The Wankel Rotary Engine Redesigned by Nanaimo's Own Patrick
Michael Sullivan

New and innovative techniques are taking place in the Mt. Benson St. auto 
shop of Nanaimo resident Patrick Michael Sullivan. And the Wankel engine is 
getting a makeover. Now more reliable and fuel efficient than ever, Patrick 
Michael Sullivan says, "These modifications to the Wankel motor will 
increase the reliability of this engine for many years to come."

A brief history on the Wankel engine shows, in 1951, Wankel began
development of the engine at NSU (NSU Motorenwerke AG), where he first
conceived his rotary engine in 1954 (DKM 54, Drehkolbenmotor) and later the
KKM 57 (the Wankel rotary engine, Kreiskolbenmotor) in 1957. The first
working prototype DKM 54 was running on February 1, 1957 at the NSU research
and development department Versuchsabteilung TX.

Considerable effort went into designing rotary engines in the 1950s and
1960s. They were of particular interest because they were smooth and quiet
running, and because of the reliability resulting from their simplicity.
In the United States, in 1959 under license from NSU, Curtiss-Wright
pioneered minor improvements in the basic engine design. In Britain, in the
1960s, Rolls Royce Motor Car Division at Crewe, Cheshire, pioneered a
two-stage diesel version of the Wankel engine.

Also in Britain Norton Motorcycles developed a Wankel rotary engine for
motorcycles, which was included in their Commander and F1; Suzuki also made
a production motorcycle with a Wankel engine, the RE-5. In 1971 and 1972
Arctic Cat produced snowmobiles powered by 303 cc Wankel rotary engines
manufactured by Sachs in Germany. John Deere Inc, in the U.S., designed a
version that was capable of using a variety of fuels. The design was
proposed as the power source for several U.S. Marine combat vehicles in the
late 1980s.

After occasional use in automobiles, for instance by NSU with their Ro 80
model, Citroën with the M35, and GS Birotor using engines produced by
Comotor, as well as abortive attempts by General Motors and Mercedes-Benz to
design Wankel-engine automobiles, the most extensive automotive use of the
Wankel engine has been by the Japanese company Mazda.

After years of development, Mazda's first Wankel engined car was the 1967
Mazda Cosmo. The company followed with a number of Wankel ("rotary" in
the
company's terminology) vehicles, including a bus and a pickup truck.
Customers often cited the cars' smoothness of operation. However, Mazda
chose a method to comply with hydrocarbon emission standards that, while
less expensive to produce, increased fuel consumption, just before a sharp
rise in fuel prices. Mazda later abandoned the Wankel in most of their
automotive designs, but continued using it in their RX-7 sports car until
August 2002 (RX-7 importation for North America ceased with the 1995 model
year). The company normally used two-rotor designs, but received
considerable attention with their 1991 Eunos Cosmo, which used a twin-turbo
three-rotor engine. In 2003, Mazda introduced the RENESIS engine with the
new RX-8. The RENESIS engine relocated the ports for exhaust and intake from
the periphery of the rotary housing to the sides, allowing for larger
overall ports, better airflow, and further power gains. The RENESIS is
capable of delivering 238 horsepower (177 kW) from its 1.3 L displacement
with better fuel economy, reliability, and environmental friendliness than
any other Mazda rotary engine in history.

VAZ, the Soviet automobile manufacturer, experimented with the design of
Wankel-engine cars. In 1978 they designed an engine with two-rotors and, in
1980s started delivering versions of VAZ-2106 with Wankel engines, mostly to
security services, about 200 were made.[4] Aviadvigatel, the Soviet aircraft
engine design bureau, is known to have produced Wankel engines for aircraft
and helicopters, though little specific information has surfaced.
The People's Republic of China is also known to have experimented with
Wankel engines, but even less is known in the West about the work done
there, other than one paper, #880628, delivered to the SAE in 1988 by Chen
Teluan of the South China Institute of Technology at Guangzhou.

Although many manufacturers licensed the design, and Mercedes-Benz used it
for their C111 concept car, only Mazda has produced Wankel engines in large
numbers. American Motors (AMC) was so convinced "...that the rotary engine
will play an important role as a powerplant for cars and trucks of the
future..." according to its Chairman Roy D. Chapin Jr., that the smallest
U.S. automaker signed an agreement in 1973 to build Wankels for both
passenger cars and Jeep vehicles, as well as the right to sell any rotary
engines it produces to other companies.

It even designed the unique Pacer around the engine, even though by that
time AMC had decided to buy the Wankel engines from GM instead of building
them itself. However, the engines never reached production by the time the
Pacer was to hit the showrooms. Part of the demise of this feature was the
rising fuel crisis and concerns about emission legislation in the United
States. General Motors' Wankel engine did not comply with emission levels,
so in 1974 the company canceled its development. This meant that the Pacer's
drivetrain design had to be reconfigured to house the venerable AMC
Straight-6 engines with rear-wheel drive. 

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:51:55 -0800, BREAKING NEWS! wrote:

> New and innovative techniques are taking place in the Mt. Benson St.
> auto shop of Nanaimo resident Patrick Michael Sullivan. And the Wankel

So what ?

