For decades, sharp engine builders have known about “quench” or “squish.” These terms refer to the area in a wedge-shaped chamber designed to create turbulence in the chamber as the piston ...

The Wankel rotary engine is one of the most unique and innovative engine designs ever created. Unlike the conventional piston ...

As with most rotary engines, air primarily flows in and out through ports in the combustion chamber wall that open or close as the moving combustion chamber passes them.

Swirl-Quench Piston: Combustion Space Reaches Home-Built, Street Performance Engines Originally published in the October 1998 issue of Hot Rod magazine: A new spin on an old concept. HOT ROD Staff ...

Rotary engines have an aura of cool. In games of Top Trumps, the V12 might have been king, but a rotary was a joker, a wild card.A lack of mainstream success no doubt contributes; there are ...

At one stage the 'Wankel' rotary engine could have been applied to multiple cars and even military vehicles. During the '60s and '70s everyone wanted in on the rotary. Menu. ... The last engine, 2-R6 ...