Rotary Engines - Why YOU Should Love Them, Even Though They SUCK | WheelHouse 

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Hahaha it happends so many times in donut videos

Lmao

Mazda *downs fifth of crown pre Lemans* "Yea so they're probably going to be all burt hurt and ban our race car but fuck em - let's wax dat ass for the one time."

Rooted Onion funniest shit I’ve heard

*Puts rotary in electric car.*

Tech Witch , thats what they plan on doing, rotary hybrid

@@TheBacontarian Rotary will be working as a generator not a power plant. it will be electric car

Lmao

My own goal is to get a CVPI and keep it my whole life. I need to have a car that 100% works for sure.

You should watch Rob Dahm and don't effin listen to what chev fuck boy say

Same

Amano Yuuji did you just say effin? Lmaooo

Borneo Fox the old version or the newer one? The more blocky one or the r o u n d one

@@lukasyee2296 i mean RX7 FD

@@borneofox agreed. I saw one at a gas station when I was a kid and have LOVED them since. They are so sexy in person. Pictures and vids don't do them justice.

I have 2 RX8 daily drivers still working perfectly fine. With the right mods reliability isn’t an issue. The MPG can’t be fixed, but any sports car eats tons of gas too. Gotta pay to play.

@@borneofox Gonna be honest the FD doesnt do it for me anymore. Same with the new and MKIV supra. I've learned to love my 87 FC T2's styling and same with the FB.

same tbh and im turning 16 soon cant wait to start my build

@@jonahlinson3831 wait a min you got one?

my buddies working on his dream car.. an 80's "z car" he got for 75usd "if you can remove it today" the engine was so blown, it wasnt just blown... it was in 6-7 chunks after we unbolted all the stuff that was still holding the lock togather, pistons/cylanders wedged at angles... just true 'how the hell did they do this'.... a shop in the portland area know for mazda and nissan and similar cars bough the engine off him after hearing about it..they actually traded him some nice parts he needed, hes putting a custom tranny he got after it was rebuilt but the original owner had a stroke and died before picking it up, and his son, didnt want to spend more then buying a pick-n-pull tranny to get it working again... the tranny is uniq and nice, 3 reverse gears, first is fast, faster then normal, 2nd is slower but higher torque, and the 3rd is "i need to use this AMC Eagle Wagon to pull that large fishing boat up this steep fucking ramp" (what im told it was in back then anyway), hes got a custom kit on order...hes still months out on the cue he got into just before cv19 started up, it will make mounting the rx7 engine in the z car(the one with the 2 removable t top/sun roof/wtfe panels over each seat and is iconic as hell for anybody in my age bracket), piss easy, same for the tranny adaptor kit, hes said i will be the first non-family member to drive it once its done... mostly because i helped him find alot of info showing, its been done and can be done.... oh, the tranny has 6 forward gears as well as the 3 reverse, just damn nice....

@@AshenTechDotCom You are definetly not an engineer... why do you lie?

@@AshenTechDotCom nice fake story, as soon as i saw an 80s z car for 75 usd i knew it was fake

Just like sex

all i want to say is: that’s why I fuck my dog instead of my girlfriend, like no one else does it except me so it’s cool

why they are banned?

@@ShadowFri3nd straight up too good

@@zrspangle not exactly. Racing leagues set rules based on engine volume among other things, and the hp/volume for a wankel is much greater than for any other piston engine. That creates an unfair advantage for other engines which they try to incorporate into racing as many types as possible. It's perfectly fine to race with a V8 vs an inline 6 or Boxer 6 in certain leagues as long as the volume has the same limit. Allowing rotaries would pretty much throw that equality out the window. Everyone would use rotary and it technically would be bad for car companies because they wouldn't have incentive to test their consumer car engine on a track. It would overall create a bad car culture in terms of providing data for consumer engines. I love the wankel engine. It is a genius concept but because it is too inefficient( unless mazda makes a miracle with a skyactive 10 wankel) and doesn't pass current EPA standards, allowing it in races would severely hurt the engineering car companies use for regular consumers. The race track is not just a competition but also a science experiment.

@@nicholasperkins4655 Wasnt fuel consumption also partly why they were banned?

