Boxster "S" vs. 996 911 - help

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

Doesn't the rotary engine weight like 100 lbs or so. I saw one once out of the car and it looked tiny to me.

It's a little heavier than that, the rotor housings are steel. But it is pretty light and small. The simplicity is the real beauty of the rotary. Think about everything spinning, orbiting and sliding in a piston engine. The rotary has just 3 rotating parts.

[Cloudsurfer]

Lets not forget that the GT3 motor uses the "old school" split crankcase design (from the air cooled days, very similar to a recip aviation motor) which has been proven since the 962 days. The GT3 motor has nothing in common (other than displacement and being water cooled) with the M96 motor in the other cars.

Patrick