The Differences Between Piston and Rotary Engines
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
- Rotary engines have featured in some of the world's coolest cars, but how do they compare to their piston-engined counterparts?
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The main benefit of a rotary: what is a redline? never heard of it
See the rpm gauge in a car, see the numbers that are red? When your engine is going that fast it’s redline
@@nitrogas5719 you missed the joke lmao
Baba_StinkyKebab the comment got edited lol, it didn’t have the main benefit of a rotary, or maybe I was just not thinking right lol
@@nitrogas5719 damn the OC did you dirty lmao
João Richter lol
My friend owns an RX7 and knows a guy who owned an RX7 FC. The guy ended up getting a turbo for it and cranked the boost up to 24 PSI which was higher than the maximum of 23 PSI. The same guy got into a drag race with a Camaro. The FC smoked the Camaro but at the end of the drag race he heard a shredding sound inside his engine. The car could barely move after that so he ended up taking apart the engine to diagnose the problem. Turns out because he cranked the boost up so high the apex seal was blown right out of its socket as it couldn't handle the pressure. The rotor then dragged the apex seal around the entire housing which shredded the interior completely. He ended up replacing the rotor and still has the one with the shred marks and gashes sitting on his desk at home.
Faheem Jamaloodeen 2 MUCH POWAAA
Sounds like a good turbo
Yeah because shittyass imports need all the help they could possibly get to barely get up to an American-built car’s level
The devil's nail marks!!!!
xD
"Suck, Squeeze, Bang, and Blow" ...
The mechanics of pleasure .
its a cosmic language .
haha what an Epic comment :D
me and my uncle, that what it sounds like
But not always in that order.
I am a redstone master! I already know everything about a piston!
Kratoskiller231 I got to take red stone classes
Oh, then you can explain why my redstone torch is not working, it does not bring any light to my house.
ERNIE BRINK ROTARY You replied every comment on this?
Well, build a computer in Minecraft.
Then why did you watch this
Piston gas engine: vroom vroom
Piston diesel engine: ckakakakakaka
Rotary engine: BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP
Electric engine : vvvviiiiii
Electric engine :
Petrol engine: Retards retards!
Diesel engine: Morons morons!!
Comments like this: Cringe cringe!!!
Everyone on UA-cam: Comments like this!!!!
Me: Stop it!! Fucking RETARDS!!!!!
You are copying everyone else´s lack of originality.
ERNIE BRINK ROTARY did the car noises piss this man off cause I’m sure he’s in the Wrong place if he thinks cars sound gay that’s just a big no no
Eminem: chika chika chika chika
One is a Dorito an the other one is a coke can.
byGiNeSiToX Bananas good enough
That's.... A pretty accurate explanation
byGiNeSiToX Bananas no, it's a Mtn Dew can
Doritos are better than Pringles
byGiNeSiToX Bananas LMAO you’re the new KAL 1 - I see you on every Adam LZ video, and now here.
2:22 How I like to spend a Friday night...
ERNIE BRINK ...what?
I don't suck nor blow... only squeeze and bang...
[[[ DRAGONIER ]]] I could't stay serious *sexy grin activated* 😏
newton law of motion a combustion chamber that,s always in motion wankel engines will spin on never run away from a problem?
Lol
I just love the look of the RX-7, one of the few modern "rounded" cars that looks good (plus it has pop-up headlights!) but if I ever bought one I'd probably get a less oil burning engine put in. After the original one fails of course, no point in removing a perfectly good engine!
Friend of mine had an older RX-7 and as his apex seals cracked, he opened up the engine and replaced them with good old leather strips and never had any problems with the seals again. Even oil burn has been reduced!
Late reply but please tell me you aren’t joking, this would be very useful information to create reliable aftermarket apex seals for Rotary engines!
@@standardheat-fs8159 mate ur 4 years late😂😂😂😂
wtf
dude that's hilarious
I love my RX7 FC, many smiles per gallon.
