, which went on sale in 1978, was probably the most successful rotary-engine-powered car
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4 door truck But it was preceded by a series of rotary-engine
cars
, trucks and even buses, starting with the 1967 Cosmo Sport
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The last year the mazda
rx7
was sold in the United States 4 door truck was 1995, but the
rotary engine
is set to make a comeback in the near future
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The
mazda rx8
, a new car from
Mazda
, has a new, award winning rotary 4 door truck engine called the RENESIS
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Named International Engine of the Year 2003, this naturally aspirated two-rotor engine will produce about 250 horsepower
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Like a piston engine, the
rotary engine
uses the 4 door truck pressure created when a combination of air and fuel is burned
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In a piston engine, that pressure is contained in the cylinders and forces pistons to move back and forth
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The 4 door truck connecting rods and crankshaft convert the reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotational motion that can be used to power a car
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In a
rotary engine
, the pressure of combustion is 4 door truck contained in a chamber formed by part of the housing and sealed in by one face of the triangular rotor, which is what the engine uses instead of pistons