think your wrong... that 4 rotor is running 500whp and 500ftlb torque... that N/A too no turbo... mazda also did pretty well in lemans with a 4 rotor... plus there are cars like james wildays who is running the fastest road legal rx7... for something with less power and torque than a v8 he is doing 1/4 miles in less than 10seconds! with only 600bhp from a rotary....
drag strip is obviously about the weight aswell which i mentioned. I admit, I didn't realise the 4 rotor was chucking that out, thats quite impressive tbh. What I meant was that some V8s are perfectly capable of 2000hp+ on road fuel. As a stock motor, for the size of them the power output is poor, and jap wins but ultimately once you start spending the money you'll get more power from a V8. This has been proven so far, the highest tuned supra's and skylines are throwing out 1000-1400hp max, that I've seen anyway. I've never heard of a w**kel hitting much over 600 but never looked into that. I've known big blocks tuned to 1500hp happily and heard of hemi's hitting close to 2000hp! No replacement for displacement
I also think a V8 is the best engine noise in the entire history of the world ever ever ever, closely followed by a V10...
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