In a message dated 4/22/2002 10:25:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, farnorth-ak@gci.net writes: > The only goof Mazda made was the rotary engine. What a lemon that was. > My 1979 Prototype RX-7 had a great engine, the earlier RX-3 and Rx-4 were Wankels, my 1979 was a SINGER . Wankels were not too good, the Singer was a BEAUTY. That car PURRED, and although not too fast off the line, redlined at 8,000 RPM, had 90 HP, and was easy at 165 mph. I outran a Arkansas Highway patrolman about three AM once. (I had to get from Abilene Texas to Missouri in three and a half hours) I did it, but I drove BACK slowly. They freaked out when I registered it in california, th VIN number was MAZRX7003PROTO. It didn't fit their "standard codes for Mazda cars." I drove it from abilene to Chicago, and from there to Los Angeles, and I had trouble crossing the rockies, it is oil injected, and the oil line to the Carburator clogged. I had to stop in Jan's home town for repairs. The dealer freaked too. It looks just like an 1980, but NOTHING is standard under the hood. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)