I believe it was more due to emissions

It's cool man. With a rotary you'll always have women throwing themselves at you, it's something your girlfriend is going to get used to

As it should

@Dr.Science They'll know the sound

@Nyum91 RedZonE Toramer you mean fap

I thank you should say sorry to her because car hasn't have a mouth to talk to

LMAO people literally lose hair overtime trying to maintain a rotary even they live them to death. Tbh I want them to come back they were awesome

@Dr.Science I know that's the sad part 😭

as a huge lover of rotaries GOOD lotta wankeldudes are a bit up their own asses, gotta knock em down a peg, lmao

They're terrible for daily driving, they're at their best when racing, where you never let off the gas

yup

Not surprising, most muscle cars of that era had under 200 hp and weighed 5000 lbs.

@@powertothesheeple5422 lmao, yeah, big block v8s nuked to meet emission standard, cut the cats out and replace the exhaust, flash a tune, bigger injectors, and a more powerful fuel pump and they made great power..... that is for the time, but still not quite enough for the weight, sad boi hours. but honestly muscle at the time was bought for the looks anyways

@@powertothesheeple5422 took the words roght out of my mouth 78-81 corvettes had a massive tire smoking 150hp

@@ZeroCooly flash a tune and put bigger injectors in a 70s muscle car? I'd be interested to hear how you would do that with a carburettor and distributer

@@mitchellhayman381 I was thinking about the same thing

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Boleh

Bruh, you forgot about the rotary Lada's

@@jimaki_37 I was gonna say that, so here's just the link drivemag.com/news/did-you-know-lada-made-wankel-rotary-engined-cars

Also mercedes c111 concept had the 4 rotor

Bonus: in the 70s, when rotary appeared to be a serious alternative to pistons, even Alfa Romeo started experimenting, making a working rotary prototype with a 2.2 engine on a Giulia. Unfortunately it was discontinued due to bad emission.

Claudio Galeno as much as I love Alfas, that would have been the mother of bad reliability 😅

i looks like a Nissan Skyline but made by Buick.

@@ShadowFri3nd as much as I hate to say it, I don't disagree

Yeah true

These guys should do a video about the drag racing in PR some rotores vs pistones would be nice lol.

Is there a reason why they prefer rotors? I mean they are are nice, but parts seem to be a little more expensive.

Yosimar Sanchez two reasons: uniqueness and show factor. It’s cool to see Japanese cars from the 70s and 80s haul ass, but to see and (better yet) hear a rotary powered car do it just adds pizzazz. Gotta show off someway somehow, chief.

Josué Cruz they ABSOLUTELY should, given the fact that it’s Puerto Rican rotary-powered dragsters that have won world titles. If Donut is going to do stuff about Bosuzaku cars and scooters, why not look into a scene that’s closer to their backyard?

@@concernedcitizen2766 hahaha, that is a great way to show off. My friend has an rx8 and man that thing just sounds, feels and drives amazing. I hope mazda brings them back.

No u pt. 2

I laughed way to hard to that shit

Clit dick!

@@dylan8736 What?

emissions: no u

Yeah

Don't worry rx9 is coming in 2020

You called?

Deja Vu! I just been in this place before!

And i am too

I preferred the rx7 in need for speed most wanted Best bounty car and racer I ever used

I've been on a quest to own every car in Horizon 4 that I can stick a rotary in. I've been gunning for a RX-3 since I learned they were in the game, & I have a Caddy Limo with a racing Mazda 4-rotor in it. The sound is amazing, especially when it's coming from an American limo with an anime paint job. I wonder what the Drivavatars reactions would be when I pass them...

people who buy sports cars: " who cares about fuel economy and emissions."

@@7sins979 Why should sports car owners care about fuel economy if those who buy trucks and suvs don't?

@@linkskywalker5417 kinda my point

Fuel emission standards: Exists Decat: I am about to end this man whole career

@@7sins979 obama pls. U get hit with massive fines and taxes if your average fuel economy was too shitty.

but you just have to replace them once and get the ones that dont break just flex

Somebody gotta make those apex seals as strong as piston rings. 💪

Yup

Actually even tho people kept saying rotary will eat apex seals the problem is always on the corner seals

I got cargo pants now i need rotary engine

@lIlIllIlIIl noice

@lIlIllIlIIl I prefer scrambled eggs

@lIlIllIlIIl yeah, try tosat with scrambled eggs sassuage and beacon

I fuckin rock cargos and I'm buyin an fc 💪💪💪

I was looking for this comment, thank you.

I was thinking the same thing as well. He did put a Rotor in a Vette and is built a 4 rotor

the rotary world nothing without rob dahm

Yep was wondering the same..and anxiously waiting for his updates everytime..started to wonder when will that 4 rotor rx7 will be completed

Soon you will see a first start up video, I am a patreon subscriber of his, good things are coming very soon

Actually, there is. It's called "From tears to Le Mans" (ル・マンへ熱き涙を). Altough its only available in japanese ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H_b9vEFYxDs.html

I mean it's displacement was 7.8 Liters which is more than double what their competitors had soooo.. they were at a massive advantage

Yet remakes and reboots are on the menu. At least Ford vs Ferrari was made. Maybe hope springs eternal...

@@zacht9447 iirc they were underpowered compared to the competition, soooo.. the actual advantage would only be a lighter rotating assembly and less engine weight.

@@stoneee1234 yeah 900 hp is underpowered if you consider its displacement but not compared to the competition

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Shhhhhhhhhhhh dude, we don't talk about that.

Either he and his offspring are EXTREMELY reckless... ...or he enjoys the company of older, much more experienced, women. The love child is not his. He's really a step grandfather.

ant-man reference?

Jesus Valles I am tempted to get a mazda rx 7 fc or a rx 8 I heard they are high maintenance and not easy to find a mechanic now in days that knows how to work on it. Both cars are fun though.

Amazing is an overstatement. They would be amazing if they had little to no flaws.

@@rolon-ew5kl bruh if you cant maintenance your rx7 yourself you are not worthy of the rotary experience. It takes alot of research and knowledge to own reliable rotary and tuning isnt cheap at all.

@@j0lel666 Exactly. The only people who think they suck are dumb as batshit and have no clue how to maintain them. rOtArY tO0 mUcH hArD rEaDinG i RaTheR LS

Really good hp/liter, and an insane amount of potential for racing

This is deep

This is deep

You must have the non turbo version if thats the best thing

You've never driven at night with the headlights up if you don't understand, mike :)

@Elijah Anderson Coolest car in initial D. Prove me wrong.

How's the reliability? Thinking of buying one

Every rx7 was released with pop ups smh

I like the sound of a 11,500rpm small block chevy v8 over a rotory. Still like the rotory especially the chevy rotory.

*Rx7

the people who think the wankel engine is a japanese invention are idiots

*MORE TRIANGLES*

He was a piece of shit Nazi and probably stole his ideas from a jewish guy just like Hitler and Porsche did with the beetle.

@@jonathankeith524 the irony of you saying this on youtube with your google account is astounding

@@Shakshuka69 Felix wankel was thrown in jail for betraying hitler, not all germans living in those times are fucking nazis do some research.

shows her vagina: yes!

bruh

Why do people say they they burn oil? There is a difference between burning oil and injecting oil!!

Bry Pom because just like a two stroke the oil always eventually meets with the air fuel mix in the combustion chamber

Dirty minded

Oof

Nolan to NOS:but you just gave my homie James a heart attack!! Nos energy drink:Oh,ok. Deuces.

my first car was a 1976 rx2 sedan four speed twin dizzy and that was 22 years ago and I still regret selling it.

I still miss my 1987 RX7 sport. Hated working on it. Hated the plug change. Hated the engine flooding. Hated having no experts to fix it.

Imagine all the events they could’ve won afterwards

why?

What year(s)?

Yeah it was a shame and rather rude too, all that R&D spent and the formula is changed making your effort wasted. But it's in the history books and it's unlikely another type of engine will ever win the race.

@@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 their only victory 199x i dont remember the year but it was in the 90s the only victory from mazda in the Group C

FusRowDaft UK I am tempted to get one right now.

