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Originally posted by numist
explain to me exactly what the difference is between rotary and piston...
I dont understand the basic design, and havent been able to find anything that explains it sufficiently
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basically, you have an offcenter triangle thing that never stops turning in the same direction (theres a lot more to it, but I am somehwat sure that the reason they say its so better is because of that)
a piston engine has pistons that get pushed down, then they change direction and come back up, a power loss...
as far as I am concened, my absolutely incredibly biased and somewhat uneducated opinion is that the wanker er, I mean wankel engines are complete crap and really shouldnt be given a second look...
my buddy in england was gonna get an RX-7, but according to him, no matter what he did to it, no matter how much he baby'd it, it would still grenade at 60k miles... I've heard others refute that quite loudly, but I trust him.
heres a rule of thumb I live by:If it doesnt have 8 cylinders, a carburetor and pushrods, its crap!
p.s. changing out an engine in an hour doesnt impress me, tell your friend to post up himself when he can swap out a first gen mustang engine in half that time