RedilRed isn't it ? My father had one, white like Ryosuke Takahashi, when i got my license he gave the car, and boi, the process just to turn on the car. Tgere goes the 800 bucks in oil
RedilRed
...and lots of bad miles per gallons.
...and lots of bad miles per gallon of oil
...and lots of failed apex seal per mile
...and lots of engine rebuilds per miles.
Use Trollgun 01 honestly if you take care of it's not too bad. But definitely not up to modern efficiency.
Use Trollgun 01 You're clueless
RedilRed Part of me wants you to keep it forever, The other part wants you to sell it to me haha
3:47 heart beat of a car 😂😂😂😂
Had me dead
Now explain the difference between an antimatter warp drive vs a singularity based warp drive
XD
One works and the other doesn't, anti-matter is just matter with inverted charges, the only special thing about is that it converts itself and matter into pure gamma-rays if it comes into contact with matter.
If you somehow were to be able to get a really fast spinning black hole than (theoretically) close to its singularity space-time would bend so much you'd get a closed time-like curve and do things like travel back in time or defy space as we know it.
Difference is they spell different. There you have it.
Only disadvantage of the APEX seals: They not easily replaceable.
If they had designed the engine so they were easy serviceable the whole thing wouldn't be a problem.
Mazda Rotary division: "Our cars have the worst emissions!"
Volkswagen Diesel division: "Hold my beer!"
Crazy_Borg rotaries are actually really simple to work on. They're much easier than most engines, they just have this stigma around them because most mechanics have no clue how to work with them. Usually only rotary owners know how to work with 'em. If you meet a regular mechanic that knows how to work on them, I can guarantee you that they owned a rotary in their life for long enough to need to replace some stuff
Harley-Davidson "Hold my bong"
My friend owns an RX7 and knows a guy who owned an RX7 FC. The guy ended up getting a turbo for it and cranked the boost up to 24 PSI which was higher than the maximum of 23 PSI. The same guy got into a drag race with a Camaro. The FC smoked the Camaro but at the end of the drag race he heard a shredding sound inside his engine. The car could barely move after that so he ended up taking apart the engine to diagnose the problem. Turns out because he cranked the boost up so high the apex seal was blown right out of its socket as it couldn't handle the pressure. The rotor then dragged the apex seal around the entire housing which shredded the interior completely. He ended up replacing the rotor and still has the one with the shred marks and gashes sitting on his desk at home.
Poor gas mileage is not a disadvantage?
Faheem Jamaloodeen I know a guy with a story almost identical, but it was an FD (which already came with a turbo from the factory), he raced a Mustang, and the rotor is sitting on his desk at his restoration garages stead of his house
Mazda 787B - 4 Rotor engine. Best sounding car ever 😍😍
It rapes your ears the good way
its a fucking beast
It was also the slowest and most uncompetitive car in it's class, losing 20 out of the 21 races it had entered in. It's only race it had ever won was caused by pure luck, when all of it's competitors wiped out and retired. The 787B couldn't even post a pole position lap.
Use Trollgun 01 but it sounds good so
Use Trollgun 01 who cares. It looks amazing and the sound = eargasm
piston engines are evolutionary but the wankel engine is revolutionary
lol
Very true
All the piston engines believe rotaries need to learn, rotaries don't need to learn, they come to a track and improve it, *THEY ARE REVOLUTIONARY*
@@aestheticcruise8807 They're not "revolutionary" if anything they're an evolutionary dead end.
The most underrated comment on UA-cam
Hopefully Mazda can find a way to fix the rotary engine flaws for their rx-9.
*Wankel engines are obsolete now. The RX-9 does not exist, Mazda's CEO confirmed the RX-9 was nothing but internet hoax.*
Do you have any proof that he said this at all?
Yeah its not happening sadly
We don't need a new rotary... the idea of a low emissions, hybrid prius rotary thing sounds appalling.
@@erniebrinkrotaryhemi7336 he's a doctor. Don't question his knowledge! Lmao
4:43 The moment the headlight rose, so pleasing.
