# Rotary Engine vs. Piston Engine - Opinions? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![blitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@blitz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blitz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotary-engine-vs-piston-engine-opinions/135139/21 "2008-01-16T20:05:18Z")
> [@Brabus E V-12 Biturbo, not a bad Daily Driver](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brabus-e-v-12-biturbo-not-a-bad-daily-driver/2739/8): > > Rotary’s have one issue, is they liked to be warmed up and cooled down. If you take your RX 7 out when its -40 and start it up and start redlining down the street, you will develop hot spots on the rotary wall. same with cooling down. The rotary engine design is extremely reliable. Plus with the removal of one part a stock 13B can shoot flames lol. Air planes use rotary engines, they must be reliable because they keep planes from falling out of the sky lol plane uses radial engine, not rotary. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotary-engine-vs-piston-engine-opinions/135139)._