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Old 05-26-2010 | 10:09 PM
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How does this engine work exactly

I just got my wife an 09, R3. I was wondering how the engine works, I know a little about it but not a great deal. I understand that it has a rotor that spins and that is about all that I know. Thanks for any help
Old 05-26-2010 | 10:38 PM
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www.howstuffworks.com
they have a neat segment on the rotary engine.
Old 05-26-2010 | 10:51 PM
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Or here and your manual...


http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/rotary/
Old 05-27-2010 | 03:17 AM
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so it's a V twin?
 
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heres a good video http://videos.howstuffworks.com/disc...gine-video.htm
Old 05-27-2010 | 06:56 AM
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When I was a kid (yeah, that was a long time ago..) I built a Wankel plastic model and it ran on a 9 volt battery, so ....

None of us were born knowing how the rotary works, but certainly a relatively easy search is in order prior to asking such a question.

http://www.rotaryengineillustrated.c...orks/index.php
Old 05-30-2010 | 02:40 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCgl2uumlI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGrD7FTFLJc
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