what went wrong

>>17361467
CAFE regulations

>>17361467
Apex seals

>>17361479

This.

>>17361479
Definitely this

>>17361898
this

>>17361467
Limited ability to port the exhaust or improve airflow in any meaningful way.

Far too fucking low displacement, it should have had a second row of rotors. It should have been 2+liters

200hp at 9000rpm with no good way to make gains is pathetic

>burns oil by design
>gets shit mileage
>no horsepower benefit or other benefit

I can't believe the EPA ever let them make the stupid thing in the first place

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pistons are better

>>17362623
stupid question but what spins the driveshaft?

>>17361467
Inherently flawed design/engineering

>>17362633
the camshaft

>>17361467
Limits of material science. They simply dont allow for this type of engine configuration to be efficient. Combustion is always occurring in the same spot and the engine has to maintain seals on all sides.

>>17362633
kinetic energy created by combustion

>>17362697
seems like with any resistance from the tires the triangle would just spin in place like a turbine forever

>>17362633

probably the only thing spinning in this picture is attached to driveshaft

>>17362726
impossible unless you shear off all the teeth from the spline

basically it's just a stupid design

It has never been successful in any application

just because it kind of runs does not mean it's good

>>17361467
Triangles

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