Was anyone watching formula one lead up talk the other night ? They were talking about how they have developed an oil with a very high calorific value . It is sprayed onto the bottom of the piston, goes through a series of channels to the rings and finds its way into the combustion chamber where it acts as another fuel ! So it both lubricates and adds power !
Sounds like something that could be a benefit in a rotary !?

https://drivetribe.com/p/f1-concern-...QwOJh_W6ZIP1Xw

 

Nah, it'll never take off. I'd bet it'll have too much carbon build-up.

 

Most likely correct. F1 engines don't need to last the lifespan of a consumer engine, so carbon build up isn't really a concern.

In the end, the rotary community has been using a combustible oil mixed into fuel for decades. 2 stroke oil.

 

Yeah , I did realise that . I do wonder if there is more to it than that though.

Oil doesn't cause the carbon buildup problem BTW.

 

We really need a sarcasm tag...

 

Well, think of biodiesel, or even vegetable oil, if you get the viscosity low enough, you could burn it with the right engine setup, might need a hotter spark, a spark plug might not be hot enough

 

Rudolf Diesel has made a diesel engine that can run on peanut oil a century ago, so it's been done before.

He then mysteriously disappeared off a ship.

 

Are you saying there's some kind of conspiracy to keep more expensive fuels out of the market? (Peanut oil is currently >$10/gal.)

 

Maybe you should lay off the hydrocarbs ...