When your car opens it's eyes and greets you "Hey babe"
*One goes Vroom..*
*Other goes: BRAP BRAP* *BRAP BRAP*
Doug DeMuro’s Unloved Autotrader Column THERE'S NO MORE SATISFACTION WITH RACING WITH THE BRAAAAAAAPPP UMMMMMMMMM,,,🔥 🔥 🔥...
Skidi ba bap bap and a boom boom burum boom !!! Skiyaaa !!
Actually rotary's go Vroooommmm to, you know that right..?
They just go brap brap brap for like 30 seconds and done.
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4:44 omg that rx7 looks so sexy
its stock rx-7
@@mintchoco4318 ik and everyone know that
"should" *eyes opened*
0:35 JESUS CHRIST could definitely use some more of that in my life
XD
Where's the funny...
Thank you for this! Been into cars for years, but I'm actually learning about the engines and all parts of cars.
I still like rotaries regardless of the disadvantages of them. Also, I heard the rotary is making a comeback but as a range extender. I have no idea how that would work, but I'm curious.
easy. As a normal engine, but it don't go to a gearbox then wheel but to a electric motor. But in that configuration, it's a generator.
Ghost Assassin
That's just a hoax. The CEO of mazda clearly said earlier this year that Rotary engines or a larger sports car, like the RX-8 isn't coming back.
I love them too, but I would hate to own one lol.
Use Trollgun 01 according to every news outlet I’ve seen, a range extender is exactly what they are going to do with the rotary. Which is a damn shame
Only rational reason I can think of for that decision would be because they're smaller/lighter than conventional engines, so they wouldn't affect vehicle weight (and consequently, efficiency) too much
This was very informative, thank you
Super informative with no annoying attempts at humor, thank you
Another advantage of rotaries: power density. Rotaries make a lot of power for their size. Another disadvantage: Because they rev higher, they don't make a lot of torque compared to piston engines.
Jay Vette
Fun fact, the Rotary has a true displacement of 3.9L. It makes just as much horsepower as a 2006-2012 Chevrolet Impala equipped with the 3900 V6, which is not impressive at all.
Use Trollgun 01 Itsthe true size but compared to that engine they dont weigh the same Rotary have better horsepower to weight ratios
Jay Vette hmmmm, maybe its time to get a diesel-meth r8 cobbled together
+Jay Vette *Actually when calculating their true displacement the Wankel engine had rather poor horsepower-per-liter output. In terms of **_density_** or power-to-weight ratios? the gas turbine is easily puts the Wankel to shame.*
*The Wankel was plagued by very poor torque characteristics due to the inherently poor mechanical conversion rate, they are simply very inefficient in converting the heat and pressure of combustion into usable torque.*
+cloridan Beauchamps *Fun fact; **_You are an imbecile that doesn't understand how engine displacement is calculated..._*
Thanks! Im just getting into cars and this really helped me understand how they actually work mechanicaly
i wish you would've mentioned more pros of rotaries like their displacement to power, and such! great video, i enjoyed it.
*Wankel engine no longer offered any advantages which is why they are obsolete now.*
*Displacement to horsepower ratio on the Wankel was not bad when it was introduced in the 1960's but by turn of the century they could no longer compete with piston engines.*
i love that you explain it so good : you just need to look after the oil. use the right oil and the right amount of it - you will have alovely litle happy rotary engine for long time.
Wankel engines are inherently unreliable..
Even Mazda gave up on trying to make them reliable.
@@sandervanderkammen9230and i see you have no idea . Mazda gave never up. They make new patent every year for rotary engines. The EU killed it with stupid emission laws pending on rpm tests.
@@SiWo7 Not true, Mazda's board voted in May 2009 to cancel all development of Wankel engines.
No new Wankel engine prototypes have been seen from Mazda since 2008.
That is a popular myth but one that quickly collapses with the slightest amount of factual evidence.
The Mazda RX8 met or exceeded the strictest emissions regulations in the world, California's CARB standards right up until Mazda ceased production in 2012 due to poor sales.
