March Sport Compact Car mag had a shoot out on a bunch of modified
street cars with no rules. Drag strip, road course, skid pad braking, 
dyno HP, emissions, MPG, etc., etc.. A 367 HP third gen rotary powered  
Lotus 7 type car with carbon body that weighed only 1700 pounds was doing 
real well until they "fried the fuel system" on the road course. Sound 
familiar? Mount those injectors on the cool side of the engine folks.

IMHO it would have won overall if it had not failed on the road course.
Had the highest skid pad G by a bunch. Over 1.15 G. It would also have excelled
in braking if the brake balance front to rear had been set right.
Came in second on low emissions of all things and got 23.5 mpg on
the highway test. Too bad it was broke when it came time to do the drag
strip and braking tests. With 367 HP at the rear wheels and 1700 pounds it
would have an exceptional power to weight ratio of 4.6. That is less
than half of most high power street cars. This is where the high
power to weight ratio of the rotary engine pays off in the real world.

A high buck turbo Toyota Supra had the highest HP at 619
but finished third.

A 541 HP Dodge Viper won overall.

What they failed to do was weigh all the cars. That would be of great interest
to me.

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/  Their web site sucks.


Paul Lamar
 
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