# Rotary Engine vs. Piston Engine - Opinions?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotary-engine-vs-piston-engine-opinions/135139
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotary-engine-vs-piston-engine-opinions/135139 "2008-01-15T15:09:00Z")
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### Author: ![pcproa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@pcproa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pcproa)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotary-engine-vs-piston-engine-opinions/135139/16 "2008-01-16T12:36:47Z")

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> [@Spider photography](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spider-photography/2834/7):
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> well ya, people are always blowing headgaskets…

ok… this baffled me… So I looked it up to verify cause I didn’t want to sound dumb.  
Rotary motors do not have head gaskets. They do not have Cylinder Heads to have head gaskets. Are you sure you’re talking about the right thing?

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