Originally Posted by
Bob
beat me too it
not to mention uniqueness... and the fact that it won le mans. and if i'm not mistaken, had twin kkk turbos.
The R26B that powered the 787B was N/A...
No turbos, thats why it sounds so good when it gets up to redline...
although it did have 3 spark plugs per rotor!
Matra: whats with the "small displacement" comment? the 4 rotor R26B engine displaced 7866cc that is pretty large for a car engine regardless of Mazdas marketing magic.
Maybe by "small displacement" you where talking about how physically large the engine is?
Myy favorite engine configuration is probably the Napier Deltic engine: Here's an animation
The turbo-compound varient is probably the coolest engine I can think of...
Last edited by hightower99; 05-25-2009 at 09:37 AM.
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.