Paul,

I saw a one hour documentary on Japanese TV tonight about the rotary engine
development team as well as the Renesis.

Quite shocking to know that when Ford took over almost everyone was
transferred out of the rotary design section. The documentary showed many
scenes of the rotary line shut down.  The Renesis engine and the RX-8 came
about from the dedicated efforts of about 10 employees who refused to give
up.  Yamamoto encouraged  them not to give up on the dual side port even
though he had tried that configuration unsuccessfully before.  Designing the
water flow paths and location were critical for their success. A lot of
their work was done in their private time.  I'll see if I can get you a
copy.

Doug in Japan

I would love to have it in English. I am sure glad they persevered.
Good thing Kenichi was still alive.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Haven't I been telling you for years that Ford pulls the strings and is not interested in rotaries?  Now that Ford is about to expire, it will be harder than ever to have a sideline powerplant. ds

Ford no longer controls Mazda. Fortunately

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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