Kennedy 0 #1 April 8, 2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42460541/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/ Nifty new engine/motor/power plant for automobiles. The next good idea that'll be patented, purchased, and never put into production?witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #2 April 8, 2011 Sounds like the rotary Wankel engines used in a few cars back in the 1960's... Perhaps wide neckties and bell-bottom pants will come back into fashion too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #3 April 8, 2011 Try not to be too cynical John. Lots of failed ideas catch on later when other technologies allows them to work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 April 8, 2011 QuoteSounds like the rotary Wankel engines used in a few cars back in the 1960's... Perhaps wide neckties and bell-bottom pants will come back into fashion too! The *current* Mazda RX-8 is a Wankel rotary."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #5 April 8, 2011 QuoteSounds like the rotary Wankel engines used in a few cars back in the 1960's... Perhaps wide neckties and bell-bottom pants will come back into fashion too! Mazda . . . Besides which, this actually sounds and looks more like a gas turbine.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #6 April 8, 2011 QuoteSounds like the rotary Wankel engines used in a few cars back in the 1960's... Perhaps wide neckties and bell-bottom pants will come back into fashion too! Had alot of fun rebuilding my boyfriend's Mazda RX2's rotary engine back in the day. One of my favorite classes still to this day. The homework didn't suck, either! Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 April 8, 2011 Quote Quote Sounds like the rotary Wankel engines used in a few cars back in the 1960's... Perhaps wide neckties and bell-bottom pants will come back into fashion too! Had alot of fun rebuilding my boyfriend's Mazda RX2's rotary engine back in the day. One of my favorite classes still to this day. The homework didn't suck, either! Well there's a problem, right there (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #8 April 8, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Sounds like the rotary Wankel engines used in a few cars back in the 1960's... Perhaps wide neckties and bell-bottom pants will come back into fashion too! Had alot of fun rebuilding my boyfriend's Mazda RX2's rotary engine back in the day. One of my favorite classes still to this day. The homework didn't suck, either! Well there's a problem, right there Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites