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Well, if it was mine, I'd just drift it to death...but that's just me. Then get a new motor. Wait, that story sounds like...

.....and what the hell, the engine was banned because it kicked ass and didn't seem fair. Also, you said it yourself that only one company has ever prodiced them. One poor little car company. How can it be in superior shape with the little R&D it receives from Mazda. The design is superior but there are material flaws.
I'd like you to list your 1,000,000 reasons why a piston engine is superior now:
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Ahh man spencer, i thought you had one of those legit child molester rides, like the full size extended cab dodge 1/2 ton vans.. like delivery type vans and ----. That is one of those Lee Iacocca specials right there man - minivan. At least you have some humor about it, I like the little side notes "8 spoke racing wheel" ----. :P

I'm hereby through battling with this invalid. I feel like I'm hanging out in the back of the short bus with Corky over here. Have fun with your cars. To each his own.....and owned you will be the day you step to either of my 7's.

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Originally Posted by Heath

I'm not gona list them out for you, cause frankly I don't know them all, but did you ever stop and wonder why only mazda uses the rotorary? car companies like ford motor co, daimler chrysler and General motors have almost unlimited funds dedicated to R and D, they even got cars that run on hydrogen now. you don't think for one second that they might have considered using a rotorary? also, look at mazda, the only car they use it in is the Rx-7, if it's such a better engine, why not use it in all their cars? exactly, because the rotorary has flaws, both in fundemental design and meterial design, now I'm not gona be ignorant and say people who own them are stupid, or that you can't make power with them, but I am gonna say that it is much easier to make reliable power with a piston engine.

yes, and again, if ford owns mazda(or atleast a part of it) then why wouldn't they use there rich ass dollars to "further develope" the rotorary? you know why? cause it sucks. hahaha.

Mazda actually brings a few different engine designs to the board in their cars, ever heard of Miller-Cycle engine?

I think there is another small craft that uses the Wankel engine, like a jetski or something.. need to do a search on it.

I've actually heard of another engine design, we learned about it in shop class, wasn't sure if it was called the miller cycle tho.

you obviously have no idea what goes into engineering an engine. Nor do you grasp was business politics is, especially within such a broad scope as automotive manufacturing.

Here's a little nugget, if Ford owns Mazda(outright), why doesn't it pull the rotary from the lineup? It would be much easier to slap any other Ford(mazda made) engine into the rx7... and why did they even start manufacturing a rotary since obviously all engineers recognize the wankel's "fundamental flaws", despite the huge difference between a wankel and a renesis?

No, scratch that, tell me your ideas on these "fundamental" flaws, and please feel free to elaborate in 'physical' terms so the rest of us engineering students can learn from your wisdom and knowledge.