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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:51:55 -0800, BREAKING NEWS! wrote:

> New and innovative techniques are taking place in the Mt. Benson St.
> 

Yup

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Patrick Michael Sullivan is attempting to keyword-load Google with nonsense. 

Refer to Sullivan's posts where he admits it:

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New and innovative techniques are taking place in the Mt. Benson St. auto 
shop of Nanaimo resident Patrick Michael Sullivan. And the Wankel engine is 
getting a makeover. Now more reliable and fuel efficient than ever, Patrick 
Michael Sullivan says, "These modifications to the Wankel motor will 
increase the reliability of this engine for many years to come."

A brief history on the Wankel engine shows, in 1951, Wankel began
development of the engine at NSU (NSU Motorenwerke AG), where he first
conceived his rotary engine in 1954 (DKM 54, Drehkolbenmotor) and later the
KKM 57 (the Wankel rotary engine, Kreiskolbenmotor) in 1957. The first
working prototype DKM 54 was running on February 1, 1957 at the NSU research
and development department Versuchsabteilung TX.

Considerable effort went into designing rotary engines in the 1950s and
1960s. They were of particular interest because they were smooth and quiet
running, and because of the reliability resulting from their simplicity.
In the United States, in 1959 under license from NSU, Curtiss-Wright
pioneered minor improvements in the basic engine design. In Britain, in the
1960s, Rolls Royce Motor Car Division at Crewe, Cheshire, pioneered a
two-stage diesel version of the Wankel engine.

Also in Britain Norton Motorcycles developed a Wankel rotary engine for
motorcycles, which was included in their Commander and F1; Suzuki also made
a production motorcycle with a Wankel engine, the RE-5. In 1971 and 1972
Arctic Cat produced snowmobiles powered by 303 cc Wankel rotary engines
manufactured by Sachs in Germany. John Deere Inc, in the U.S., designed a
version that was capable of using a variety of fuels. The design was
proposed as the power source for several U.S. Marine combat vehicles in the
late 1980s.

After occasional use in automobiles, for instance by NSU with their Ro 80
model, Citroën with the M35, and GS Birotor using engines produced by
Comotor, as well as abortive attempts by General Motors and Mercedes-Benz to
design Wankel-engine automobiles, the most extensive automotive use of the
Wankel engine has been by the Japanese company Mazda.

After years of development, Mazda's first Wankel engined car was the 1967
Mazda Cosmo. The company followed with a number of Wankel ("rotary" in
the
company's terminology) vehicles, including a bus and a pickup truck.
Customers often cited the cars' smoothness of operation. However, Mazda
chose a method to comply with hydrocarbon emission standards that, while
less expensive to produce, increased fuel consumption, just before a sharp
rise in fuel prices. Mazda later abandoned the Wankel in most of their
automotive designs, but continued using it in their RX-7 sports car until
August 2002 (RX-7 importation for North America ceased with the 1995 model
year). The company normally used two-rotor designs, but received
considerable attention with their 1991 Eunos Cosmo, which used a twin-turbo
three-rotor engine. In 2003, Mazda introduced the RENESIS engine with the
new RX-8. The RENESIS engine relocated the ports for exhaust and intake from
the periphery of the rotary housing to the sides, allowing for larger
overall ports, better airflow, and further power gains. The RENESIS is
capable of delivering 238 horsepower (177 kW) from its 1.3 L displacement
with better fuel economy, reliability, and environmental friendliness than
any other Mazda rotary engine in history.

VAZ, the Soviet automobile manufacturer, experimented with the design of
Wankel-engine cars. In 1978 they designed an engine with two-rotors and, in
1980s started delivering versions of VAZ-2106 with Wankel engines, mostly to
security services, about 200 were made.[4] Aviadvigatel, the Soviet aircraft
engine design bureau, is known to have produced Wankel engines for aircraft
and helicopters, though little specific information has surfaced.
The People's Republic of China is also known to have experimented with
Wankel engines, but even less is known in the West about the work done
there, other than one paper, #880628, delivered to the SAE in 1988 by Chen
Teluan of the South China Institute of Technology at Guangzhou.

Although many manufacturers licensed the design, and Mercedes-Benz used it
for their C111 concept car, only Mazda has produced Wankel engines in large
numbers. American Motors (AMC) was so convinced "...that the rotary engine
will play an important role as a powerplant for cars and trucks of the
future..." according to its Chairman Roy D. Chapin Jr., that the smallest
U.S. automaker signed an agreement in 1973 to build Wankels for both
passenger cars and Jeep vehicles, as well as the right to sell any rotary
engines it produces to other companies.

It even designed the unique Pacer around the engine, even though by that
time AMC had decided to buy the Wankel engines from GM instead of building
them itself. However, the engines never reached production by the time the
Pacer was to hit the showrooms. Part of the demise of this feature was the
rising fuel crisis and concerns about emission legislation in the United
States. General Motors' Wankel engine did not comply with emission levels,
so in 1974 the company canceled its development. This meant that the Pacer's
drivetrain design had to be reconfigured to house the venerable AMC
Straight-6 engines with rear-wheel drive. 



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