Boingers

[Alain Toussaint]

here's my 1/50 of a buck,the thing hampering the durability of the wankel
engine is the oil,oil made for regular engine will not burn efficiently,
4 stroke engine oil will leave carbon deposit on apex seal,the solution
Road & Track magazine did to their racing (don't know what class do they
race but it's not the quarter mile variety) is to put 2 stroke engine oil
in their motor,it's been a while since i read the report but i think they
said it did an amelioration of the durability of the motor,i think there
was also an article in Kitplanes (not sure),they reported having seen
carbon deposit in engine from 10 000 milles on up (even on heavily
pampered engine),the solution for these motor if they wanted to last is
that they would rely on 2 stroke engine oil.

any though on this ??

Alain Toussaint

> I am amazed that someone who is obviously not stupid should bad mouth
> the wankle rotary engine.. It is quite simply the proper design for an
> engine.  Yea alright the design is flawed due to the problem with the
> seals wearing, but in this day and age with ceramic technology there
> must be a way to make this problem go away.  I have always wanted a car
> engine that revs to 14,000 rpm with good efficiency.
> 
> But thats my problem
> 
> Rob Humphris
> 
> >----------
> >From: 	Frederic Breitwieser[SMTP:frederic.breitwieser at xephic.dynip.com]
> >Sent: 	05 May 1998 05:44
> >To: 	diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
> >Subject: 	Boingers
> >
> >>Anyway, just wanted to put a slant on things.
> >
> >Okay Michael, short and sweet- my apologies for not including the wankel in
> >my suggestive list of inefficient antiquated technology :)
> >
> ><smile>
> >
> >
> >Frederic Breitwieser
> >Bridgeport, CT 06606
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