Not a 12-cylinder engine, a triple-turbo 12-rotor engine. A 15.7-liter rotary engine. This is insane, and so is Rob Dahm.

In the late 1960s, a Japanese automaker took a bold leap with an unconventional engine that defied traditional design.

This engine is the basis of the modern “Wankel” rotary engine. Piston powered engines, chiefly the Otto and Diesel cycle, are current kings of the internal combustion mountain. Piston powered ...

In the end, emerging rotary technology was simply not as viable as implementing restrictions on the well-understood piston engine during such a critical and delicate time period in automotive history.

In a rotary engine the typical Otto cycle takes place in an oval-shaped chamber in which a triangular rotor rotates, effectively taking the place of the pistons in a traditional engine.

I have already written about LiquidPiston and its XTS-210, but Avadi's idea is even more striking: it is a reciprocating engine that works as a rotary. Imagine an ICE with a single piston.

As the piston moves back up the cylinder ... One example is Mazda with its Renesis rotary engine. This lives under the hood of its 2004-2011 RX-8 sports car, and due to an abnormal amount of failures, ...