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  aren040

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shouldnt it RX-9 ??'

Nice......

I do hope they put out a forced induction version as the numbers really begin to stack when they do that..... I owned the last version of the RX7 and wouldn't mind owning the new version when it arrives in Turbo form...

-Eli

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hybrid rotary engine ??

maybe it wont blow up as fast

I agree Eli, especially with Mazda design right now. They make some really hot cars and they are not too shabby in the performance area as well. The only real issue i see is with the new CAFE standards. A rotary alone will kill them in gas mileage, a rotary turbo will just annihilate them, but I guess they could always bring out a hybrid people mover commute car to make up for it.

-aren

The way the motor is designed it's going to be near to impossible to design something with that Wankle that can also be considered Hybrid. . .

Here is an animated example for those of you who never really understood how the rotary engine really worked.



The Fresh Air is let in through the intake port (one per rotor), the rotor is then spun towards the other side of thr rotor housing where it is ignighted TWICE, the rotor then makes it's way to the other side of the motor just under the Fresh Air intake port to an exhaust port. Each rotor has three sides which also have a some-what cupped area to act as the "top of the piston".

By the way, the only way to properly lubercate the engine is to combine the oil with the fuel delivery system, it doesn't need to be together but perportioned on the amount of fuel being delivered. Some of us would remove the oil metering lines and just mix the fuel with two stroke oil. . . .

-Eli

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Eli, I didn't mean a Rotary hybrid. I mean a regular inline hybrid. CAFE standards are across company vehicles, so it is an average that is taken from all vehicles you produce. So, for instance, if GM brings out the VOLT that can get an assumed 100 MPG then they can have their Suburban get 10 MPG without taking a hit from the Government.

-aren

I guess I got a little carried away.....

Maybe YES, Mazda does need some sort of hybrid, how'z about bringing back the R100 with a 4-banger..

-Eli

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