OnRails

This has got to be a repost but for those of us anxiously awaiting some announcements about superchargers, here is something interesting I found here:

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/te...rger_overview/

Quote:

"The Wankel rotary engine was originally conceived as a supercharger, a purpose for which it is better suited than may appear on first glance. The rotor moves at only 1/3 crankshaft speed, meaning it can operate at high speeds, while it fills a chamber once each crankshaft revolution, meaning it breathes like a four-stroke engine of twice the displacement. Furthermore, it provides internal compression for theoretically efficient operation. The Wankel was used successfully, if not widely, as a supercharger before the focus changed to using it as an engine, and any surviving examples are most likely to be found either in a museum or slowly fading away in some German barn."

Raptor2k

=o

OnRails

Apparently noone else thinks it's all that interesting.

mysql101

very interesting. But then getting a supercharger would be redundant. It's much nicer that I have a turbo blowing air into my supercharger engine

N rider89

thanks for sharing

Frynge

Mah Supah-chahgah Needs Moah Supah Chahgin'! Richahd! XD

StealthTL

iTrader: (1)

....Felix Wankel's job during the war was developing rotary valves for aircraft engines?

More trivia!

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VRZOOMZOOM

ahh so this might explain the jet turbine, supercharger sound we get lol .......cool info.