Renesis
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Leading vs. Trailing Spark Plugs
Has anyone else noticed on the big cutaway Renesis picture that the leading and trailing spark plugs are vastly different? Not only are the plugs shaped differently, but the ports from the inside of the rotor housing are extremely different. Any hypotheses or data on that?
Also, on the side cutaway, the plug wires are connected to what appears to be a belted accessory on the front cover rather than a black box. Any idea how that's supposed to work?
Also, on the side cutaway, the plug wires are connected to what appears to be a belted accessory on the front cover rather than a black box. Any idea how that's supposed to work?
Last edited by B-Nez; Aug 30, 2002 at 11:53 PM.
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Also noticed something else at the 2 o'clock position. I can't tell if that's a compression artifact where the threaded hole meets the inner surface or a tiny port of some sort. Oil injection? It's kind of an odd place to simply be a bolt-hole. All of the other bolt-holes stop an inch or two before the inside (except the plug ports).
On the top right of the picture, the alternator is attahced to something that is appropriately shaped like a rotor. Nice touch. What might that be? Crank angle sensor? From the RX-Evolv photo above, it almost appears to have hose attached to it, though. That'd be pretty lame if Mazda made the thermostat an epitrichoid rather than a circle!:p
On the top right of the picture, the alternator is attahced to something that is appropriately shaped like a rotor. Nice touch. What might that be? Crank angle sensor? From the RX-Evolv photo above, it almost appears to have hose attached to it, though. That'd be pretty lame if Mazda made the thermostat an epitrichoid rather than a circle!:p
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Originally posted by B-Nez
Also noticed something else at the 2 o'clock position. I can't tell if that's a compression artifact where the threaded hole meets the inner surface or a tiny port of some sort. Oil injection? It's kind of an odd place to simply be a bolt-hole. All of the other bolt-holes stop an inch or two before the inside (except the plug ports).
Also noticed something else at the 2 o'clock position. I can't tell if that's a compression artifact where the threaded hole meets the inner surface or a tiny port of some sort. Oil injection? It's kind of an odd place to simply be a bolt-hole. All of the other bolt-holes stop an inch or two before the inside (except the plug ports).
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it could be alot of things. map sensor. direct-rotor-housing fuel injection. built in nitrous oxide jet. it could even be a built in compression sensor, so when the compression starts to go bad, a little light flicks on in the cockpit.
