Subject	New "Rotary" engine
Posted by	swensonhimer on February 12, 2008 at 4:58 PM
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Message	Taken from a local car blog: Everyone here's familiar with the basic types of internal combustion engines. Most of us own V-block or inline powerplants, and of course some of you Subaru guys run those famous horizontally-opposed boxers. Personally, I always thought Mazda's old rotary engine was the coolest thing going--that is, until I heard about this. Meet the Rotoblock, an "oscillating piston engine" which uses four pairs of pistons in a round cylinder block, and promises decreased complexity and increased efficiency. Confused about how such a thing might work? I was too. Luckily, the Rotoblock site provides animations and this crazy video to help you make sense of the concept. What do you think? Engine of the future, or over engineered mess? Engine Website How it works, and a video _____________________________________________________________ MPV TT My Car Website
Follow Ups	New "Rotary" engine - swensonhimer 16:58:03 02/12/08 Re: New "Rotary" engine - twin3037 17:05:23 02/12/08 as I would LOVE to agree...but - turboz32 17:31:33 02/12/08 agreed. (n/m) - nemo1080 17:37:42 02/12/08 Looks like loads of fun to rebuild. (n/m) - CameronSF 17:12:53 02/12/08 this is where its at - gt300zxtt 17:29:20 02/12/08 So does this mean we are going back to air cooled - NisBo 17:57:59 02/12/08 SCAM!!! I've seen this many times before... - icsamerica 20:16:34 02/12/08 as can be said about 99.9% of all prospective technologies - LJZTT 21:38:27 02/12/08 Interesting design... seems possible (n/m) - 550HPTT 20:38:07 02/12/08 Wait... where do the turbos go? ;) (n/m) - Crim 21:25:15 02/12/08 Coates engines are where its at. - Knapper411 22:45:31 02/12/08 Just one of many "rotary" type engines - NytWolf 22:55:31 02/12/08
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