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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Why do they not use a shutter type system instead of more ports?

Bah this coming from "DI premixed fuel/oil/air slurry!!!"....what do I know...
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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I guess they must make a lower power version for marketing purposes. The example you brought up RC, Kabura must have less hp than an RX-8
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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Sorry if this is a nub question, but if the castings are identical couldn't you just open up the 5th and 6th port and retune? I realize you would need to get a 6 port intake manifold but that wouldn't be too hard. Right?
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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I disagree. If they bring a light weight 2-seater to market in addition to the 8, the new car would be upmarket of the 8 to be a 350z/G37 killer. The 8 would be for the people that want/need a sensible 4-door sports car.
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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Let's get this thread back to tech aspects of the motor if possible. The other thread (Reneseis2) will be best for all other areas of speculation. That would justify two or more threads, otherwise there's no point.

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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 02:50 PM
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So could anyone answer why we could not DI a charge of slurry?

Its been bothering me...and so its going to start bothering everyone else...

I imagine there is a good reason...I just cant seem to figure it out...

Why stop at DI of just fuel?
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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Because I would think that compressing a gas/air mixture to those levels would cause some unwanted detonation?
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DemonRX-8
Because I would think that compressing a gas/air mixture to those levels would cause some unwanted detonation?
I dunno...generally from what I understand about DI...the high pressure spray as it expands produces a cooling effect...that much is well known...

I dont think thats the problem...
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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You're talking about injecting a fuel/air mixture instead of just fuel at high pressure, correct? Well you have to compress that fuel air mixture at some point, and at the pressures we're talking about, that equals ka-blooey!
Old Oct 30, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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You are correct on both accounts sir...

The compression of the two together would indeed be bad...during the compression the temp starts to shoot up...you would have to dump alot of the heat produced in order to prevent a failure...

You can get away with the fuel and oil tho...

That said...

DI fuel/oil slurry...
FI for intake...

position the injector in the path of the air jet...to enhance swirling...

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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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The location they want to put the 3rd plug in is the same as the 787B, if you compare the pictures.


The 4-rotor looks like they are more closely spaced, but it is the same locations.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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The shape of the exhaust port seems to be different at the closing. I assume the new shape would flow better.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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Looking at the pictures more closely, they even made the hole for the 3rd spark plug in the coolant passage.


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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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Ok, I think I stand corrected. The "Bridge port" as I saw it may be a reflection as shown in trhe pic below.
I say this as the exhaust port has a similar reflection on the chrome rotor housing too.
Optical illusion Dave, i just zoomed in on the pic and saw that the "bridge" ports in the pic was actually a reflection of the main ports onto the shiney rotor housing..
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Renesis_8
Looking at the pictures more closely, they even made the hole for the 3rd spark plug in the coolant passage.

ummm are you sure? looking at what you highlighted, look at where the the 2 actual plugs are and you can see a larger channel behined the thin one at the front. The "3rd plug location" only has the very narrow channel at the front.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:04 AM
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I agree. There is no protrusion for the spark plug "channel" for the far trailing plug.

I also can see the 3 improved water bypass channels is the same as the 13B Renesis engine.
I think there maybe is a relocation of the spark plugs becausse of the longer 16x rotors with longer combustion chambers, LDR type? The 4 rotor seems more close to each other becausse of the "bathtube" chambers.

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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 05:42 AM
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I agree. There is no protrusion for the spark plug "channel" for the far trailing plug.
Are you sure? Zoom in and look better. The protrusion is there, only it's in the shade.

I have drawn a dashed line on the second photo to indicate the approximate location.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:10 AM
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drool... i still dont like that there's only one di injector; even though it's a marked improvement from port injection, the location is not the best for ultra lean, stratified charge combustion.

They could've included a second injector to be able to spray at near tdc right before ignition for a stratified charge lean mixture.

I still love that they are improving the design, eventually more improvements will come.
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 06:47 AM
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As it was pointed out by another forum member, the "X" letter may refer to the fact that this particular engine is still a prototype. If this is the case, the production 16c engine may feature some changes.
Then, if these changes could reach the extent of adding another fuel injector per rotor, well, that's another story...
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by auzoom
ummm are you sure? looking at what you highlighted, look at where the the 2 actual plugs are and you can see a larger channel behined the thin one at the front. The "3rd plug location" only has the very narrow channel at the front.
here's a little bit enhanced photo and you can absolutely see the channel behind.

Old Oct 31, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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well from what i can see, it is looking like i just might be able to buy this engine with a tranny and throw it in my 8. YAY! maybe
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by DemonRX-8
I disagree. If they bring a light weight 2-seater to market in addition to the 8, the new car would be upmarket of the 8 to be a 350z/G37 killer. The 8 would be for the people that want/need a sensible 4-door sports car.
your funny. The market is dead for competition until the price of gas gets so high that manufacturers begin down sizing engines.

The stock 350z will have 370 RWP in a couple of years.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 10:18 AM
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i wonder how the intake would track for this engine since the DI injectors are in the way for the Renesis style intake track
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 10:32 AM
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Maybe that's why we see a 4 port and not a 6. The Renesis intake manifold is pretty tall compared to the RX-7 manifolds. There is alot more room under them. The 4 port manifold especially. It's the 6 port manifold that has the clearance issues as the aux port runners are underneath the main runners. That could make a 6 port intake interesting. They've got plenty of time to change things though.
Old Oct 31, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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drool... i still dont like that there's only one di injector; even though it's a marked improvement from port injection, the location is not the best for ultra lean, stratified charge combustion.

They could've included a second injector to be able to spray at near tdc right before ignition for a stratified charge lean mixture.

I still love that they are improving the design, eventually more improvements will come.
They've got to leave some room for future improvement!


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