These machines leave the slow, ... 2024: Enter the ram-rotor detonation engine (RRDE) concept. Dr. Haocheng Wen and Prof. Bing Wang of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, ...

Mazda is notorious for putting rotary engines under the hood of its cars, but here are six models from other manufacturers ...

Humans have a need for serious speed—and this machine may be the answer. By Darren Orf Published: Dec 10, 2024 8:30 AM EST. ... It’s called a ram-rotor detonation engine ...

This engine produces about 690 horsepower in race-trim, a power figure it achieves from just 2.6L (654cc per rotor) of naturally aspirated engine. That is a truly astounding power/weight ratio.

It’s a truly bizarre bit of home-grown engineering that was apparently made by a person from scratch using ‘40s milling equipment and some CNC machines in 2008. The three four-rotor engines ...

While Rob Dahm’s garage is no stranger to monstrous rotary engines, including four-rotor units cranking out more than 1,000 horsepower, this one is mind-bending.Here we have a massive, triple ...

He already started it about 10 years ago, when the naturally-aspirated 960 ci (15.7-liters) 12-rotor unit could easily churn out 1,400 hp. Working with Rob Dahm meant two things. A world of rotary ...

Mazda is known for its innovations in mass-produced rotary engines in sports cars like the RX-7, but it wasn't exactly the first to utilize Wankel's design.