Please get your facts straight.
Sees rotary instantly hits like.
Matthew Salmon why did you put an apostrophe?
lego technic Overcorrection.
Quintinohthree ok
Quintinohthree you can redact it.
lego technic So can you.
BRAP BRAP BRAP BRAP 💞
What?
Can't hear you over the BRAPAPAPAPAPAPAPP
Zane
Buddycorgi you don’t get so stfu
da car go
SKRRRRAA, PA PA KA KA KA,
SKIDIPI PA PA, AND A POOM POOM PRUUUUOOOOM
SKIAAAAAA 😂
Thank you for this. I have worked on a number of engines, and the cylinder heads have always been concave, not convex as in your diagram. Being concave causes fuel ignition to be 'cupped' leading to a more efficient use of the power stroke.
Also may I add, rotary engines have poor breaking performance compared to cylinder engines, requiring a different style to driving.
Thank you for the video, Im studying what I think I should know about basic engine components, functions, flaws and differences and because of your knowledge on both rotary and piston driven engines, I now know basic understanding of how they work as well as basic flaws due to certain situational awareness. Thank you for the video again and please if you have the knowledge to do so, can you make a video on jet engines? Or difference between a jet engine and a car engine. That is actually how I found this video. Thanks.
a few things wrong with this:
1: Rotary engines are very easy to maintain, there is absolutely nothing hard about it at all unless being consistent with standard basic maintenance and adding a bit of oil to your fuel is somehow hard for you then that's on you.
2: The only unreliable thing about a rotary engine is the owner, if the engine fails on you 9.9/10 times it's something that you did (or didn't do) and not the engine's fault. Or may even have been built poorly and/or incorrectly (it happens just like it does with piston engines too). Rotaries do hate boost though, so I won't fault anyone for that (wanna be fast? it won't be reliable. Wanna be reliable? it won't be fast - can be kinda quick though lol). Also something to note is that the old (pre-1986) carbureted rotaries were very reliable, there are still plenty of them running today with up to 400,000 original miles on them. The 13B in my daily driver SA22C is over 40 years old, street ported, makes fairy decent power and torque and came from a junkyard as is and I've put over 20,000 miles on it with no engine related problems at all in the last year that I've owned it (actual car or engine mileage is unknown, ODO is only 5 digits and engine was built in the early 80s and that's all I know). My last RX-7 also had over 261,000 miles on it when it was totaled in an accident and ran great too, so this "unreliable" stigma that rotaries have isn't very well deserved, it's more that it's just not for everyone
3: You can use rotaries in many different applications including aircraft, boating, sandrails hell even RC cars too (and yes there are RC cars with Wankel rotary engines small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and make about 1ish HP lol)
Basically what I'm saying is that rotaries are awesome wonderful little engines that deserve more credit that many people aren't very willing to give them. they're simple, easy to maintain, easy to understand and are just plain fun because you can beat the dogshit out of them as much as you want whenever you please (granted that your engine is at operating temp of course). But as I've stated, they're just not for everyone just like pistons aren't for me and that's okay:)
Nate Rist Thank you
Nate Rist My Dad owns an ‘83 FB and he street-ported the stock 12a and it has been very reliable for over 200,000km. Up until this past summer where he drove the snot out of it, hitting 9000rpm give or take, which then he presumed blew one of the seals. The car still runs though, but with a rough, more piston like idil.
*What about the NHTSA investigation? I found that this false myth is not true... the investigation found NO LINK between owner abuse or neglect and the high number of RX engine failures Mazda DID NOT CHALLENGE these findings and voluntarily offered a settlement.*
*Then Why do engines that are premixed STILL FAIL???? Why did you replace your engine????*
+Blak Nyte *You don't know????*
The only time you can say a rude word... ‘Wankel!’
Ben Mayall hows it rude
EnzedDev wank in the UK at least is a rude word
EnzedDev Wank is similar to the word _wang,_ which means a man's genitals.
Xalataf but wank means to toss off
I think these comments are fucked.
Oh shit, now I've done it.
Shit I did it again.
Damn it.
Thanks for the excellent presentation.
"Suck, Squeeze, Bang, and Blow" 😂😂😂 My favorite night.
Good one Devyn.
@@The_Holier_Spirit God????? Thought u were in heaven
CHILLIN LIKE A ANGEL
A very entertaining video, I loved it. I would also like you to do in video explaining the electric motors and how much they differ from the internal combustion. Above all how they develop their power. Because many people are afraid that cars with electric traction have no gear change.
Thank you sir! 😎 I learned a lot. Surely I could stand in front of my classmates to share.
Very educational video. Thank you for the video. Fantastically done.
It's amazing how all this happens in a split second like woah!
Thanks bro for the video , the cool and awesome way in which you explain things you should get a Nobel prize in teaching.
not so much: they burn just a little oil - not more than the average new Audi- or at least my one does it since 1988 . And it has to be a very cheap mineral oil, synthetic oils leave a nasty residue...
Sarcasm or honesty?
WELL IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT EASY THEN UA-cam WOULD HAVE TO RE-NAMED TO NobleTube CUZ THERE ARE TONS BETTER THAN HIM.
BUT LOVED THE VIDEO.REALLY LOVE ENGINES.
um, yeah there's no nobel prize category for teaching specifically
he's a bit fast and should have paused the animation and broken it down to repeating the individual steps instead of lopping from the beginning of the narration, but otherwise this video is a fantastic way of teaching someone how the three different types of engines work within 10 minutes although he could have spared 30 more seconds for the diesel lol
I was thinking about this last night, and now it’s in my UA-cam feed.
Thank you ,,,for best description ever
Also, pistons produce usually more torque than rotary. But the high rev is much appreciated
For the record, rotary engines have a lot of moving parts too, just most of them are seals. Take a look at what is in a seal kit for a 13b sometime.
Been looking for a video for my bird on how to explain internal combustion. Nice one!🤣😂🤙
Simple and clear, thank you 👍💪
It's easy.... 1 is a Spinning Dorito that eats a lot of oil, the other one is an ice cream that moves up and down
WHERE IS THE 4-RO.......
Oh sorry wrong channel.
rob dahm hoping for more rotary videos on other channels so people forget about his LIES!!!
LYx461 I don't see an issue with making the 4 rotor more common ;-)
Almost a year later..... lol
as Ernie Brink said, by changing sparkplug hole geometry by a very thin flat hole (height of the hole will have the same thickness as apex seal) , but too narrow hole could diminish the effectiveness of the spark,I think we can go bigger in the height of the hole without really having consequant gas exchange between compression chamber and exhaust chamber. Other ideas from Ernie Brink are very interesting and pertinant and there are still more possibility to improve the rotary engine
thanks, really informative and cool video!
3:47 yes lots of moving parts, that looks more like an engine with busted motor mounts.
It's foundations are completely broken and engine is not intact to the body 😂😂
@@muhammadrafay4743 nice one Hahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!
We legit just watched this for my Vehicle Technology BTEC. Cheers for making college even less boring
Great explanations, thanks!
Excellent information.
so he said 1.4 to 2 liters now my car has a 1.2 liter engine, is my car retarted?
(update i now own a 1.8, the car aint retarted nomore)
Mine is 1.1
my i4 engine is 2.3 so maybe mine is as well hahaha
My car is inline 3, 1 liter lmao
@@calliris fiesta?
@@ramondijkgraaf3805 yep
Another good thing about conventional engine is that when you need to change spark plugs you can pop the hood open and there they are.
I like how in during the closing remarks about how rotaries burn oil, it shows a spark plug wire from a piston engine drenched in oil.
So cool and well explained !
*R.I.P. Wankel engine 1964 -2012*
😔😞😥 Legend Never Dies ✌️
It isnt dead.....the rx9 is being made
@@darragh7853 says who? I hope you don't mean that disappointing hybrid.
