With an all aluminum 16B my guess it would beat
just about any production sports car around most road
race tracks in the world short of perhaps Le Mans.
It would certainly beat anything that cost less than
two or three times its price.

I mentioned this to Noburo Katabucho RX8 Program Manager
and his eyes lit up :)

Hi Paul,
welcome back, was there any mention of an all aluminum engine on the
drawing board? BR, Dave McC

No mention but it would certainly make sense to me if I had
anything to do with it. The rotary is under tremendous
pressure to improve the fuel consumption. Every little bit helps.
50 pounds out of the engine 150 pounds out of the car.

BTW Mazda will be shutting down the engine at stop lights
and instantly starting it up again without using a starter
motor. A side benefit of direct injection. More about that later.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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