Ok this isn't PCI cards or computer tech kiddo, this is basic LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS and the MECHANICS OF THE OTTO ENGINE CYCLE. It CAN NOT ******* BREAK THESE LAWS OR THESE MECHANICAL BARRIERS WITHOUT SIGNIFIGANT RESDESIGN SUCH THAT IT IS NOT A WANKEL OR A ROTARY ANYMORE.

Since you fail to see this for lack of education, let me take the time to learn you some ****:

1) Both the piston drive IC engine and the rotary IC engine are based on the Otto Thermal Cycle. BECAUSE of this, any advancement of the Otto Cycle itself (IE better fuel measuring capabilities or exhaust tech) can be used on both engines. Any material science advances can be shared between the two also. This is an UNDENIABLE FACT SINCE BOTH EMPLOY THE SAME ENERGY CONVERSION METHOD. This isn't computer protocall BS, these are engineering principles.

2) The things seriously wrong with the rotary -

A- Since the system employes a rotor, the forces exerted by the combustion process are NEVER perpendicular to the rotation line. Because of this you have shitty, shitty ******* torque. Look at the *** end of the ignition cycle and do a free-body-diagram of the forces from combustion (**** look at the begining); they are not perpendicular to the center line of rotation, loosing LOTS AND LOTS of available power.

B- The combustion chamber is such that it must wrap itself around an entire side of the rotor. The chamber is SO ******* BIG that it takes two plugs to fire. Now, from a heat transfer point of view, where convection (heat transfer from a fluid to a solid) is governed by:

Q = h * A * (T - Ts)

-where h is the convection coefficient, A is the surface area, T is the air temp, and Ts is the surface temp- we can fully see that the large surface area causes more heat transfer to the block (directly proportional). Since there is more HEAT transfer to a block during the ignition part of the Otto cycle as comparative to a piston engine (which looses heat during the expansion part of the cycle), the thermal efficiency (the ability to effectively use it's fuel) is GREATLY diminished. It cannot bypass this fact, and it cannot defy the first law of thermodynamics. I mean, the basic under-writing of what a WANKEL engine is defines this as a part of the system; it defines a technically inferior mechanical process as to what is already there.

C- The engine overlap causes loss of power during the powerstroke. Due to this, the engine exhibits great flow efficiency through itself, but a severe lack in thermal efficiency.

D- The rotor itself is a mechanical nightmare. The motion everyone thinks is fluid and circular is nothing more than a tumbling triangle.The forces needed to keep changing the direction and velocity of the ends of the rotor are more severe than the forces at the base of a connection rod. Not only does the block experience lateral stresses from ignition, but also MASSIVE traveling stresses in all directions (much more so than an average piston engine). These CONSTANT and ILL-OILED contact forces degrade mechanical output even more.

3) In today's day and age, where computer simulation and modeling can help produce fast, efficient designs, even with a modest design budget can a great engine be made. It isn't a problem of enough man-hours as there is a problem with the basic concept. Plus GM had a problem with the low torque, high emissions, and shitty gas mileage of their rotary.


4) This isn't new high-tech stuff. This is old crack-pot **** for suburbanites that don't know **** about **** when it comes to design technology. This isn't the assembly line, or ******* puting a man on the moon, this is a gimick (like the hemi) that makes idiots want the stupid-*** car. EVERY good engineer will tell you that this is a POS. You do some calculations, you look at whats going on, and you gotta say "Hey, there has to be some serious ******* changes made to this before it has a remote chance in hell of being a good product. ****, I have to base it on a different mechanical design." This is like a Pinto with a gas-tank near the bumper, or a boat-car. This is Homer's eye-sore bubble-top car. This is the 'Tornado!' vortex thing, or some other silly contraption being sold on an infomercial.


Now whats good about the rotary? Volumetric flow through it. Your able to flow alot of air through it. Now turning fuel into mechanical energy? It's terrible. Good flow doesn't mean **** when it doesn't transfer to mechanical energy.