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The rotary was banned in endurance races by the FIA, not for being too powerful, but for being too reliable! Because there are only 5 moving parts on that engine, its not going to spin a bearing, throw a rod, shatter a piston, or float a valve (doesn't have any), and even if it overheats, it will still run due to the casting and metals used in the rotor housing. the rotary is on Ward's greatest engines of all time list for a reason.

the mazda 787B is the bad boy in LeMans history.
1 year, 1 win, then outlawed for life !!!!

the funniest thing is that after the race, they teared down the engine to look at its internals. SUPRISED, the engine couldve last another 24 hours race. The engine actually redone after over 50 hours of test driving.
no piston engines from LeMans couldve been near this.

-I think it's funny piston guys call our motors "inferior", yet they have to make special rules to class our engine size.