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admin
29-03-08, 02:29 PM
Came across this the other day and thought you'd enjoy it too

http://www.keveney.com/
markmoto
29-03-08, 02:30 PM
thats prity cool
Wideboy
29-03-08, 02:34 PM
kewl i like that, still think the wankel is a strange idea :D
philbut
29-03-08, 03:42 PM
Takes me back to thermo-fluids lectures at uni. I'd forgotten all about the Otto cycle. Some cool vids though.
ThEGr33k
29-03-08, 05:53 PM
I like them. Ive seen all the combustion engines before but the jet ones I didnt know a great deal about. I only knew the Turbo jet. Didnt know the others.

Its a shame he hasnt got a few of different engine configurations. V twin - IL 4 etc... maybe even the Oval piston :p
injury_ian
29-03-08, 10:55 PM
Wankels are brilliant *ahem

.. except for of course fuel efficiency
ThEGr33k
30-03-08, 02:20 AM
Wankels are brilliant *ahem

.. except for of course fuel efficiency

and burning oil... :rolleyes:
Richie
30-03-08, 08:19 AM
Wankels are brilliant *ahem

.. except for of course fuel efficiency
I'd agree and they finally fixed the rotor tip problem...
I blew my rotor tip in reverse pulling out of a car parking space...

I'd had the mkII RX7. 18mpg ! Thank godness I was living in Germany with fuel ration cards, 10 litres for 5 marks... 2 gallons , ?1.66
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9925/rx71hk7.jpg