how does a wankel engine work??

[Adam_b24]

I dont know how a wankel engine really works n its botherin me lol plz help

 

[delucani]

this but here is the my interpretation of the Wenkel Engine. There is a triangular peice that rotatied and when it rotates each of the three points of the triangle hit a spark plug thus being more efficient because every revolution hits more spark plugs or something. Im sure Famine or Neon_Duke could explain better

 

[Der Alta]

http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Wankel_engine.html

Nice pic and explanation.

AO

 

[XzifT]

Well if a Wanekl Engine is the same as a rotary, as it looks.. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm

 

[ving]

some say it doesnt/shouldnt work
but its all good

 

[lumPwin555]

Wankels a funny word

 

[Boost Lee]

Originally posted by XzifT
Well if a Wanekl Engine is the same as a rotary, as it looks.. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm

How stuff work's has a few thing's wrong. I also like how they call the RX7 a "so-called sportscar."

I'll keep this short. The rotary has 4 step's to it, the same as a 4 stroke engine. 1. Intake 2. Compression. 3. Expansion 4. Exhaust. The intake and exhaust port's are controlled by the rotor's. Here's a step by step to go with the picture.

1. INTAKE: Air come's in through the intake port's, as this is happening the rotor's pass over the intake port's/exhaust port's and block them making a chamber of air. GREEN color on the pic.

2. COMPRESSION: The chamber of air is compressed where fuel is added to it. PURPLE color on the pic.

3. EXPANSION: The mixture of fuel and air is ignited by the spark plug's. YELLOW and RED on the pic.

4. EXHAUST: The mixture is then sent out the exhaust. RED and BLACK on the pic.

 

[ving]

the worlds fastest 1.3?
maybe!

 

[oxigen_gsr]

rotary engines are actually massively less efficient than piston engines. mine used to make 180 kays out of 50 litres or petrol. now it's sold, my cordia makes like 400 kays out of 50 litres.

 

[Boost Lee]

My old FD made a little over 400hp at the crank, and got roughly 27mpg on the highway. Show me a Viper that does that.

This should probably be in the Cars in General forum eh?

 

[XzifT]

I didn't say it was ALL right. He asked for a little explanation, so I supplied a little.

 

[MazKid]

Looks like it's been explained here. Wankel was the German inventor that concieved and made it. It's actually yhe Wankel Rotary Engine, but most call it just the rotary(with the assumption that people know about it). The most unique gas engine in any production car. Mazda holds the license to it, though other companies tried thier own variations in the 60's/70s and failed. The rotary nearly put Mazda out of buisness in the mid '70s with the Oil Crisis, since the cars out then(the RX-2, RX-3, RX-4, RX-5 Cosmo, and REPU) got milage as low as 9mpg. With the RX-7 came new engineering and increased milage as well as increased reliability.

There has been a rotary Mazda sold every yearsince 1967 with the exception of mid 1992 before the 3rd gen RX-7 came out.

Hope that helps.