Just to clear it all up, let me clarify that well designed, built and maintained rotary is just as and sometimes even more reliable than their piston engined equivalents, especially when revved high a lot. Lack of vibration certainly helps a lot. It is just that the way that lubrication works in rotaries mean that they need to consume significantly more oil. That's all.
And I'm just trying to give everyone an idea how high society snobs are like. From their point of view, the average person is worth than their daily spending money. Motor oil? DISGUSTING!
However, let me stress that a rotary for the FZ series might be a good thing if you ignore the minor inconvenience of needing to top up a liter of oil every thousand or 2 ks. Lighter engine at the back means more balanced weight distribution, which certainly wouldn't hurt.
There's not much sense in putting a light and compact engine like a rotary in almost anything else. Not only would it be redundant to put it in a frame like the FZ's, it wouldn't be as fun.
And why not? Your post made absolutely no sense, if you put an engine that can rev high, sound beautifu, and perform differently than a Inline or V, then why not have it?
FYI Mitsubishi actually built a 4WD rally version of the Mitsubishi Starion. But as rally rules changed, economics, etc. came into the equation, it was dropped.
Imagine if such a potential monster actually came to be and resulted in production cars as popular as the current Lancer Evolutions. Mitsubishi Starion Evolution, 320hp and 400Nm OEM, SAWD system, mass with 85kg driver and full fuel load (100Liters) under 1500kg, mass distribution 52/48 F/R. If that's no fun, then you're no car guy. Case closed.
And whoever says that the 997 turbo S or equivalent/better isn't fast and fun to drive really need to have his head examined.
If it was no more than 100kg heavier but with a 180hp 1.8L turbo, RB4 style 4WD system, 100mm longer wheelbase, 50mm wider track, 205 width tires and no less than 125mm of maximum potential suspension travel (with quality spring/damper sets to suit), it'll eat current RB4s for breakfast on anything that's remotely technical.
1) LFS has a small enough car-set that a duplicate car different only by its engine would be redundant, a waste of development resources..
2) Even more so if the engine doesn't even fit the car
3) Because the rotary is a light and compact engine, best fitting to a lightweight frame.. It doesn't have enough torque to work in the FZ setup, which would have to be really different to still have the dynamics it has (rear weight bias and throttle behavior synergy). So it would be a wasted opportunity to have a rotary in a fitting platform, rather than bootstrapped to a mismatch.
4) And there's no maintenance modeling in LFS. So oil doesn't even warrant mention.
Why not put a viper engine in the back of the FZ, just because it "can rev high, sound beautifu, and perform differently than a Inline or V" ?
On topic: A 4WD and/or turbo FZ would be fun.. But not as fun as a new model.. And where would a 4/T-FZ fit anyway? It'd be a pretty tight fit, borderline redundant. The only use worth the expense in dev resources would be to bring the FZ range (FZ5+FZT/FZ4wd) up to LX6 pace on the tracks we're it's presently left in the dust. Why not just have an altogether new car? We still don't have a big sports sedan, or muscle car, or prototype, or exotic supercar (700-800hp road legal sorta stuff), or a number of other types as listed in past threads dealing with this..
Come on guys.. It's a porsche. A rear-engined flat-6, with the specific character that's made the porsche 911 type a staple of sunday B-road addicts and motorsports.. A 'front engined fz' wouldn't be an fz, not anymore than by name. It'd be more like a Maranello or something.
After all these engine debates, I'm still sticking to my camless flat-6 VGT. At least until I find something absolutely superior and viable in every way that matters.
A 500+hp FZ type car would be amazing with 4WD set on 30/70 F/R and just a bit of overall downforce for high speed handling and stability.
"I’ve recently finished my latest personal project. It is one of those bigger and I started to work on it in January 2008. It was shortly after I’ve seen Mad Max trilogy again. I love those fallout vehicles in the movie and I remember like I loved them when I was just a kid so I’ve decided to make at least my own one."
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+2 for FZT
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Wow, was looking for Marek Denko artworks, and saw one thing.
Didn't post a new thread because this isn't so big thing, but it's still funny that I found that pic by looking for that mad max car render creators website.
Imho, if we really would get a more powerful FZ5 I'd like to see it rear wheel drive as well. Somewhere between 500 and 600 is good for me
It would also need a mid-engine competitor, like a Ferrari F40 AND McLaren F1 AND Maserati MC12. And a front engine competitor like Corvette Z06 AND Dodge Viper GTS.
Naturally a smaller supercar class would be nice with cars like Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, TVR Sagaris, Ferrari F430, BMW M3 and ...
As for rotary (wankel) engine, maybe one for a prototype...
