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OUTLINE
0100–2
ENGINE FEATURES
CHU010002000S02
End Of Sie
ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS
CHU010002000S03
Improved power performance
A side intake and exhaust port system adopted
2-piece apex seals adopted
Keystone shaped side seals adopted
Cut-off seal adopted
A lightweight flywheel adopted
Improved driving performance
Advanced front mid-ship layout adopted
Drive-by-wire system, which opens and closes throttle valve by throttle actuator,
adopted
Improved engine torque and
output
Sequential dynamic air intake system (S-DAIS) adopted
Improved startability A reduction type starter adopted
Reduced weight
Thin walls on the side housings adopted
Lightweight rotors adopted
Aluminum rotor housings adopted
Aluminum engine mount brackets adopted
A compact oil filter adopted
A thin oil pan made of steel adopted
An oil strainer made of plastic adopted
A down flow type radiator with aluminum core and plastic tank adopted
Miniaturization
A regulatorless generator with built-in power transistor adopted
A built-in type water pump adopted
Improved fuel economy
Bathtub shaped combustion chambers adopted
By-pass valve in the eccentric shaft adopted
Anti-wet port adopted
Improved idle fuel economy Jet air fuel mixing system adopted
Reduced engine noise and
vibration
Oil-filled engine mount rubber adopted
A cooling fan with electric motor adopted
Improved reliability
A degassing type coolant reserve tank adopted
An independent ignition control system with distributorless ignition coil adopted
A battery duct adopted
Improved durability A spark plug with an iridium tip adopted
Improved lubricity
A two-rotor type trochoid oil pump adopted
An electric type metering oil pump adopted
Improved safety A starter interlock switch adopted (MT)
Improved serviceability
Nylon tubes adopted for fuel hoses in the engine compartment and around the fuel
tank, and quick release connectors adopted for joints
Wiring harness simplification Controller area network (CAN) adopted
Reduction of evaporative gas
Returnless fuel system adopted
Evaporative purge control adopted
Improved exhaust purification
Secondary air injection (AIR) system with electric secondary air injection (AIR) pump
adopted
TWC system adopted
Item
Specifications
13B-MSP
(Standard power)
13B-MSP
(High power)
MECHANICAL
Engine type Rotary
Rotor arrangement and number In-line 2-rotor, longitudinal
Combustion chamber type Bathtub
Displacement (ml {cc, cu in}) 654 {654, 40.0}×2
Compression ratio 10.0
Compression pressure
(kPa {kgf/cm
2
, psi} [rpm])
830 {8.5, 120}[250]

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