Stop The Wankel Engine

What I meant to say was unlike the Monza V8 with the rotary engine you didn't have to take out engine mounts or lose them to change the spark plugs. And I believe those were 12000 miles spark plugs. Again sorry
I don’t understand though, are you trying to convince us that the Wankel engine was good? ITTL, the Wankel is long dead, regardless of its merits.
 
I don’t understand though, are you trying to convince us that the Wankel engine was good? ITTL, the Wankel is long dead, regardless of its merits.
What I was pointing out and may not have been totally clear I'm in the hospital was that 70s very early 80s the Wankel engine was not the only engine with a lot of fatal flaws. At least it gave you the Fatal flaws and style.
 
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I got interrupted doing this post and had a brain fart. What I meant to say was unlike the Monza V8 with the rotary engine you didn't have to take out engine mounts or lose them to change the spark plugs. And I believe those were 12000 miles spark plugs. Again sorry
I recommended anyone with one of those with the V8 shoehorned in, to invest in platinum tipped sparkplugs, for longest time between changes
 
I recommended anyone with one of those with the V8 shoehorned in, to invest in platinum tipped sparkplugs, for longest time between changes
I'm not sure that platinum spark plugs for even available back in the early 70s. If I remember correctly GM if you have the car tuned up at their dealership charge you the same as for any other car something sticks in the back of my mind that they may have made a special wrench for that but heavily sedated so not sure
 

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If there's any application where Mazda's rotary engine would've made sense, it would've been in the Miata. It was a car where lightness was worth a trade off in fuel economy and power. Alas, they never did it. I'm guessing it's because of reliability, or lack thereof. I guess that's the ultimate proof of the Rotary engine's uselessness.
 

kernals12

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I just realized, the Mercedes Benz C111 has a strong resemblance to the DeLorean, right down to the Gullwing doors.
 
Bosch had the first ones at that time in the mid '70s
Spendy, but worth it for that application
Yes definitely worth it but that didn't help the first two to three years of the Vega production until and I'm assuming that they will work in the earlier models I don't know why not.
 
Yes definitely worth it but that didn't help the first two to three years of the Vega production until and I'm assuming that they will work in the earlier models I don't know why not.
A Vega with a factory straight Six 250 would have solved so many issues.

In Fact, would have been better off using the Corvair Flat Six. 330 pounds, about 45 pounds heavier than the Four popper, and 95 HP vs 80, for slightly worse MPG, and the tooling is already paid for once the figured the Wankel was going to be a dud, than to whip up the abortion that the 140 C.I, turned out to be
 
A Vega with a factory straight Six 250 would have solved so many issues.

In Fact, would have been better off using the Corvair Flat Six. 330 pounds, about 45 pounds heavier than the Four popper, and 95 HP vs 80, for slightly worse MPG, and the tooling is already paid for once the figured the Wankel was going to be a dud, than to whip up the abortion that the 140 C.I, turned out to be
I had a 1977 Vega notchback. I really don't see how you could get 250 cubic inch straight 6 in that engine compartment. I have heard it many times but I've never been able to find an actual source for it but some people say that the Vega body styles would have been the next Corvair and I can kind of see that still there's no sources.
 
I had a 1977 Vega notchback. I really don't see how you could get 250 cubic inch straight 6 in that engine compartment. I have heard it many times but I've never been able to find an actual source for it but some people say that the Vega body styles would have been the next Corvair and I can kind of see that still there's no sources.

Read the Chevrolet OHC L-10 engine a missed opportunity as it put out 111 hp in the Chevrolet XP-898 (along with the Yenko Vega Turbo prototype), comparing well to the emissions-restricted 110 hp Chevrolet Cosworth Vega.
 
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