Ever wonder how our rotary engine works ..?
 

hi all,

Found this URL that is pretty good in explaining how our lovely engine works...

(Sorry if someone had posted this earlier before .. :) ) :)

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm

there's also this :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine

Or this

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com/index.php

nope never ever wonder how it works.

WHAT!!! where the hell are my pistons?

I just stick mah key in da hole and twist....works everytime (well almost) ;)

OoOoO..kinky. :ylsuper:

speaking of rotaray engines, I recently wrote to Super Workshop in Ubi to have a sense if they can handle the Rx-8. They came back with the answer of using Helix super for the engine oil... is this suitable if I may ask the fellow Rx-8 experts?=)

any kind of low-ash mineral is suitable, but 'handling' an rx-8 is much more than using generic oil. Ask them 'eh, next time got steering rack prob how do you fix ah'? see how they answer.

Now that is a good test if they understand how to handle an 8

so the helix thing is mineral oil ah? ok. As for the steering rack thingey, so what kind of any answer should I look out for? *just replace the whole thing*?=)

Yes, Shell Helix is mineral, Shell Ultra is Synthetic. Workshops who don't know much about RX-8s won't know nuts about our steering rack, much less about it's issues.

ya they probly ask to change timing belt and install high cam... :hahano: