 that the most famous rotary vehicle of all time was born ...