How To Build A Rotary Engine: The ULTIMATE Guide
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This week on Living With A Rotary, it's engine rebuild time, so here's how one of these magical motors gets put together!
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This was awesome! Makes me want to get a rotary! Nice job documenting the rebuild!
DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Makes me want to get one too. Watching the engine being built is so relaxing. I love your videos by the way!
ChrisFix Would love to see you do one...
also... Chris.. Please hurry up and post 'How to Replace a Clutch and Flywheel' :)
That would be so cool!!
I would love to see a video on a rotary
You gotta have these guys on more. They're hilarious 😂
Honestly, Josh was amazing!
@@HaiFisch_TV You can see difference between some miserable chap working on god damn rusted to fuck Corsas and micras. That hates it and then.... Someone that loves doing it loves rotary.
That's because it's Yorkshire, we're all happy and funny. Not like most Southerners ;)
@@Techtiqal bet they had splif after Job well done :) Not Alex cause driving hehe
Genuinely as entertaining as it was informative, defo get these guys on the channel more.
Having worked on traditional piston engines for most of my adult life, the simplicity of this design actually intrigues me.
Welcome to the dark side
@@cg80847h welcome to the engine that doesn't burn 75% of its fuel
@@kas-lw7xz lmaooo
It also creates a really inefficient engine, most rotary engines don't even ignite their fuel air mixture completely.
It's design is very intriguing how ever it's unreliability is infamous
What I learned from this video:
1. Lube, lube, lube and more lube
2. Josh is awesome
Just found the series, this rebuild by Josh was really interested, great work JOSH!!!! The LUBE GUY !!!
Hes cool, but i thought that he was aaron parker
I learned the same 2 things on pornhub. What a coincidence.
What’s can i use for lube the motor during assembly? Motor oil?
Lube
This tech is a natural on camera and as an instructional host. Nice episode.
The background music is on point too!
If Josh ever gets his own channel I'll watch the hell out of it!
Even better than Edd China 😁
@@andersjjensen that's exactly what I was about to post guy had a great sense of humor
I really like that other guy. You can see he loves his job and knows what he is doing
Yeah I agree. Seems natural and comes across really well. Good video
True that, that guy is a pro
He really reminds me of a black English Moog from mcm lol
Well when you charge someone 6 grand for a engine that was out together in a day I would love my job too
@@MrStraightGangsta That's one of the things I miss from my time in UK. There are small shops that specialize in just one type of car, they generally charge a fair price, and do one hell of a job. My experience was with a gtr and RK tuning, which is a father and son shop similar to this one. You won't see anything in there without an RB26 (or higher) engine in it.
When a guy quotes Picasso, Salt Bae, and Bob Ross while building a Rotary.... You know you gotta be friends with him
Zynth he even quotes bayblaydes
When you own an RX8 you NEED to be friends with a mechanic
@I Am You must be married to a mechanic.
@@nevagibup beyblades
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OK, Josh totally needs his own tv show or RUclips channel! Dude is so entertaining to watch!
Also, *lot* of innuendo in this episode (not complaining lol)
Peter Badger totally agree! Josh, are you out there?
They made on. Look em up
The mechanic guy looks so cool. Haha. It's really interesting when you hear someone that really knows what's doing
@Moritz Schmidt wooow not cool bro...
@Moritz Schmidt What the fuck is the matter with you?
No, more like UK where people are just people and they all speak proper English. Unless we're talking about refugee ghettos... Used to be great, Britain.
Moritz Schmidt
What an ass.
Jonny Lee
He’s never felt the inside of a pussy
I can't be the only one who watched the video without skipping a single second. I enjoyed seeing this!
Bruh, this was insane. They should consider making a channel, would be a big hit in the dorito community.
Same here! Came here after watching Tavarish yap for 10 mins lol
Pai dacă la noi sunt doar troace la 150000km date ca motorul nu mai poate?
@@andreibit.1990 Depinde și cât de bine a fost întreținută mașina, dar ai dreptate =)
Razvan it was brilliant. Josh is a legend!
