The Mazda RX-8 is an enigmatic performance car, mostly because of its unique rotary engine. However, owners say you might ...

But the truth is, most of the time, whatever garage-built project they’re talking about doesn’t sound like an F1 V10. This ...

David Mazzei has spent the last several years building a Superlite SL-C—a race- and street-legal component-car monster—powered by a custom-built, five-rotor peripheral-port engine fed by a massive ...

Mazda’s long-rumored return to rotary-powered performance is shaping up as the Iconic SP concept inches closer to a ...

The Japanese carmaker produced rotary-powered cars for nearly half a century. Mass-produced models like the RX-7 and RX-8 ...

Rotary engines have three power phases instead of just the one of a four-stroke engine. This, along with the way the rotor is mated to the gear of the output shaft, means that for every complete ...

Rob Dahm’s adopted custom 12-rotor Wankel engine project needs a lot of detail work and some hefty reengineering before it can be pushed to the maximum.

This 12-Rotor Rotary Engine Is Wild. It has the dimensions and bolt pattern of a Chevy Big Block, so we have plenty of swap ideas. By Mack Hogan Published: May 04, 2023 10:38 AM EDT.

Rob Dahm, notorious rotary-powered car builder, has firmly jumped into the deep end of the pool with his latest project: The world's only 15.7-liter, tri-turbo Y12 rotary engine. If that doesn't ...

Dahm's latest project is to swap an NA Miata's four-cylinder out for a compact rotary engine. But unlike other rotary swaps , that usually use a 13b dual-rotor out of an RX-7, Dahm is using just a ...

At the moment, the only modern sports car upholding this legacy is the MX-5 Miata ND, but not for much longer. The latest ...

While the CEO clearly referred to the twin-rotor rotary engine as a power generator, a patent drawing filed in June 2024 hints that Mazda may be exploring alternative applications for the technology.