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- Subject: Re: Need Rotary Engine (12A)
- Message-ID: <92310.124226KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu>
- From: Karl Nordstrom <KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:42:26 EST
- Organization: Penn State University
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- seanr@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu (Sean Reifschneider) says:
- >
- >blu@cellar.org (Dan Reed) writes:
- >>
- >>smith@ctron.com (Larry Smith) writes:
- >>>
- >>>jpmcmill@acs.ucalgary.ca
- >>>>
- >>>>Help! I just found out that the engine on my 1983 RX7 just bit
- >>>>it, no compression. I am looking for an independent aftermarket
- >>>
- >>>It has been alleged to me that a complete engine rebuild for a Mazda rotary
- >>>is something like $150 down at your Mazda engine shop. I'd be curious to
- >>
- >>Hate to tell you this.... Rotarys have no compression. Try it...
- >
- >Hate to tell you this, but they DO. It still has intake, compression and
- >exhaust phases, it's just that it does them all at the same time.
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- Just how does a rotory compress its fuel?
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