Wow! Josh knows his onions - what an absolute legend of a guy. Great character too👍
That's really awesome, I'm a mechanical engineer myself, have performed hundreds of engine rebuilding, but never had a chance to rebuild a rotary one, I've really enjoyed it, & the sense of humor you guys have, made it even more enjoyable. Thanks a million to all the team.
If you ever pick up an RX-3 or RX-7 as a regular driver and you plan to put a bunch of miles on it, just go ahead and buy a second engine so you can swap them when the seals go and rebuild when you have more time.
Next car needs to be named Josh after this guy. He's absolutely hilarious.
HELL YEAH
Seriously, Josh should be named an honorary guest
Absolute mad lad
I agree
Josh is a legend, frickin hilarious 😂
"No Braps"
"You tell people you're fine, but you're not fine...."
This master mechanic really is in love with what he does... Really envy him... You just know he lives and breaths his job!!! What a man...
Josh is both very talented and witty. Definitely a RUclips natural. Great fun and very informative cheers.
I can’t agree more
@@khaledfahad1188 yeah thought the same! Has a good personality for it
This. Wonderful video.
This episode was heaven for petrolheads. Awesome episode, everything is just perfect. And that guy Josh, a true legend, rare to see someone like that with that knowledge and passion, plus being witty :) Thumbs up!
I wish this guy was in the USA. Rotary pros are a rare find.
I aint american but ik its true
Angel Motorsports
On it. lol
My father is a pro in street build rotaries👌🏼🔥
oddly enough, there’s one around me in bossier city/haughton, louisiana. i never thought i’d find one here
I honestly think this was the best video Car Throttle have ever done. Entertaining and informative. Genuinely made me smile when it fired up. Good work everyone. 👌
Josh needs to be a regular on this channel. He's got the camera behavior down solid.
Alex: How much lube should we be using in the rebuild?
Josh: Yes.
SPEECH 100
LUBE 100
SMOKE 100
100 100
CHARISMA 100
The production quality and sheer enjoyability of this vid was top notch. Few automotive channels even get close to that. It's time to do a colab with Mighty Car Mods!
This, gears n gasoline and mcm
32:45 that rattle gun beat Match was really cool! Interesting video, I might never do this but still watched it all! Cheers
as soon as it happend I went down to the comments to see if anyone had noticed, its the little things that make a video satisfying .
Best car throttle video I've ever watched. Very informative. Great content.
I know what I'm gonna do to day
I've seen many rotary rebuild videos but nothing is quite as detailed and technical as this one. It's really well done!
The energy is good in this one. Many of them end up feeling a bit dry and unenthusiastic. This shop knows their stuff and has fun with it. And Alex is always at a level of barely containing himself in pretty much every video.
It is great to see a series that is about information and truth, not just rumors and repeating things they've heard.
Why do you think they get repaired ? Because it’s utter, utter shit.
Exactly, it seemed minimally edited and we actually saw them put on every piece. Seemed legit.
@@alexnumber1317 You seem a real joy to be around. I bet you are a blast at parties and get togethers. Good luck in life.
zakura ayame awwww love you xx
15 mins in.. so far building rotary engine looks like making a sandwich
We need more of him, he's amazing, genuinely one of my favourite videos on this channel just for him, brilliant 😂
I want this guy on more videos. Id click on every single one before I even finish reading the notification. Its unanimous, we need more Josh.
So proud of you Josh! ❤️ I love watching my man work 😘😍 Keep up the good work guys! 💪
That's so cute! You must both be very lovely people to be together ^_^
@@joannaatkins822 Awhh... Thank you 😊 He was SO embarrassed watching this video back, because there's so much about himself he doesn't realise. He's even more goofy off camera though 😂😂
He is really talented and such a nice guy.. stay blessed you both 💕
@@AliXHamid Awhh thank you... And you too ❤️
He was just as nice every time I've met him when he rebuilt my car's engine, all-round great guy!
18:05 I love how Josh is bending down and he's almost the same size as Alex ahah
That snap on torque wrench hurts my wallet just looking at it.
They make most torque wrenches these days since they bough the british company that originally made them. The digital ones are sooo nice.
