Which rotary book should I buy?
 

I'm looking in to getting a book on rotary engines. One that covers both the details on how it works (blown up piece by piece info) and what can be done to increase the performance. Does anyone have any recommendations? Anyone bought a good book on rotaries? Thanks in advance.

ALSO!
 

I'm interested in finding a highly detailed book on turbochargers and turbocharging. Something that will go through schematics and the physics of it and basically every bit of info it can throw at me. Any suggestions? Surely some of you have bought books on this....

Corky Bell's "Maximum Boost"

No such thing...
About the closest thing you got about the rotary engine is the "How to Modify your RX-7" book (Dave Emanuel?), but this goes very little into turbo rotary engines.&nbsp This book really is for 1st gen RX-7 folks, cause there's an extensive chapter on carbs.

For turbos, get the Corky Bell "Maximum Boost" book - it's the latest book on turbo tech.&nbsp There is very little info on turbos on a rotary engine though...



-Ted

Thanks again guys, I appreciate the help. :bigthumb:

just use this forum and the www and ull find all the answers to ur questions...


ps.. someone here should write one... bet they would make quite a bit of money out of it too...

The other turbo book that's readily available is "Turbocharging" by Hugh MacInnes.&nbsp If you thought the Emanuel "How To..." book was old, this is even older!&nbsp The reference is back in the 70's and early 80's, but the basic concepts are still sound.&nbsp There is a very short but good section on water injection that a lot of people should read in there - it answers the majority of questions that most people have on water injection!



-Ted

I have the how to modify book, it's pretty cool. Also if you have a perticular model in mine get both the Haynes maual and the shop manual. In valuable resources, although the shop manuals do cost a bit. But they show everything.

The best book i could find is "Mazda RX7 Performance Handbook" by mike ancas. This book is for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. goes into details about the original configuration and how to modify and results. Also breaks each gen down by the amount of money you have to modify. I recommend it. Bought mine at borders.

There is another good book to get, but it is a general knowledge book. I know for sure that it's by John Matras. It's called something like The Color History of the RX-7 or something like that. I have it somewhere. It's a great reference to have for 1st and 2nd gens.
RETed: I have that "Turbocharging" book as well. It is completely dated. It's kind of cool in that respect. You can see just how far technology has come and how what was once thought to not be able to work, now does. Compression ratios allowable in a t/c engines were much lower then for example.

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Hey, looky here: http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...bookshelf.html

:bigthumb: very cool link, several I don't have ......must get boooks; uhm have to go now

Re: Which rotary book should I buy?
 

Not quite what you're looking for, but check out The Mazda RX-7: MAzda's Legendary Sports Car by Jack Yamaguchi and John Dinkel.

Awesome 3rd gen specific hardcover w/tons-o-pics. You can usually find it on ebay....I payed $35, and it's worth every penny :)

Don't thank me, thank Blake Qualley for putting that site together. It's good stuff.

What you do is this: use the Interlibrary Loan service at a local library (ILL). Look up in "WorldCat" and search under such topics as "rotary engines," "Wankel," "Toyo Kogyo," etc. One of the best is about 2.5 inches thick. It has pictures of 6 rotor truck engines. I forget the author. As far as turbocharging goes, it basically increases the mixture; the vacuum only sucks in a certain amount - turbocharging increases this with a "kompressor" (Mercedes). Actually "kompressor" means "supercharge." Now, maybe you can't turbocharge fuel injection. If you could, you would have to inject more fuel, and that would involve tweaking electronics. Sorry, actually just get larger diameter injectors. First thing I would do is to port the engine, streamline the airfilter, and put on a Racing Beat exhaust system racbeat@pacbell.net. With Weber or Dellorto carbs, you can get 30 more horse, but it probably isn't worth the money. Tri-point engineering can get 250 horse out of a 13B with the same reliability as no mods at all.
Ideally, do this : build a 20B (3 rotor) engine out of a 13B. Racing Beat will sell you the parts. Use Weber Carbs; but remember, the Italian carbs are great when all those little passages are clear, but occasionally you must acid dip them to clear the gum out. Fuel injection is good because you can leave the car sit for months and it will fire right up. The rotary engine has been used in 130 degree heat in snowmobiles in the Mojave desert. It is designed to run cool. One of the biggest problems they had was gas sealing. The engine is also designed to burn some oil. If you're going to turbo, you should probably replace the seals and have the engine ported, because 1) you want to make sure all the fuel burns, and 2) you want to let all the exhaust out. Consider this: would you turbo a 2-stroke motorcycle, like the Kawasaki triple H1 or H2 ?
Good Luck