Rotary AE86?

[Apolan]

speed inc. im not going to do this swap, as i just finnished rebuilding my bluetop engine and im hoping it wont give me any trouble for the next couple of years..

But rather out of curriosity i started this thread. Its not about how much power you can make, but rather "completing/perfecting" the AE, to polish out all the weakpoints of the car - so it becomes perfect for what its already supposed to be. Surely this might be a bit subjective but not much if you understand what ae was set out to do. A little like miata - perfect for what it is supposed to be.

That being said, a perfected hachi would be:
-900 kg
-sharp, crispy, responsive and high revving 160 hp (NA)
-better tranny with a bit shorter throws and a bit shorter gearing (4.7 r&p)
-keeping the solid axle, suspension geometry, LSD
-moving the weight a bit further back
-and a bit stiffer chassis

In that respect the 13b+tranny are perfect. The only weakpoint in this philosophy seems to be the reliability&economy issue. The hachi was created to offer all of the pleasures of a genuine sports car, while keeping the expenses low, so an average joe could enjoy it. Still i can't shake off the feeling that theese issues are a bit exagarated. It just doesnt make sense to me that such a simple and brilliant design, which was perfected during three decades by a giant like Mazda, would be causing so many problems if done and cared for right.

And sure you might as well buy an FC which is also a very cool car, probably right after the ae on my list.. But than you'd have to go turbo and i just cannot learn to love "the snail".