@@rolon-ew5kl if you think you're able to with the upkeep and costs then i would say go for it, you're unlikely to get the chance to again

FusRowDaft UK If I get decent an good paying job Soon I would that could make enough money to do it. Or the alternative I would get a mx 5. They are both fun cars but the rx 8 is more practical. Right now I am leaning more toward the mx 5 due to it is way easier to get a mechanic to work on it engine and more economical with gas. The rx 8 is tricky to find a mechanic that knows rotary engine well and less economical with gas. With my current job I would not be able to afford to run a rx 8.

@@rolon-ew5kl that's fair enough, currently i don't drive a lot for work so don't use that much fuel. You'd be surprised at the amount of rotary specialists there are tbh. If you want sporty and practical with decent mileage then i would suggest looking at a mazda 3 MPS

@@rolon-ew5kl What about a speed3?

There was a dino outbreak. I think it was on the news.

To quote Nolan(u/DonutNolan at reddit) on this: So I feel like it’s my place to say something here. No, Bart is not working at Donut anymore. I don’t think it’s right for us to go into what the reasons for that are, but I can say we’re excited and supportive of whatever Bart does next. Also, we are never going to do Science Garage without Bart, he’s part of that show’s DNA, but I can tell you we have new things in the works that will teach you (and me) about how cars work. I feel doubly bad about this because the last time I talked about SG on here I said it was coming back, which was true at the time, but I am sorry guys.

God dem it I shit myself

we all mis bart

sounds like 2 or 3 cars

Sounds like a v10 f1 🤯

Hell yeah dude I've had a '93 single turbo street port FD, and an '85 bridgeport 12A FB with a Weber 48 IDA and that thing was as much fun as my FD lol

@@austinramsay thats whats up man!!! Yae my lil 12a is bone stock. Straight piped from the cats. Bigass 3row rad and a clutch max stage 3 clutch its not fast by anymeans but its suprizingly not that slow either 😂🤣

But they turned around and deserted it!

@@ruikazane5123 heard they havent 100% ditched it

@@kevinbaboolal4225 "We come back where we started"

@@kevinbaboolal4225 Yes, they have...

@@sandervanderkammen9230 not exactly heard they are thinking of using the rotary in a hybrid

I have bad news, it wont. The host got fired from donut and i dont think there will be another host coming.

@@jaluver5955 what happened?

Its too bad you have never experienced what its like to drive a real performance car... the RX8 is just a dreadful little compact sedan.

That motor has already blown up 😂

Dino Kadribasic we switched to 2JZ everything.

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Yeah, two RX4s 😂

And they forgot the quite rare (at least here in the US) R100.

@@CJ-ty8sv Or the even more rare, R-100 Ute.

Amateur hour🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

i pmsl when that popped up 🤣

Carerra GT?

It's a different type of sound tho especially in person at 9000 RPM haha, but true LFA and La Ferrari are beautiful sounding

You are talking about million dollar cars vs 30k car.

Sake

zonda r

Let me guess: you love it and it hates you?

At times, love drinking fuel/hate being empty kinda ways

@Swampy made in NZ tho

Are they actually as hard to maintain as it sounds or do you mostly just need a good toolbox and basic engine knowledge?

@@notgray88I've had 2 FC Turbo II Rx-7's and 2 RX-8's since the late 90s. There is a wealth of information on youtube and froums now to understand what all is involved with owning, operating, and maintaining a rotary powered car. Once of the best channels I've seen is Driven By Madness, he focuses mostly on the RX-8 but it's great information. To anyone considering the plunge, go drive one. If you fall in love then go for it, they are a little more work than a "normal" car. Take care of them and modify them responsibly then they can out last the average ownership time people keep cars now a days anyway.

@@JonJordanHD neat. I totally can't afford one right now, but I would love to drive one

@ William Ocasio just rotor noobs trying to get in on the current internet clout - we cant expect them to know everything lol

@@wrighty338 i mean, it's not hard to google rx-2

Who would buy it?

@Dr.Science me.

