any info links or a good detailed answer would be cool. Basically I was looking into the whole engine swapping and was thinking of a few cars and then they were rotary and so I guess that wouldn't work...?
2006-06-27 10:57:29 · 5 answers · asked by James P. 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Go to http://www.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm . They have detailed articles and moving illustrations of how all types of automotive stuff works...though I've linked you to the Rotary Engine article. The moving illustration is on Page 2, although the whole piece is fascinating.
But for a synopsis, rotary engines don't use pistons, camshafts or crankshafts--they simply generate the power, and (unlike two or four-stroke engines) no transfer of vertical motion into rotational force is necessary.
2006-06-27 11:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by bracken46 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rotary engine uses a triangular shaped rotor in place of pistons and develop a great amount of power at high RPM's. They are much more powerful than piston engines of the same displacement (An average 1.3 liter piston engine might develop something like 60 to 70 bhp. A rotary engine of the same displacement can develop in excess of 230 bhp.). Due to far fewer moving parts they run much smoother and are very lightweight. Mazda solved many of the sealing issues early Rotary engines had and they have become very, very dependable. The drawback to this engine are mainly high fuel consumption and the design lends itself to incomplete combustion of fuel, which increases smog emmissions. Mazda has again solved this problem enough that the engine is legal in California where smog laws are the most strict.
I don't think it would be an easy project to swap a rotary engine into a car designed for a piston engine or vice versa but I'm sure it could be done.
2006-06-27 11:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rotary or Wankel engines are a bit of an oddity.
If you are swaping rotary to rotary it should be ok
A rotary engine is shaped differently and may not fit where there was a regular engine.
Few places or mechanics work on them.
The basic concept is there are no pistons. A shaft turns inside a chamber. Something like a triangle inside a circle.
2006-06-27 11:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rotary engine has no pistins.
2006-06-27 11:01:54 · answer #4 · answered by Hsk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rotary engines go "KABLAMO!!!" aka mazdas...
2006-06-27 11:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by M.Ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