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Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine [message #166316 is a reply to message #166311]

Sat, 14 April 2012 09:47

Matt Colie

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skip2 wrote on Sat, 14 April 2012 09:59

Does anybody remember the wankel rotary. I can't remember if it was more or less economical. I remember that all kind of records were set by OMC they just couldn't build a gearcase that could handle the rpm and power.
Skip

Actually Skip, OMC successfully produced and sold three different Wankel engines not counting the Navy fire pump. They had problems with the vertical shaft version due to lube oil control so a more or less conventional outboard was never marketed. But the stern drive versions were kind of neat. The engine was so small it was hidden completely by a bench seat. Customers would look and suddenly figure out that they didn't know where the engine was.

Wankels were never great on fuel efficiency. The only reason the RX7 passed emissions tests was that the exhaust flame was so hot that the catalyst worked real well.

My NSU Spyder was a pretty neat car. Tiny, but quick.

Matt

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		[GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: USAussie on Fri, 13 April 2012 06:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: Carl S. on Fri, 13 April 2012 10:47
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: mike miller on Fri, 13 April 2012 13:38
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		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: Kosier on Fri, 13 April 2012 21:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: Matt Colie on Sat, 14 April 2012 08:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: skip2 on Sat, 14 April 2012 08:59
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: Matt Colie on Sat, 14 April 2012 09:47
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: jhbridges on Sun, 15 April 2012 13:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: Bob de Kruyff on Mon, 16 April 2012 12:16
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		Re: [GMCnet] Scuderi Split Cycle Engine By: Matt Colie on Mon, 16 April 2012 19:54
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