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Mazda RX-7/RX-3 Mashup Has Twice The Engine It Came With From The Factory

A Texas builder turned an FD RX-7 into a 1970s-era RX-3 – and shoved a four-rotor rotary making over 1,100 horsepower under ...
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Mazda 787B R26B 4 Rotor Engine Sound at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The legendary Mazda 787B with its 9,000rpm R26B 4-rotor engine captured at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Featuring launches, revs, and accelerations with authentic rotary sound from Mazda’s Le ...
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Flat 4-rotor hybrid? No, but Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda will develop a new engine together

Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru on Tuesday announced plans for joint engine development aimed at reducing emissions. The goal of the project is to achieve carbon neutrality with internal-combustion engines, ...
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Rotary Engine Apex Seals: What They Do, And Why They Get A Bad Rap

A German engineer, Felix Wankel, is credited with developing the world's first rotary engine in the 1950s. Wankel rotary engines use a triangular rotor spinning in a semi-oval case on an eccentric ...
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This Weird Rotary Engine Has Something Even Mazda's Doesn't - Pistons

Think you know everything about rotary engines? Well have you ever heard of the bi-rotary engine that mixes pistons and ...
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The Pros And Cons Of Rotary Engines

In a world dominated by pistons, the rotary engine was something different for motorists. It was the vision of German engineer Felix Wankel, built on the belief that the up-and-down motion of pistons ...