The VIR race last season was the first time I ever saw an 8...Love at first site. I was there for the Formula SAE competition. One hell of a weekend.

 

Notice I said two "power" cycles.

Take a closer look at what you are talking about

 

but then sometimes after that, the more they know, the more they hate

take me. over the years i've come to know a lot about porsche; their old and historical cars, road and race, etc. and now i hate them more than ever

 

Could you elaborate? Or is that sarcasm?
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In all fairness the rotary should be considered twice what Mazda calls it's displacement because that's completely accurate. The rotary (2 rotor) does have 2 power cycles per rotation. So do 4 cylinder piston engines. The number of power strokes in 2 complete revolutions of the engine is the only fair way to compare it because this is airflow over time. It takes a piston engine 2 revolutions to complete all of it's displacement so that's what a rotary should compare to in order to keep it fair. Keep in mind that if we wanted to do total swept displacement on a rotary, that would be over 3 revolutions which would mean that we'd have a 3.9 liter 2 rotor engine so don't complain. The fact that the rotary isn't the most efficient engine in the world does hurt a little bit it but that's a disadvantage of the rotary and not one that should be expected of the rule makers to compensate for. Our shortcoming is just that, ours. The rotary does have advantages and there are a number of ways to build a race car even within the scope of the rules so no one technique is correct. If this were true it would be called NASCAR.

If you really wanted to make things fair, you'd limit total displacement over time rather than engine size. What this would mean is that you could run any sized engine that you wanted to. For example let's say you had a limit that said that 2L engines could rev to a max of 9000 rpm. That would mean the same displacement over time would limit a 4L engine to a max of 4500 rpm. How many people would that **** off!!!

 

so here come the diesels!!
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