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Peryn · 11-02-2003, 09:56 AM

Your getting pretty defensive...for a somewhat logical reason.....but your wrong. MPG and anything associated with it is definately one of the downsides of a rotary. For any amount of gas you use, There are many many MANY engines that will out perform it on the same amount of gas.

Example : in 1995, the RX-7 got the same city mileage, and worse highway mileage than a Chevrolet Corvette. The corvette made 50 more horsepower. The Mazda clearly had inferior performance/MPG than Chevy. On the same note, in 1989 the '89Corvette made 80 more horsepower than the '89 rx-7 and has similar and better gas mileage. In 2003, the ZO6 makes 150HP MORE than the '95 rx-7 (which i believe had the best performance/MPG of the rx-7's history) and the corvette has the same city mileage and better highway mileage.

The list of cars could go on and on, but rotaries simply do not get much power for their gas usage compared to most piston engines. Maybe you misunderstood your freind, or maybe your freind was wrong....or did something freakish and unheard of to decrease his gas usage. Either way, you are wrong, whether that guy has a degree in whatever or not.

As for the title of this thread, the Wankel is still an internal combustion engine. Its just not a reciprocating engine. It would be nice if someone would fix the title to say "Rotary vs. Pistons" or something similar.

11-02-2003, 09:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
Peryn Junkie Location: San Diego, CA.	Your getting pretty defensive...for a somewhat logical reason.....but your wrong. MPG and anything associated with it is definately one of the downsides of a rotary. For any amount of gas you use, There are many many MANY engines that will out perform it on the same amount of gas. Example : in 1995, the RX-7 got the same city mileage, and worse highway mileage than a Chevrolet Corvette. The corvette made 50 more horsepower. The Mazda clearly had inferior performance/MPG than Chevy. On the same note, in 1989 the '89Corvette made 80 more horsepower than the '89 rx-7 and has similar and better gas mileage. In 2003, the ZO6 makes 150HP MORE than the '95 rx-7 (which i believe had the best performance/MPG of the rx-7's history) and the corvette has the same city mileage and better highway mileage. The list of cars could go on and on, but rotaries simply do not get much power for their gas usage compared to most piston engines. Maybe you misunderstood your freind, or maybe your freind was wrong....or did something freakish and unheard of to decrease his gas usage. Either way, you are wrong, whether that guy has a degree in whatever or not. As for the title of this thread, the Wankel is still an internal combustion engine. Its just not a reciprocating engine. It would be nice if someone would fix the title to say "Rotary vs. Pistons" or something similar. __________________ Dont cry kid, It's not your fault you suck.