The rotary is pending resurrection, but in the meantime, swapping one of these old-fashioned cylinder powerplants in your ...

Drive has tested a 1993 Mazda RX-7 with the rotary engine and compared it to a 1994 Mazda RX-7 with an LS2 V8 swap to see which makes a better Mazda RX-7.

Here's a question that can be used to describe this rendering: when completing a good old LS swap on a Mazda RX-7, why limit yourself to the engine?

So what can you do once you've bought an RX-8 with a blown engine, fix it? No, you have to do something stupid like a Cummins diesel engine swap.

The 20B is the big block of Mazda rotary engines, displacing 2.0-liters, and in recent years the three-rotor has become a popular transplant for diabolical RX-7 owners.