Nice looking 914 for sale, With a rotary conversion Options

[soloracer]

I like the way this car looks. How about you?

http://www.autoweek.com/classifiedsItem.cm...cms?itemId=1717

What rear tail is that?

[bob91403]

So do piston engines.  Rotary enthusiasts will point out that the rotary has only 7 moving parts that don't change directions like in a piston engine and thus should last longer at high rpm than a piston engine.

It's amazing how many theories appear because people don't understand the rotary engine.   The other interesting one is when people complain that the rotary uses oil.  What they don't understand is that the car is designed to use oil in that they have oil injectors which mix oil in the combustion chamber.  If the car didn't use oil you have a problem with the lubrication system.

I'm quite familiar with the Wankel engine. My buddy bought one of the first ones made. Their first problem was burning the points off their rotors. So, they made the rotor points replaceable in their better design. What I was refering to was what a mechanic told me recently. He said they'd made some progress, but, still had an inadequate lubrication system. He said that it took way too long for lubrication to occur at startup. He's worked on a lot of mazda engines. He too, likes the concept. But, says he's seen too many engines fail due to the poor design of the lubrication system. I have no idea how many miles you can get out of a mazda rotary. Has there been any statistics on how long the average one lasts? And, if it's so great, why isn't mazda using it in all their cars? It's been around for a long time. Even they went back to piston engines in everything but their top of the line sports car. I think they still haven't gotten all the bugs out of the design. If they had you'd see a lot more of them. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)