The results have been mixed. The rotary engine has graced engine compartments in everything from LeMans-winning race cars to ...

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Aftermarket performance parts like turbochargers will also negatively impact engine reliability. The Wankel rotary story isn’t completely bleak. There are some advantages to rotary engines.

The 13B-REW is a good engine, apart from the usual rotary shenanigans such as leaking apex seals ... but this level of performance requires a full engine rebuild with uprated parts and ...

Since it looks like Mazda may very well revive the Wankel rotary engine as a range extender for electric cars, there's no better time to become reacquainted with the quirky internal-combustion engine.

Firstly, there are far fewer moving parts, with no camshafts and ... And though it’s true that the RX-7’s rotary engine can need a rebuild in as little as 60,000 miles (worn rotor tips are ...

Although there was briefly a company called Rotary ... few moving parts and offers very smooth power transfer and high power to weight ratio. The downside, though, is that the engine deliberately ...

Both 787Bs were powered by 2.6-liter four-rotor engines that were detuned to 700 horsepower. Afterward, the FIA announced that rotary engines would no longer be allowed at Le Mans.

Mazda is once again manufacturing the rotary engine, but before you get too excited ... But the MX-30’s interesting parts lie under the bonnet, somewhere Mazda continues to pursue an eccentric ...

While the original Wankel rotary engine employed ports to let fuel ... Summit Racing sells cylinder head rebuild kits for ...

The latest version adds a rotary engine to its compact predecessor, with prices ranging from 4.2 million yen ($28,000) to 4.9 million yen after tax. The MX-30 Rotary-EV will arrive on the Japanese ...

There's a hybrid system borrowed from Toyota, plus a copycat "strong hybrid" setup to come from within Mazda eventually, maybe with rotary engine power. In the U.S. and Japan, where Mazda has ...