[bumpkin]

I am mightily impressed by Fords current thinking, the newest version of their EcoBoost engine packs 123bhp into a 1 litre unit!

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/275011/ford_10_ecoboost_engine_revealed.html

[Shambles]

That really is impressive, and with such a small footprint too.

Can they really produce 1000 engines per day?

Great post

Certainly looks good on paper. I know generators use 3 phases as the 120 degree geometry is supposed to be the most efficient.
I know a 4 stroke only fires every other stroke which means a power stroke every 240 degrees but with a decent flywheel to carry the momentum it should be fine.
Which then raises the question - what about a 3 cylinder 4 stroke diesel.
Or even 3 cylinder, 2 stroke direct inject diesel - FICHT technology. (No waste fuel from the intake cycle carried through to the exhaust.)
Sorry for getting excited and off the topic a bit.

[eye30]

Whatever happened to these......

[AlanHo]

Whatever happened to these......

What?..................

[eye30]

Whatever happened to these......

What?..................

Good question..

Ahhhh I know.........................

Copied the link but when I went to add here for some reason it didn't paste.

Had to go to answer the phone so didn't check post had been sent complete.

So here is the link, fingers crossed........

http://www.animatedengines.com/wankel.shtml

[AlanHo]

The link does not work for me - getting a 404 error

[eye30]

The link does not work for me - getting a 404 error

Same here. 

Try this one

www.animatedengines.com

then in the menu on the left click on --- Wankel

There are other type of engines to check out if you want.....

[Shambles]

^-- I can't see tossel on the left

[eye30]

^-- I can't see tossel on the left

I take it that the word  - W A N K E L - as in that named engine has been picked up by the ban list......

[bumpkin]

I thought the Mazda RX8 was still a rotary??

Anyway, they are very expensive to service and if anything goes wrong with them, ridiculously expensive to fix, so I guess that is where they went!

[2i30s]

that's an impressive amount of h/p from a stock 1.0ltr engine,imagine what the boy racers can add to them in the way of extra h/p when they go on sale. 

[2i30s]

^-- I can't see tossel on the left

I take it that the word  - W A N K E L - as in that named engine has been picked up by the ban list......

great link Lester,my sons will get a great deal of knowledge from that.  [easier to show than explain]