Quote Originally Posted by EJ25RUN
The Rotary has already proved itself as a failure when it comes to mass production. The Rotary will meet the same faith as did two stroke motorbikes.
Usually your responses are very thoughtful and right on the money. This one though..... .

Rotaries are VERY reliable....as long as you take freaking care of them. IE Change your fucking oil. A Non-turbo Rotary will take WAY more pounding, hard driving and plain ass kicking than any piston engine hands down. I've Solo'd numerous Rotaries and EVERY time I run in the redline, buzzer screaming for 2 to 3 minutes, a time, 5 to 6 times a day.

Now. A Turbo Rotary will ALSO last. My first FD. 138,000 on the original motor, trans, wiring harnes (Which is amazing). What was the secret to longevity? Taking care of it. The problem most Rotary drivers had with the stock 3rd gen was that they paid over 40k for the thing, treated it like a supercar, parked it in their garage and let it sit without starting it on a weekly basis. You can do that with a piston engine, you cannot do that with a Rotary. They get in them after 6 months down, crak it over, hit the street and blow up through the power with a cold engine....pop goes the seal.

So. You are completely wrong. It's not the engines fault, it's the jackasses that owned them and didn't treat them like they should haves fault. End of rant.

As for the rest of this thread.....RX-7 is dead. If you notice, the RX's were a progression number. Same as the Datsuns. Progression means change. Now...may we see a RX-9 down the road with what you want in an RX-7...maybe but I doubt it. The current state of the world economy, the volitile fuel prices, whole countries are looking at not being able to balance budgets because of tanking oil prices, car companies suffereing....I doubt much experimental tomfoolery with Rotary trucks and whatnot is coming anytime soon. Besides, nothing could ever recreate the REPU man...nothing could come close to that level of coolness.