do rotaries consume less fuel at high revs?
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do rotaries consume less fuel at high revs?
Just a question, a friend told me that rotaries consume less fuel at high revs - is this true?
He also told me that they consume alot of fuel while idling, which makes sense to me because of the small amount of time the inlet and exhaust ports are lined up during the rotation of the rotors, so that makes sense, but i tell you what, my s5 turbo seems to burn HEAPS of fuel at high revs. So i think my friend may be wrong about that point... It doesn't seem logical to me either.
Is there a point in the rev range where fuel consumption is the most efficient.
Also i found out my fc is ported, mild extend port. I had it dynoed, and the best we could get before the clutch started slipping was 132 kw at the wheels on minimum boost. They also think the turbo is hi-flowed or aftermarket, havn't actually taken the heat shield off to look at it yet.
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He also told me that they consume alot of fuel while idling, which makes sense to me because of the small amount of time the inlet and exhaust ports are lined up during the rotation of the rotors, so that makes sense, but i tell you what, my s5 turbo seems to burn HEAPS of fuel at high revs. So i think my friend may be wrong about that point... It doesn't seem logical to me either.
Is there a point in the rev range where fuel consumption is the most efficient.
Also i found out my fc is ported, mild extend port. I had it dynoed, and the best we could get before the clutch started slipping was 132 kw at the wheels on minimum boost. They also think the turbo is hi-flowed or aftermarket, havn't actually taken the heat shield off to look at it yet.
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Your friend is wrong.
If I drive conservatively, my old '88 NA got roughly 15-17mpg in city. On the gas, and redlining it every few often, I can get as low 11-13mpg if I wanted.
If I drive conservatively, my old '88 NA got roughly 15-17mpg in city. On the gas, and redlining it every few often, I can get as low 11-13mpg if I wanted.
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I put 67 dollars (about 64 litres) of BP ultimate into it the other day. I got 280 kms from 3/4's of that tank (i didn't reset the kms on the odo until 3/4 coz i forgot). It burns heaps and heaps of fuel. It's running rich as ****, but that's not going to change coz the dynotuning guy said rotors love that, and that it's been tuned for lots more power, but we can't really tweak it yet coz of the clutch slipping.
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running rich is bad. rotaries dont love to run rich, they love to not detonate. given, you dont wanna tune the car as you would an n/a, but that has nothing to do with rich and lean.
max fuel efficiency is where your torque peaks i believe.
max fuel efficiency is where your torque peaks i believe.
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the thing is with running rich you end up taking heat from the combustion proccess which means less power
running more fuel then there is air to burn means wasted space wasted power
running rich also means more unburnt fuel leading to depostis
less gas mileage
soo all in all only good thing about running rich is it can in the short term prevent detonation
but it isn't proper tuning
running more fuel then there is air to burn means wasted space wasted power
running rich also means more unburnt fuel leading to depostis
less gas mileage
soo all in all only good thing about running rich is it can in the short term prevent detonation
but it isn't proper tuning
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Originally posted by Blind Freddie
a friend told me that rotaries consume less fuel at high revs - is this true?
a friend told me that rotaries consume less fuel at high revs - is this true?
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my s4 turbo will get around 380km's (Mostly Highway driving) from about 51 Litres if I do a tank full of short trips it will get down as low as 250km's a tank depending how heavy on the gas you are and I do like to give it a bit. I pretty much always use Shell Optimax. That was also before I just had my exhaust hole fixed so hopefully that might help alittle though with the new dump pipe it is running alittle more boost then it was.
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In terms of the question being unclear, i meant 'do rotors use less fuel at high revs than at low revs?'
Same engine, not comparing to a piston or any different engine.
Same engine, not comparing to a piston or any different engine.
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Originally posted by Blind Freddie
In terms of the question being unclear, i meant 'do rotors use less fuel at high revs than at low revs?'
Same engine, not comparing to a piston or any different engine.
In terms of the question being unclear, i meant 'do rotors use less fuel at high revs than at low revs?'
Same engine, not comparing to a piston or any different engine.
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Just a question, a friend told me that rotaries consume less fuel at high revs - is this true?
Just move the exaust port to the side to eliminate overlap and youll have your self a lot better gas milage and more efficient combustion...kinda like what the RENESIS does . Or go stand alone and take complete control of your engine. This is the best way ive heard of so far
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