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I'd hit it. ;) Nice car.

Oh and a 13b in a first gen is wicked. Light platform with a bigger, more powerful motor. Good stuff. I would love to build a 20b FC race car, but ultimatly doing a 20b RIGHT is just to damn expensive, even N/A. That in some ways is where an LSx swap makes sense. If you want 500+ HP...

As it does with any car.... Yes, if you lean out a turbo rotary you are very likely going to blow it up. A force fed piston motor will take improper tuning better, aka will survive a few pings. On the flip side if you badly over rev a piston motor, force fed or otherwise, beyond what it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Does a good job of answering your question. Primarily is because mazda has and still does own patents on many of the little details that make thier rotary engines reliable, functional, efficent, and powerful. Thus, and beyond that it would be a...

And for those who dont believe in rotary reliability/longevity. A rotary powerd RX-8 just won GT class rolex 24hr at daytona......again.

This is simply not true and nothing you have linked or shown has proven this...it is part of the misinformation being spread around the issue including the unfouned lack of reliability nonsense which is also spread about the rotary. Rotaries are only as reliable as thier owners. I dont care...

I should say that as well. I like the LSx powerplants a lot I am actually on the hunt for a nice vert with a blown motor to put an LS2 t56 combo out of a 05 or 06 gto into for a street sleeper. ;) But for the track i would rather have my rotary....

But to play the game a little longer ;) 2nd reference refers to weighing a v8 car vs mazda curb weight published numbers from 15+ years ago which are known high numbers. For instance my car BONE STOCK was 100lbs ligher than mazda published curb weight for my model/trim... Further his...

Does he or do you own any of these cars? Lets forget the web, how about i host a tech day and i will SHOW you on my intercomp scales to prove it to you.... That way nobody is using hersay from vendors who may or may not include bias to sell thier products. I would submit that using...

This car has a t56 transmission, and is still heavier.

Because everything you read on the web is right huh.....

Yes the car is an FC. And i will agree pistions will always have the torque advantage. But NOT the weight advantage. Block for block the 13b is lighter. Also quite simply the reason rotaries have the reputation they do is simple. Rotaries dont tolerate stupidity. That is why it is far...

In general it is easier (read cheaper and requires less engineering) to get high power out of an LSx engine that is true. But the weight numbers are incorrect. I have personally weight LSx powerd FCs and they are all else being equal a minimum of 100 lbs heavier. The reason some people...

Interesting my car has ALL the same qualities with a rotary in it, including not worring about blowing apex seals. Plus it weighs about 200lbs less.... EDIT: 100-200 lbs less depending on which V8 it is...

If you want a turn key 300rwhp turbo II and you can find the car, AND money is not too much of a factor. Find the car, buy it, and bring it here. This is about the only compitent rotary tuner in the midwest. www.a-spec.com

If you want to talk turbo II builds we should chat. Basically it depends on a lot of factors. The weak point in the turbo II rx-7s is the stock fuel system. The injectors are too small for any thing more than stock power, the pump does not flow enough, the wiring is crappy. etc... Also...

Which he will do for perhaps 20-30k miles at most before he needs a rebuild. And perhaps a lot less depending on internals and tuning.

Yeah, it's not like he has a rotary in that thing. ;) Although im finding once you have a good one built buy sombody who knows what they are doing, and you take care of it not only does it last a good long time but it sure kicks tail.. ;)

We have a two day going on at the end of sept. Same place, MAM.

http://www.findtheline.com/eventreg/ Once again we are having an HPDE at MAM. If you like track time (and by track i mean REAL track, not jerking off in a parking lot) you will get all you and your car can handle at our events. All you need is a well maintained car with working stock...