@@them26pershing59 ikr, FC3S is good ;-;

@@laksamanasuhendra5868 yeah even thoigh i drive an ae86

I will NEVER sell my FB

Wasd92 it’s not gonna happen lol. no point to sell from a manufacturer POV as only a few people would buy them

Lol no, those are just fanbois misreading Mazda's statements "The rotary engine will return to the Mazda lineup soon, but it won't be in a revived RX-7 or RX-8. Instead, the engine layout will function as a range-extender for topping up the battery pack in a hybrid vehicle. "Inside Mazda, we all have the dream of seeing one day a vehicle powered by a rotary engine. But given the number of things we have to do, we had to put this on the back burner, and we have no time frame," Mazda CEO Akira Marumoto told Automotive News Europe in June 2019." www.motor1.com/news/356794/mazda-rotary-engine-patent-update/

Skyactiv x yes but rotary unfortunately not

@@chrisa.2795 that's not the point, mazda are the only ones that can build wankels, if they stopped, none else will make them. Imagine if porsche stopped building boxer engines, millions would be greatly saddened. Mazda has to keep the dream, the spirit of THE DORITO POWER ALIVE

He was awesome in _Crusty Demons of Dirt_ and the World Motocross champion. Go Team Green!

Such a shame it got rektd instead

User error blamed on the engine most of the time, not saying they are the most reliable thing out there but the careless owners of them don't help lol

Spinny bois (Rotaries) love to be revved high, while pushy bois (Pistons) don't. Basically Rotaries are better generally for racing in terms of endurance.

@@megahornet yeah for sure, I've had a single turbo FD and a bridgeport carb'd FB and beat the hell out of them and I never had a problem lol. They don't like to be babied that's for sure

@@megahornet sound like the perfect engine for me.

rohan's world rotaries have always been cool 🥴

Lol when were rotaries not cool man

@@aisacirema7841 there was that phase where everyone loved ls everything then jz everything and now rotaries are in fashion now

Yeah it just feels like they are kinda getting noticed more. And with people like Rob Dahm with his W.I.P. build and David Mazzei, oh damn then i really understand why.

@@refracted6349 Its probably one of those things where JZs and LS's have been talked about so much people are just tired of it or want to be different. Funny thing is a lot of the cool and rare parts on the FC are super hard to track down now. Really a lot of parts are for it. There seemed to be a pretty large fanbase around 2008. A ton of forum posts I come across for the FC were around that time period.

Sloppy Joe man does that bring back memories

Natan Lunardon he’s almost got it done

@@lincolnfleischman5259 Can't believe it's actually happening though, so many haters asking him where's the 4 rotor must have got to him :P

Should be firing it up on the stand within the next day or so, he was waiting a fair while for it to be built and shipped from New Zealand. He said he wants it ready for sema I'm pretty sure, and he's got the other guy working on the car.

@@Entharion he gets a lot of haters. He is building a full chassy, turbo, AWD 4 rotor tho. That takes time and a lot of $$$$$$$$

Huh

*Everyone: Ban that shit, its too op

Rotary gets nurfed than a perm ban

They didn't ban them, they had a rule going into effect the year after that increased engine displacement, it was in the works before the 787 even competed. I thought the same thing, it makes a much better story.

@@jzxtrd337 just like with the supra and nsx.... Just waiting for rotary fans to go all furious and angry if Mazda gets it wrong like Toyota has done. _Do Not Mess Up The Heritage of the Dorito Mazda!!!_

apparently they trademarked some chasis setup that only has space for a rotary engine to fit so there is a chance edit: www.carthrottle.com/post/new-patent-suggests-a-rotary-mazda-rx-9-is-happening-after-all/

There isn't anybody left working for Mazda that gives any fucks about the rotary engine. Couldn't care less if another rotary powered car was produced. I've got my rx7 and the prices are just goin up hahaha

Im waiting to:/

@@josecarlossilva648 i feel you bro

They made a post about it, they said they weren’t going to post them on RU-vid because “no one was watching them.” You can still find them on Spotify and the podcasts app

@@williammorley8481 😭😭 noooooooo

@@hamzaghouri7016 we're gonna put it up on a new donut podcast channel very soon. Stand by, and thanks for your patience!

but only bridgeport/sideport rotaries do the BRAPS

Brap brap brap BRAAAP bra brAAAAAAAAP

@@robbery1085 I just got an erection listening to rotaries brapping