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- From: x90laws1@gw.wmich.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Need Rotary Engine (12A)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.180239.6340@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 18:02:39 EST
- References: <92310.124226KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Organization: Western Michigan University
- Lines: 26
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- In article <92310.124226KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu>, Karl Nordstrom <KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- > 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.
- >
- > Just how does a rotory compress its fuel?
- >>Rotarys are intersting motors. It DOES have compression but of a different
- kind from normal autos. Don't even bother with the engineering aspects of it.
- just replace the apex seals (like piston rings) and get it over with. Or, get
- your friendly junk dudes to trade you a 12-A. They have no use for it. I
- guess they just like Chevys.
-