With that in mind, Mazda was thinking about what could be done to close that power gap. Mazdaspeed supplied the program’s 4-rotor engines and had developments undergoing testing on the dynomometer in Japan that were producing in excess of 700hp. “Needless to say we were excited and looking forward to the 1993 season,” said Dick St. Yves, Mazda Motorsports Manager 1988-1993. Subsequently, design mockups were underway to move the oil cooler into the side pods and enlarging the front-mounted radiator. A program of weight reduction was also being considered as the car never scrutineered at its . minimum anyway, typically coming in around . above it.