I'm not sure if this is true or not, but i had a race with an 2001 eclispe gt and uphill he slightly caught me up to about 120 (he started behind me). Then we raced again on a flat road and i walked him pretty quick. Because rotaries lack torque does that = less speed up hills because of weight? That's my guess.

 

it doesnt EXACTLY equal less speed up hill. torque is the driving FORCE or a tendency to turn about an axis. going up hill means youre going against gravity instead of going perpendicular to it. which means the torque has more of a force working AGAINST it. in the case of the eclipse it probably had a higher torque to weight ratio than you do. it takes a lot less torque to get a car going and keep it going when there is little opposing forces(ie wind or gravity). u can have a car with 1whp and 23409582354lbs torque go up a hill but a car with 3245943578245whp and only 1lbs of torque not go up a hill at all. drive somewhere with no gravity and there would be no difference going uphill or even downhill.

 

^ LOL

No, The ammount of power your car is making will dettermine it's acceleration uphill, or on a flat surface. Is it possible you were in a differnt gear for the two runs? or shifted at a differnt point?

 

nope, both runs were pretty consistant at least for me