Too bad I do😭😭
@@darragh7853 well its 2020 now proving that the RX9 was just another hoax
why do people in japan wear masks?:
because there is so much oil burnd in the mazdas
hahaha my sides :) good one
And hondas
Nicknags I don’t get it
Nicknags XDD
oof
another few differences between piston and rotary motors are that rotary motors are unable to be carbureted and supercharged, but could possibly fit a direct injection system or be turbocharged
*Most Wankel engines were carbureted.. Mercedes-Benz tried unsuccessfully to develop a viable GDI Wankel engine but the Wankel engine simply cannot achieve the required static compression ratios. The Wankel is very poorly suited to both supercharging and turbocharging due to its inherently weak sealing system and terrible combustion efficiency.*
IT IS A MARVELOUS PIECE OF ENGINEERING
*Today is June 22nd, the 7th anniversary of the last Wankel engine ever commercially manufactured. Mazda's Ujina#2 RX assembly plant shut down at the end of its mid day shift and closed for very the last time in 2012.. a few months later the line was demolished to make way for Mazda's successful new Skyactiv-G reciprocating engines.*
9 Years now
1:58 Hopefully the gifts i get on Valentine day 2020 !! GIGGITY
Learnt so mitch from this vedio thanks you so much Alex :)
I don’t know how this video is nostalgic, but I do remember that I have watched it years ago, possibly right when it released
Please do one comparing the V4 and I4
How many cars really use a V4? I can't think of a single one. I know motorbikes sometimes do. While we're covering different piston layouts, don't forget about the boxer!
I think the Lancia Fulvia used a V4
rotary engines are reliable, most people just don't know how to take care of them
the best excuse for poor design in mechanical engineering
All you have to do is make sure they have sufficient oil and dont get too hot...
Also, mazda is actually engineering a new concept for wankel motor that makes them a heck more efficient. I dunno bout the reliabilty, but they will probably also work on that
MaroonLynx And pre-mix. If you takd care of them they're as reliable as any performance engine.
Calvin Pessl They're supposedly using it as a range extender for an EV. Has to be exceedingly efficient if they're taking it over a small piston engine like GM and BMW do.
In 1977 My first car was a Mazda R 100. I was warned that they blew up and it did. The seals on the water jacket went, similar to a blown head gasket. My dad took me down to Mazda, we got a rebuild kit, and the best engine manual I’ve ever seen. Step-by-step instructions with pictures. from disconnecting the battery removal disassembly reassembly and reinstall. The overheating Warped the aluminum rotor housings. They were very expensive so my dad had me hand lap them on a lapping table. Getting them down to the 3000’s tolerance they needed. I assembled the motor. My dad tried turning the motor over by hand before we put the motor back in the car. The motor wouldn’t turn, he determined that we had lapped the rotor housings down but not the apex seals. He machined them down, and I reassembled it put the motor in and it ran beautifully. The Wankel engine is a very simple design with few moving parts which is great. I sold the car almost immediately so I could buy the car I really wanted which was a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner four speed with a Posi rear end. The Wankle engine is revolutionary, but you just can’t beat the awesome sound of Detroit iron. It was all a great learning experience though. I was really blessed to have such a smart dad willing to help me. I still have a black-and-white photo of me holding one of the rotors. Over the years I had three Road runners. I still have my 73 barracuda 340 with a pistol grip four speed which I bought in 1975. Sorry Mr. Wankel but Chrysler really is the king of cool.
mrcuda73 Did you need a engine crane to get it out of the car ?
Keith W. I’m sure we used a regular cherry picker
Very informative.
I think the spitting flames part is a pro.
*Today marks the 7th anniversary of the end of Mazda RX production, on Thursday June 21, 2012 at 4:30pm the final RX-8 car ever to be produced rolled off the assembly line, the last RX model to ever be produced by Mazda.*
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
*Wankel engines are obsolete technology now, no longer manufactured any where in the world today...*
wow very insightful! earned a sub
This was great, do you have a video about flathead vs. Ohv?
