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Default I didn't know Evinrude made a Wankel outboard?

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:25:15 -0800, Tim wrote:

On Jan 30, 8:22Â*pm, Tim wrote:
http://boatracingfacts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8780

Prototyped it into a racing engine, and was blowing Mercury away.

It's a shame they didn't have the time and finances to really develop
it.

http://

inlinethumb15.webshots.com/37902/2415984520091848696S600x600Q8...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/...d1dd521590.jpg


Well I think somebody did put it into production in small 10 h. models,
but i wonder why it never caught on? and went the way of the NSU and
Mazda?

Even Yamaha and Suzuki tried them in motorcycles and they dropped as
soon as they were introduced, it seems.


Pretty much for the same reasons you don't see two-stroke motorcycles
anymore, fuel consumption and emissions.