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Or why not the MS3 engine?
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Well supposedly just as the Boxer's shape made the Twin's chassis possible, the tiny rotary also made the RX-8's chassis and handling possible. Stuff in a piston engine, and it'd become more nose-heavy and probably no longer be a mid-engine car.
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IMO, it woulda made more sense to make a rotary Miata than to use it in a semi-practical 2+2 fixed-roof RX-8.
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I totally agree! A smaller (less power) rotary in a lighter car (Miata) would be more efficient too!
Alas, little screamer engines like in the S2000, older Civic Si's and RX-8 are probably gone forever in the "green" age we're moving into.