Turbo engines are taking over

[saturnz]

My turbo is quite fuel efficient, thank you very much.

that's what I said...

 

[dlk001]

My turbo is quite fuel efficient, thank you very much.

+1

My high performance turbo car quite fuel efficient when you want it to be.

 

[WaxLyrical]

The turbo concept is quite extraordinary. Some vehicles employ up to 4 of these machines.

I wonder if a turbo can be applied to a rotary engine?

 

[Sinbad]

The turbo concept is quite extraordinary. Some vehicles employ up to 4 of these machines.

I wonder if a turbo can be applied to a rotary engine?

Of course, and it has been.

 

[saturnz]

The turbo concept is quite extraordinary. Some vehicles employ up to 4 of these machines.

I wonder if a turbo can be applied to a rotary engine?

its actually quite an old technology, as old as engines themselves

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Emissions regulations will mean no more rotaries in a production vehicle again.

Tell that to Mazda who applied for a patent as recently as April this year: http://blog.caranddriver.com/new-spin-mazda-files-patent-for-new-gen-rotary-engine-heres-what-it-tells-us/

Emissions just make it more challenging to build a compliant rotary engine, and it doesn't help that only one company is investing in any R&D on that front. If it enjoyed as much investment as 4-stroke engines, fuel efficiency / emissions might have been a long forgotten challenge by now.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

I wonder if a turbo can be applied to a rotary engine?

Never heard of the Mazda RX-7 then? Every RX-7 built from 1983 until 2002 had a turbo charged rotary engine.

 

[P924]

Tell that to Mazda who applied for a patent as recently as April this year: http://blog.caranddriver.com/new-spin-mazda-files-patent-for-new-gen-rotary-engine-heres-what-it-tells-us/

Emissions just make it more challenging to build a compliant rotary engine, and it doesn't help that only one company is investing in any R&D on that front. If it enjoyed as much investment as 4-stroke engines, fuel efficiency / emissions might have been a long forgotten challenge by now.

Ok.

@mazda, I think there are some ex-VW engineers that can help you make a rotary engine that will beat emmisions testing.


Without some VW trickery, I doubt they will pass ever tightening emmisions regulations.

 

[Sinbad]

Ok.

@mazda, I think there are some ex-VW engineers that can help you make a rotary engine that will beat emmisions testing.

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