Subject: Rotary vs Boinger BSFC
From: Paul
Date: 9/30/1999, 12:37 PM
To: zz

norm doty wrote:

actually the real difference is that a mazda engine in reality acts like a 2
stroke engine, not a 4 stroke like a piston engine, remember 2 valves in the
combustion chamber, 1 intake 1 exhaust (and then some elaborate ones with
more).

it doesnt have the extra wasted time of a recip type.
norm

The Wankel rotary engine is indeed a four stroke engine.
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Paul Lamar
 
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