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Originally posted by Moppie
Becuase lets be honest here, as cool an engine as the Rotory is, it will never make as much hp as a V8.
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not true. The reason most people baby rotaries is because mazda holds the patents to alot of the technology behind them, and they have ALWAYS skimped on power (miata, mp3, etc). They always go for low displacement engines. If another company would be able to make use of the rotary technology, they'd use more rotors etc. The 20b uses 3 rotors and puts out 280hp stock if you port the I/E, get a new pully system, new computer, and remove the old TT and put a quick spooling single turbo, it can touch 400+ easily. An experimental 6-rotor engine from mazda put out 900hp. It's just like an I-4 compared to a V-12 in the piston world, theres no replacement for displacement.
As mazda loses it's patents (i think theres a time limit isn't there?), maybe someone would make good use of the design. In fact i think i recall GM having solved some of the rotaries difficulties but couldn't apply it and never released the technology as they don't hold the patents.