Quote Originally Posted by Sabrewings View Post
Rotories are only cool when you rev them up high. In normal day-to-day driving, even under a little boost, the RX-7s and RX-8s were pigs.
That is the big downfall of rotary. They are gas guzzlers! RX-8 rating is like 18-19 mpg highway, and that's what the dealer rated it! However I was referring to performance out of a rotary. Rotary engines were banned from the Le Mans and GT series because the 3 Rotor 20B RX-7s were destroying everything on the track due to all the power they could make without going against displacement regulations. Destroying is an understatement! Pending any issues, the lead RX-7 literally broke away almost 45 minutes to the next closest manufacturer, which was a Porsche! Unfortunately, like many rotaries do, the engine blew up. If anyone follows time trials in the 24 hour races, most cars are within 2-10 minutes of each other, if that! Mazda fought to allow them to put the RX-8 into competition. After almost 10 years they lifted the ban in the GT series and reset the displacement regulations specific for rotary, and only allow 2 Rotor engines. The thing had so many extra regulations on it, and it still did quite well in the 2007 Rolex. If anyone else watched, you'd be proud because a G6 GXP destroyed the GT series and all it's Porsches and BMWs involved!