I prefer jet engine !
Great video :D beautiful animations, thanks for explaining !
*They still make jet engines... Wankel engines are dead.*
Well, you're going to need a LOT of money and some REALLY good brakes for that.
@@shinji_27 Actually they're quite simple and reliable but the problem is that jet engines have a throttle lever and not a gearbox, boring sound, being only applicable with diesel or Jet-A, and perform inefficiently at low speeds.
I would love any engine. I don't want electric to conquer this beauty
We have a dozen million fuels other than gas
THE FOUR STROKES OF A INTERNAL COMBUSTION OCCURS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A WANKEL ENGINE THIS MAKES IT MORE EFFICIENT THAN A PISTON ENGINE
My favorite part of the video "You have been warned'..lol Thank you sir.
Thanks for this
I told myself I would never let having kids change me. It did. Every time I saw the rotary engine model spinning, baby shark played in my head. Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doooo.
Rotary Fun Facts: A 350cc Wankel engine was used in the prototype Mazda2 EV as a REx. The engine is almost inaudible.
In some Mercedes and Volkswagen cars, the seatbelt pretensioners activate by sending some gas to little Wankels that eventually start and pull the seatbelt. I never knew that!
*Fun Fact; **_Mazda No Longer Sells Wankel Engines._*
Thnx i learned alot in this video.
Morethan real life or 3D animation thank you
1.4 and 2 litres is a pretty narrow range. My first fiesta was 957cc and my current car is 2.4l, both inline fours
You missed that rotary motors are always in a power cycle so they get hot.
"Dorito" I see you are a man of culture aswell
Well explained 👌
Good video dude. Thank you. Now i can die în peace, i know how a rotary engine works :D
MAZDA RX7 all the way!!!
I got an fb with that 12a maaad rotary
My friend owns an RX7 and knows a guy who owned an RX7 FC. The guy ended up getting a turbo for it and cranked the boost up to 24 PSI which was higher than the maximum of 23 PSI. The same guy got into a drag race with a Camaro. The FC smoked the Camaro but at the end of the drag race he heard a shredding sound inside his engine. The car could barely move after that so he ended up taking apart the engine to diagnose the problem. Turns out because he cranked the boost up so high the apex seal was blown right out of its socket as it couldn't handle the pressure. The rotor then dragged the apex seal around the entire housing which shredded the interior completely. He ended up replacing the rotor and still has the one with the shred marks and gashes sitting on his desk at home.
Faheem Jamaloodeen jesuuuuuuus! Im just tryna get my stock motor running right. I had it for this summer but then it lost power in 4th gear, I'm currently trying to diagnose, i just got spark plugs to replace.
Xavier Sosa hey me too. Just got an 85 fb with the 12a as my first car
Anthony Hutchison so dope dude
The fb is so fun to drive especially around corners
The only advantage that the rotary engine has is that you can add "banks" (more rotors) to increase displacement without taking up much space. Thus a "4 cylinder" equivalent can become a "6 cylinder" by adding a single rotor to the mix.
Great job !
this video is perfect
THE FOUR STROKES OF A INTERNAL COMBUSTION OCCURS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A
WANKEL ENGINE THIS MAKES IT MORE EFFICIENT THAN A PISTON ENGINE
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Except that it's not.
Your theory fails completely in the face of actual facts.
5:44 MISFIRING SYSTEMO
Nice emperor reference
Ahahah
*pow pow gets stronger*
God damn it Sudo.
The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them
great animation
When I think of rotors, I prefer to think of 4 rotors...
Dr.Crouch 787B?
20b all day.
When the rotor goes around the shaft in the demo I see teeth on teeth action, is that your rev or your grinding bud?
The gears maintain the very important 3:1 ratio between the crankshaft and the triangular piston(rotor)
I love my favourite and good ol petrol engine, I love the shape of the petrol(otto) cycle pv diagram too, its just hot
I am addicted to that switch