i'm working on a research paper for my 12th grade english class as a final exam, and the topic i chose (being the rotorhead that i am) is the pros and cons of Rotary Engines vs. Piston Engines.

i was wondering, i know a good bit about both types of engines (though i'm heavily biased on the rotary side :-)), but i need reliable sources and all that kind of **** for a works cited page. if any of you guys know any good links to informed rotary engine sites, i would appreciate your help, please post the links to any of them. i'll be checking this thread regularly, and the reason it's in the 2nd gen foum is because the only two rx7s i've ever owned (and the only two cars at all....) have been an '89 GTU and my current '90 TII/Vert.

please post any websites that have plenty of rx7 information (technical specifications that aren't included in the 2nd gen FAQ, and stuff like that.

for my presentation i'll be displaying a hydrolocked honda 1.6L B16B 4-cylinder engine, as well as a blown 1.3L 13B REW that is at a friend of mine's shop (completely dissassembled)

i appreciate any and all help, and your putting up with me being a stupid little high school kid. thanks,

-Andrew-

 

This is has been asked about 100 times. And honestly, you should do the work yourself. There's enough information on here along, much less www.google.com (ever heard of it?) to do it. Can we get past 8th grade please...

 

LOL I did the same paper for my senior english class, http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.com is a great site.....but you should be able to find more on google

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng...the-piston.txt
http://www.monito.com/wankel/
>> http://www.monito.com/wankel/rce.html

and don't forget to incorporate possible ideas for the future. our fuels are destroying the planet and there's only so many to go around (america, being i believe 5% of the population uses about 25% of the world's supply of oils; obviously try to find these statistics and check validity). hydrogen can be used and there is an abundance. rotaries are much simpler to run hydrogen with due to their design.

http://www.monito.com/wankel/hydrogen.html
http://www.autoweb.com.au/cms/newsar...doc=maz0310282
http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f.../hydrogen.html
http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage1383.html

www.google.com
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ydrogen+rotary

also, most people mention Felix Wankel, but he was the creator of the DKM design. i believe it was a partner who created the KKM design which Wankel was against (i am writing this from memory from a book i read). Wankel's design used rotating housing and spark plugs located insie the engine (i believe in the rotors). this other guy (whose name i have obviously forgotten) i believe was the man who designed the engine (KKM) with stationary housings like seen on our cars today. given, his name wasn't as funny as "Wankel" (who was German), but he is very much responsible for the engine's success.
also, the rotary has been seen in concept vehicles which never made it. the old Ford Mustang had a 2 rotor auto transmission rotary and Chevy built a Corvette with a, i believe, 4 rotor. Mercedez also used a rotary in one of their cars and then there's the Suzuki (?) motorcycle (from the 70s?) which used a rotary.

 

man i wish i would have done that, im doing mine on surfing. i think that this that would have been alot more fun. what are your product going to be?

 

I've already written 5 papers this semester on different areas concerning the rotary engine. One was the Rotary vs Piston.

Edit: It was 5. One was turbo vs supercharger.

 

you deserve cookies! dont just inform the man that you wrote a paper, help him out.

 

Well being an auto tech major I have to write a lot about them, Its all I know. I would help him out but, the only help I got when I asked was this. www.howstuffworks.com

But andrew if u do have specific questions just ask, its what most of us are here for.