The 12-Rotor Engine With A 5,000-HP Dream Hits The Dyno For The First Time

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03/27/2025 09:10 AM

Rotary engines have been around as a niche solution in cars since 1961, but were made famous in automotive culture by Mazda using the Wankel single triangle-shaped rotary piston design. Mazda used a two-rotor design engine with two turbochargers in its now legendary third-generation RX-7 sports car. We'll just gloss over the RX-8 and move on - rotary engines reached their pinnacle with Mazda's 2.6-liter quad-rotor Wankel engine-powered race car that, against incredible odds, won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1991.

The 12-Rotor Engine With A 5,000-HP Dream Hits The Dyno For The First Time

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