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Old 03-13-2007, 11:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: 50th anniversary of the Wankel rotary engine

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Originally Posted by Mirage77 View Post
The rotary engine still has poor fuel consumption, and I heard of reliability problems in its application in the RX8, too...
I'm not dissing the rotary engine (in fact I think it's a very interesting motor), but also worth mentioning - the RX7 was plagued by problems because of the Wankel. Many owners have suggested that you shouldn't expect a Wankel to live past 60,000 miles.
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