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Originally posted by BooRadley
Better performance for the MPG? Rotaries have notoriously low MPG because they have a low compression ratio. Do not try to argue unless you have had more engineering thermodynamics than myself (I'm about a year from graduating with a Mechanical Engineering degree. I am not joking. I have been told several times how "engines work" by people who haven't the faintest clue of anything related to actual science, and don't want to hear it anymore.
Sigh. I apologize for ranting.
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Okay, I shouldn't argue with you because of your incipient engineering degree? Interesting style of argument. How about you shouldn't argue with me because I have brown hair? Or maybe you shouldn't argue with me because my screen name starts with an "M". Shitty argument technique, weak as hell, and irrelevent. I can tell you all sorts of BS qualifications I have and they won't mean a jot more than what you offered simply because you failed to back up what you say.
The statement I offered was 1) anecdotal, as I said it was coming from a friend what is a rotary nut, and 2) comparing performance/MPG, not discussing MPG. Your "notoriously poor MPG" comment is about as relevant as your upcoming degree. I made zero comments about what sort of MPG rotaries get. I made a comment about what performance they can squeeze from the gas they eat. From what experience I have in his RX-7, it's pretty damned good. It beat my Z on both performance and MPG (not too hard, my Z was NA and an automatic).
Two pieces of advice.
A) Finish your degree. It don't mean a thing until you're done with it and using it.
B) Don't ever tell anyone not to argue with for an insipid reason like you having a degree in mechanical engineering. You could be talking to Soichira Honda for all you know and he'd could shove it down your throat.