hi, group. seems to me that a three rotor would be a shoe-in for a hi- performance rotary (long term solution). short term it might be easier to bolt on a
supercharger to the RX8 feed it no more than 8 psi.and call it day. ultimately if mazda wants to recapture it's position it had when RX7's were breathing down
the necks of porsche 944s for less money then a three rotor is  The way to go. I was wondering if the rotary lends it's self to cylinder deactivation type
engine controls, if so this could help a production three rotor get pass the corp. types. when you went to Japan did you get the feeling that a three rotor
was on the agenda. cliff.

In a word no but if we can convince them an aluminum three rotor is the way to go
in the RX8 the aluminum end housings can be used on a two rotor and one rotor
saving a bunch of weight.

Paul Lamar
 
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