Great black hills article about Hangman, Hal Johns, and Twisted.
Now i can't wait to go again. And its not even christmas yet.
They must have paved it if skidzukies made it through.
Yes he did transplant a 1.1L rotary out of an old 1st gen RX-7 (carburated) They do produce quite a bit of torque, and from what he says due to the large heavy flywheel he has no problem crawling at lower RPMS. I do belive he is very low geared though. If i where to do it i would use the 1300B (1.3L) fuel injected rotary to help with the off-camber high altitude problems he was having.
The main thing that makes it work is using the mazda 5speed which is designed to utilize the powerband of the rotary motor more effectivly.
But even all that said for this sport i wouls still much rather have the VW TDI if i were to go away from the suzuki powerplants.