Greetings
In looking at the negatives on a rotary it seems that Mazda stopped

selling the rotary

in the US because of fuel economy amoung other things.
Also reading about the rotary this fact is mentioned in several

places.

It would appear that this fact is so.
Question is does anyone know why this is so?
Also, we had asked on another post if anyone had used the aluminum

end

housings from

Racing Beat?  If so what do you think about them?
Royce

That was not the reason at all. Most people thought $35K was too much

money for

a third gen RX7 in 1993. Sales went down. An EPA/CARB OBD II

requirement

for 1994

was the last straw. Mazda pulled it from the N.A. market.

RB has several hundred hours on the dyno with the 900 HP turbo three

rotor

and alloy end housings. Improvements in coatings have been made over

the

years.

Paul Lamar

jon mitchell wrote:

The Mazda is a sports car not a Ugo! Sports car are not built around

fuel

economy but speed and looks! Think of this does Porshe get good fuel
mileage?

My RX-7 burns more than my old diesel Rabbit, but not much different than

the Mustangs, Beemers, Camaros I like to play with. Remember the rotary is
the displacement replacement.
How about those Canuck hockey boys and girls eh ?
Cheers,
John

 
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