Get the one from Eastwood. Just as good, only notable difference is that it doesn't vibrate... I've used both. No need to spend that much cheddar, tbh.
I own one 300 bucks used on ebay and its like new !! 65%off its original.price !
@@areyouavinalaff Ofcourse you feel 'torque'. But you have no clue what moment it is set on. Feeling has nothing todo with absolute measurements. If you get stronger arms the feel changes, and you tighten it 2x to tight because it feels good.
@@areyouavinalaff Ofcourse I ment where a specific set amount of torque is required you cannot feel it and say, Oh its at 80Nm now as required, or ah it' s good enough for sure because it feels same tightness. Well...you can but, it won't always be perfect. Also depends if grease is used, metal or aluminium etc. How nice of you to assume I dont have any experience. Just sayin, where asked for one of these, let's say a cylinder head, I use it. All other stuff is 'feel'. We don't need to fight bro.
What i learn for "building a rotary" from this video: LUBEE!!
Just a touch
Building any engine, too much won't hurt but too little will kill it
Alex is not a small person, he is just lowered :D
#Cutsprings
Stanced... or slammed
He's got those good old British coilovers
More like chopped...
Haha, YES!
You Guys are so talented your knowledge is second to none I just love watching mechanics working at the highest level.
P.s. Josh is a giant.
So satisfying to see a engine come together. I like how simple the rotory engine actually is
Josh is lit, you should go do 2 guys 2 rx8 challenge😂
This guy is Bob Ross of rotary engines
And over here, we're going to put a little lube...
Don't ask him to paint Mohammed!!!
Josh is a rotary craftsman, comedian and legend all bundled up in one. Great video!!
SO interesting to watch an expert engineer perform a rebuild while providing a full commentary about WHY he is doing each step. I leaned an enormous amount about rotary engines from this series. Doubly entertaining as Josh is a NATURAL showman as well as Engineering Guru.
The Edd China of rotaries. Josh the legend!
True,maybe Edds a little taller?not much in it tho.
shame Edd no longer does wheeler dealers.
ive watched it since the very first episode,so its just not the same without edd.
Josh needs a RUclips channel!
This is by far one of the best rotary build videos on RUclips. Well done lads, so informative and entertaining.
I have a '95 FD at home and plan on doing my first home rebuild. This video has been crazy informative and helpful. Keep up the great rotary content!!
More long videos like this please! Especially with entertaining guys who know exactly what they are doing.
That rebuilt engine does sound very whooshy. Lovely sound!
Josh is a f***ing superstar
I understand the basic principles of a rotary, is great to see one get thrown together, ty for filming and uploading... very cool to see. props to your engineer
Josh is a natural presenter. Far chirpier than the person who built my last rotary engine 😆.
This looks deceptively simple.
Yup - conceptually it's really simple... it's the precision / tollerances that are the hard bit (that, and remembering every little seal :D)
Geoff Willingham yeah, probably just takes experience and messing up a few times lol
They didn't show any of the side seal stuff, it's not all out of the box and into the engine
It looks simple, but that where the dorito fools you. You think its easy which will make you spend your lifesavings and more on that dorito out of hell!
Watch aaroncake's video to see all the missing stuff. There are some really tediuos stuff, like side seal grinding and more.
This really opened my eyes to the world of rotary tbh
D. Mac634 Same. Really consider an RX-8 myself now lol
@@petrolpower96 ikr I had no Idea how simple they are itd be a cool car to have
Looks nice until you realize how much it costs/how hard it is to find a good rotary mechanic/how often you need to do this to maintain good compression.
@@thedude102878 lol wut. You dont have to rebuild a rotary to maintain good compression. Just keep oil and coolant in it and they are fine. My rx7 has 300k on the original carbed motor, no rebuilds ever. The carb failed before my motor did.
Trust me this is the average basic rebuild. You're scratching the surface on this channel mate.
Fabulous series chaps. My dad bought a brand new Orange Mazda RX-2 in 1973, the dealer didn't know what to do with it when it became hard to start (at 14k) so my dad took the engine out and rebuilt it on his desk at work (a wooden hut on a demolition site), this was in 1974 with no internet to help, he replaced the rotor tips and it ran beautifully for another 20k but failed again at 34k and the car sat for some years.
