Can any of you rotary gurus recommend a good book on rotaries and rotary tuning? I understand the concepts and components, but as wakeech is doing with turbos, I'd like to learn as much as possible about rotary engines.

 

BTW, I found a great link to a rotary website:

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

 

*grumble* that's been in my sig since last august...

 

Sorry wakeech, I must be color blind to red text or something....LOL

:p

Mybe we should have a 'Links' button on the forum.

 

some really great books:

The Wankel Rotary Engine: A History By John B. Hege
Basically ... uhhh ... the history of the rotary engine. Has a decent amount of technical information, but not much on tuning.

Mazda RX-7 Performance Handbook bye Mike Ancas
How to tune your RX-7 for racing. Info on suspension, exhaust, brakes, and the engine, of course. :p

I haven't finished reading the second one, so no guarantees, though it's pretty good so far. The first one was a good read, with lots of obscure facts about the wankel (e.g. Rolls Royce made a diesel rotary engine, etc.) Nonetheless, neither of these books focus specifically on rotary tuning, but each has a fair amount information on the subject.

 

Thanks Viper, much appreciated.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

It's been a while since I saw a copy, but the The Racing Beat catalog used to contain some good tips and information. I see they still bill it as a "Rotary Performance Technical Manual and Parts Catalog." Worth a look. http://www.racingbeat.com/CatOrdrForm.htm