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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081107064818AAVfQMGBecause cam shafts have a limited RPM range where they are efficient. On a stock street engine it is a compromise. The manufacturers grind the camshafts so they are more efficient at a lower RPM range. This is because they want the engines to deliver more power at a low RPM. This saves fuel and makes the engine last longer. They also want to develop more power at a usable RPM range for every day driving. It would get annoying very quickly crusing down the highway at 65 MPH with the engine turning 7000 RPM so making the most power at this RPM doesn't make sense. People would rather have the engine purring at 1800 RPM at 65 MPH instead.
With a Rotary engine, the location of the ports are the equivalent of the piston engine camshaft. Again, they want the engine to develop more power and torque at a lower RPM and to conserve fuel and make the engine last longer. In the stock street versions of these engines, at high RPM they are reaching the limits of how much air can pass through the intake ports.
Race engines develop their power at a high RPM. With these engines, power and torque are everything. The professionals rebuild them after every event so they are only concerned with the engines lasting until the end of the race. Some professional dragster and funny car teams rebuild their engine after every 1/4 mile pass.