Sadly my dad sold it to a guy who gave it to a garage who fitted a ford V4 engine, they left a fuel hose loose and the car caught fire and burnt to a crisp on it's test run, when my dad heard he didn't laugh....much ;) I believe the car would have wanted this rather than suffer the indignity of having a stone age iron piston engine.
I did LOVE that car and have loved Rotary's ever since, my best friend too, he was so inspired by the engine he went on to have a huge collection of Wankel engined motorcycles, Norton F1's, DKW and 2 Van Veen ! (they only made 36) and has become an expert on them. Great engines.
These lads are just down the road from me. Watching this makes me want to buy an RX just so I can take it to be worked on by them.
@6:43 that's what she said...
@12:35 that's what she said!
@20:46 that's what she said!!!
@27:06 must... not... oh come on, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!
Duuuuuuudddddeeeeee!! Hahaha you killed me!! :')
I have also died at 27:54...but man what a gorgeous comment Ivan
People still say that? Huh....
Rob K yeah?
and 6:12
An entire rebuild in 7 hours? Jesus... Another reason why blowing a rotary isn't actually that bad. Well, nowhere near as bad as in a pisston anyway.
That guy should have his own youtube channel
Probably 20 hours for an average guy not pros
they had all the parts at hand, they essentially just disassembled and reassembled it, that probably cut the time down a lot
@@TempoMontages for a full rebuild that's still really good haha
Rebuilds can go a lot worse, really depends on the damage.
Next we'll br watching electric rotaries be rebuilt xD. Gotta get that copper wire all around the rotor housing or it'll mess up the electro-magnetic fields!
28:11 was pretty much me during my entire RX8 ownership hahahaha
That was a great watch, Josh is a natural presenter.
Josh should have a own channel, very funny, friendly and knowledge, great stuff
When I realized that this video was 36 minutes long I was just like: "Man, I´m never gonna watch that till the end." And now 30+ minutes later I´ve seen it whole and got to say that it was really entertaining and that I can´t wait to see something simmular in the future. I´m pleased that I can like 60th time in a row say that this week Car Throttle did not dissapointed me! Great work Alex and Crew and keep on what you are doing.
Gotta admit, this is the best series from CT. Great job👍
Don't forget your premix, big guy😊
Love the Rotary l had a Cappella, an RX3, 4 &7. I can't remember which one had the Peripheral Port. But...
Nothing like that rhythm of the 13B Bridgeport idle. ~Karen🌹
@Dee Jay yep!
Given these thing are said to be notorious for failure. I’m surprised no one has done one of these videos.
ruclips.net/video/LSEs8VXzVPU/видео.html - Yet to finish this Car Throttle vid, but I imagine it will be the same kind of video.
Aaroncake have a video like 8 years ago building a 13b
i see you everywhere lol
There are SO many rotary rebuild videos out there. You're not looking very hard.
YOU ARE EVERYWHERE, STOP IT
I like Josh. Really funny duude :D
Fascinating to watch someone who really knows their stuff get to work. What an amazing character Josh is. Massive props!
The best RX-8 rebuild video I have ever seen! This saves so much time versus the intense reading of over two thousand internet posts on three different forums. Thank you so much!
These engines seem simpler that i imagined
There's literally 3 moving parts. Rotaries are easier to put together than a Piston engine.
Tom you would have more trouble getting the engine out than rebuilding
They're basically awesome and just get a bad reputation.
@@shona5512 And they break 3 times as often.
they are incredible simple, practically adult lego.
What a great video and engine. So straightforward to assemble.
You can really see the passion these guys have for their work. Really great fun to watch. This guy needs his own channel
Josh is awesome, the mechanic who has the block bolt tightening pattern memorized is the one you want working on your car.
You know what grinds my gears ? A blown clutch
See what you did there
😂😂
Just hang on there...don't let things slip...it'll go into a spin...it will certainly be felt all around.
