jamesgang

Hello, I'm Jim and needles to say I'm new to the forum. I'm also currently being driven a bit nuts over the Mazda RX8. The only thing that keeps me from running right out and getting one tomorrow is the engine. I know your average Japanese engine with proper mantainence will run for hundreds of thousands miles, but I'm leary of the lack of pistons. I've rebuilt a lot of piston engines both foriegn and domestic and I can understand how a lack of pistons would work, but never having seen the inside of one I have no clue as to the friction aspect of this engine. I mean, where axactly does the engine wear come into play. Or maybe more to the point , would I be able to get 300 thousand miles out of an RX8?. Thanks, Jim.

NotalesS

IF you maintenance it like everything else why not.



Welcome to the forums ^_^

inanimate_object

300k miles? I don't think anything approaching a sports car will give you that? There are a load of good vids showing rotary engine cutaways on the web, and on this site you just need to find them.

ChainSawOnSteroids

welcome

Baldy

Welcome to nopistons, check out rotaryengineillustrated.com for a bunch of cool 3d animations.