Mat Indukts Lambos

curious if anyone's seen or dealt with these guys? Fire away with opinions....<ul><li><a href="http://www.coatesengine.com/">Spherical Rotary Valve Engine</a></li></ul>

Ray Khan

valve.

Audiboy

I think round engines (variations of the rotary) have a better future than above link.

JAFO

rotary as in "aircraft rotary"? got a link?

Mat Indukts Lambos

coming in production cars someday. Maintenance is rapidly becoming cheaper than fuel IMO, and these engines can/will run on E85 &amp; the likes. I think they listed some ceramic compression part as a maintenance item, which involved head R&amp;R, but if the interval is hi enough, that'd be fine with me. 40 mpg &amp; 500 HP, with a $3000 maintenance every 80,000 miles? Eh? There's much worse cars out there....

Audiboy

Here's some links to round engine though. There's a quite a bit of articles just searching on the intarweb.

<a href="http://www.angellabsllc.com/"> MYT engine </a>


<a href="http://www.roundengine.com/about_vgt/company.htm"> Round Engine </a>

I haven't really followed the issues, but the concept is simple. The challenges are most likely getting the proper compression, sealing and reliability. Also, the future of internal combustion and what type of propellant.

JAFO

i've yet to see one with good gas milage.

Mat Indukts Lambos

We did a race engine in a 3rd generation RX7 back in '99. It had 7mm apex seals, and modified turbos, was a blast to drive, but you could clearly feel a power difference between driving it alone VS having a passenger. Felt like someone attached a trailer.....