Originally Posted by
Matra et Alpine
There is only ONE combustion CHAMBER and that is the one that occurs as the rotor face comes to the spark plug(s) in the housing.
Ok and because each rotor has 3 faces that means that we can count them all for total displacement.
Originally Posted by
Matra
The rest are NOT comb ustion chambers until they come to the spark plugs.
OK but all three faces do at some point come to the sparkplugs...
Originally Posted by
Matra
As in the past you bring logic to an area where established principles exist.
Thus it is accepted principls that a 2-stroker is 2*bore*stroke.
BUT the same is NOT accepted for the Wankel because it is "different"
OK but I am not trying to change the established principles... I am simply stating that in reality wankel engines are much larger displacement engines then they are classified. I am not trying to get a petition signed at all, I couldn't care less what countries recognize the wankel engine as displacement wise for tax purposes. I am discussing this from a specific engineering viewpoint. Did you look at the animations?
Originally Posted by
Matra
So by all means we can debate 1.3 or 2.6 but let's take 7.4 off the table !!
Not paying too much attention are you ... I said the 13B is really 3924cc (3.9L if you will). The R26B is actually a 7848cc engine (7.8L if you will). Although when I talk about wankel engines with anyone who I don't really know well or who I don't consider especially car-literate then I have no problems calling the 13B a 1.3L engine and the R26B a 2.6L engine... Just FYI.
Originally Posted by
Matra
PS: I own and race/rally/hillclimb a Prodrive Mazda RX-8 PZ
and spent time at last years Le Mans 24h in the Mazda 757 pit garage
Haha I know you have that car you lucky b**tard! it is a very nice car and you can consider me jealous...
Did you get any pictures of the 757 engine bay? is it turbocharged? I thought it wasn't but others have said it was...
Power, whether measured as HP, PS, or KW is what accelerates cars and gets it up to top speed. Power also determines how far you take a wall when you hit it
Engine torque is an illusion.