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Undertsanding Mazda rotary engines: a basic glimpse into this engineering wonder | |
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:: Mazda rotary engines :: Getting to know how Mazda rotary engines can
give you a closer relationship and appreciate the value of this unique
car. As you will learn, used Mazda engines that rely on the rotary
mechanism are more reliable than their piston counterparts. Basically
speaking, an engine with a rotational mechanism, like the ones found on
the Mazda RX-7, consists of a block, an output shaft and a rotor. The
beauty of these types of engines is that they efficiently separate the 4
different cycles in the power generating process: intake, compression,
combustion and exhaustion. A triangular shaped rotor inside the engine
block does this by creating sealed chambers as it spins inside the
motor. This moving rotor connects to the moving shaft by means of gears
that make it spin around and produce torque.
When you take apart a Mazda rotary engine, setup yourself for a surprise
if it’s your first time. Whereas a rotary engine has only two moving
parts (the output shaft and the rotor), a conventional piston engine
might consist of at least 30 or more moving parts. You can imagine that
Mazdas using this type of motor can get
away with less maintenance and an overall greater reliability. The main
problem with the rotary engine is that it hasn’t gained enough
popularity, and few manufacturers, such as Mazda, actually offer them to
the auto consumer market.
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