@@BGone-mb7wz Revs keeps on slippin, slippin', slippin, into the cluuuutch plaaaate
a 6s lipo and 7500kv brushless motor on a Tamiya Hornet
very calming to watch
i dont know anything about rotary engines but as soon as they started talking about porting and polishing i was instantly teleported back 20 years when i used to have a lot of fun with 2 strokes, i really need to learn more about those mazda engines, they seems like a lot of fun
Don't waste your time... these very unreliable engines are obsolete for a very good reason.
The world needs more Josh. What a legend
If I ever see Josh in subway. I'm paying for his Sub.
On this episode Alex got his first hand experience on how to slide it in! Where we learned that lubing it up first would surely made it easier to schluch it down but as we see it's far inferior than going in dry. Stay tuned.
I would really want another episode of this, even if this was absolutely perfect... It's been 4yrs ... But I need!
really enjoyed this episode, this guy is a truly rotary wizard.
That is probably the best episode of CT I have ever seen, so good. Quality content!
36 mins? This gon be good.
32:13
Dude was having war flashbacks
Probably flashbacks of him blowing his seals up at the first startup
Lmao
My new life plan: Upload this to PornHub, get rich.
*Fbi entered the chat*
I thought you were just joking but even the background music sounds like pornhub :)))
Good idea comrade!!
Someone might jerk off to this
*Brazzers wants to know your location*
The Next step is to give Felix a Four rotor
Or quad turbos
Or maybe just one turbo but a big one
It really needs too be more turbo than engine if he's going single, fuck the lag it be reet
Boost in, apex seals out
Yeah Renesis engines hate boost, can run like 8-10psi and that’s a risk. He should’ve bridgeported it, stuck a DIRTY exhaust and intake on it, stand-alone ECU, AFR gauge etc and see what she ran. Sorta disappointed by this build :(
When will we get a quad turbo setup with one really big rotor?
I was thinking of a 11k RPM N/A track car
Seen this already, ALREADY fell in love with the rotary's of the rx7/8. Videos like these make me want one even more, and fix the engine myself so I know.
Videos like this make you want one more
Don't do it, they are really horrible cars.
32:27 Josh.exe has stopped working
Somehow he reminds me of Bob Ross for assembling wankel engines.
"And we apply juuuust a little bit of lube here and a nice little bead of that silicon."
36 minutes later, I feel like I could do it blindfolded
I know rotary-fu
New Bird Box challenge
I’m rebuilding a rx8 and this is the best guide I have ever seen and rotary Revs definitely has the best pricing as far as parts
Honestly ive had a pretty bad headache since morning, but watching car throttle made it go away, thx
One of my fav episodes josh is as wired as I am 😂
He is such a nice guy!
This guy single handedly rebuilt that engine while having a personality of gold! What a guy!
Josh seems like the kind of guy you can just sit, drink beer and talk about car stuff with.
£650 for the car, how much for the engine rebuild? Absolutely great video, thank you 👍
I just looked it up on their website and it's about £2500 but there are different tiers
@@randomaccessbrains It is waaay less than what I spected! Really cheap! you can have that awesome car for under 4k running with an almost new engine!
@@andycapo9you yeah i was also very surprised by their quote as i've heard people quoting 6000$ or more on the internet
Ramses not bad, now the car is fully sorted for years 👍
@@randomaccessbrains Alex probably hadn't the cheapest tier.
4:25 Just realized this a 36min video 😯
Me too
And how does that make you feel?
Yeah... too long.
@@danielrobinson2861 Naaah, dis is great!
@@alexkersten1964 The longer videos the better ( #blessed cause you replied )
Can I just say, the background jazz is just absolutely splendid while I'm watching this awesome video. Thanks for that nice touch!
Just found the series, this rebuild by Josh was really interested, great work JOSH!!!! The LUBE GUY !!!
"Add a little locktite" -ChrisFix on every bolt ;)
Really good demonstration of assembly of a rotary, seen heaps of assembly vids but none with this walk through 👍🏻
I hope all my mechanics are so hilarious like him. Love his attitude
I don't typically get too engaged in your content but this rebuild has been fantastic.
The winner is Romanian, just like me
And Happy Birthday, Alex!!