Found this article that states that the RX8's renesis engine is 2003's International Engine of the Year.

International Engine Article

- Carlos

 

.... bow to the rotary gods you piston lovers..... rock on

 

That article rocks and is further confirmation to my belief that this motor is going to really shake things up.
How does 4th gen RX-7 sound guys? It's coming.

 

You notice the name of one of the Japanese judges?

Jack K. Yamaguchi

Any relation? Or just a coincidince?

 

I was really excited to know of this. Further developments of the rotary seems really promising to me.

 

I'm sure the guys that continued the R&D on the rotary after FORD said no are extremely proud of themselves. And I'm sure Ford is sayin whew glad we took a risk on it. LONG LIVE THE ROTARY ENGINE!!!!!

 

The Rotaries in NHRA Sport Compact All Motor seem to be doing very well at this point, can't wait to see how the Renesis motor will do in that class, especially in a nice lightweight body like Jesus Padilla's or Ken Sheepers race cars.

 

they should make the 4th gen an n/a 3 rotor. i'd buy that in a sec. w/ only 2 rotors it might have trouble selling against the new wave of sports cars, like the next gen. supra, skyline, and corvette, all of which are rumored to make over 400hp.

 

an n/a 3 rotor would be the shiznit. but then i would hav to try the telescoping intake ports like on the 787B. the idea is great....

 

The RENESIS won the 2.5-3L category as well:
http://www.ukintpress.com/engineoftheyear/25-3.html

I am sure that will fuel the displacement debates for some, and provide some outside validation and perhaps resolution for others.

-Max

 

Max, when the article first came up it was in the 1.0-1.4L category.

 

Wow, it actually one three categories, it took 1st in Best New Engine, it took the 1st in the best 2.5-3.0 category where they considered it to be a 2.6liter. And it also took first in the overall competition with the 2003's International Engine of the Year award.

Damn, sounds like they are doing something right with it

STEPHEN

 

Damn! i didn't know that Lada made rotaries. I remember back in Nicaragua they used to import those from russian and they sucked, but were really cheap to buy and fix, they were something like the Volkswagen but without the reliability.

 

So like VW is now?