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Originally posted by Moonduck
I've got a friend that is a rotary nut, says they're way easier to work on, cheaper, better performance for the mpg, etc. He has shown that with competent help (a rotary nut like himself), he can perform a basic engine swap in a first gen in less than an hour. They're also supposed to be great for real tuners as you can do all sorts of stuff to those engines by hand if you know what you're doing.
I personally think it's a neat design. If I ever see one dead cheap, I'l likely pick it up just to see if they're as sweet as he makes 'em out to be. Until, then, they're a neat idea.
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Better performance for the MPG? Rotaries have notoriously low MPG because they have a low compression ratio. Do not try to argue unless you have had more engineering thermodynamics than myself (I'm about a year from graduating with a Mechanical Engineering degree. I am not joking. I have been told several times how "engines work" by people who haven't the faintest clue of anything related to actual science, and don't want to hear it anymore.
Sigh. I apologize for ranting.