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    skip to 3:20 or so, sorry about the douchebag backround music

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    So then you’re sayin that previous vid you posted was an error lol

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    yep. error. wrong thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by byates1 View Post
    cool engines, for sure ,

    don't know much about the design, but basically a piece of metal spinning around crazy fast.

    like 8k rpms no big deal. saw an early rx7 datsun this summer, pretty cool..
    Link I posted said they do 10k rpm easily in race cars. The vid explains the exact difference between normal piston engines. Pretty fun 15min watch really.

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    This one sounds ok.


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    Pic isn’t mine but same year I think. Was a fun car for a couple years. Sold it to get a truck. The choke was a little finicky in cold morning starts but it drove well in snow since you almost sit over the rear wheels. Plenty of power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rideski View Post
    Pic isn’t mine but same year I think. Was a fun car for a couple years. Sold it to get a truck. The choke was a little finicky in cold morning starts but it drove well in snow since you almost sit over the rear wheels. Plenty of power.
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    My brother in law has one of those, he inherited it. Never been out in it. Seemed like an odd third car to have but it has sentimental value.

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    Looks like it'd be fun to drive in a mazda miata kinda way. I think they're pretty retro cool

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    HS back in the mid 70's a buddy used to always be driving RX2''s & 3's cuz his dad was the sales manager at a Mazda dealer

    another buddy had his dads datzun 260 so they would drag and it was pretty close, the triumph TR6 was also in that same class of speed but the rotary Mazda sedans looked more like econobox's than sports cars

    I remember they were so smooth, buddy was sitting in an RX 2 in neutral holding a steady high revs for about 15 sec's which didnt sound very stressful on the engine and then he said to us " so its redlined right now "

    too bad the rotary ate engine seals
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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    I remember they were so smooth, buddy was sitting in an RX 2 in neutral holding a steady high revs for about 15 sec's which didnt sound very stressful on the engine and then he said to us " so its redlined right now "
    The eccentric shaft of a Mazda rotary spins three times faster than the rotors, so the number on the tach is 3x the actual rotor rpm. It's smooth because it's much straighter than a conventional crankshaft.

    The early carburetted 12A was rev-limited by virtue of insufficient breathing, and the fuel-injected 12A and 13B had ECU rev-limiting (basically to protect everything on the accessory belt system). Both were easy to remedy if you wanted to race the thing.

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    I've always wanted to throw money down an RX-8 rathole..

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    I just like to say Wankel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neufox47 View Post
    My brother in law has one of those, he inherited it. Never been out in it. Seemed like an odd third car to have but it has sentimental value.
    Why odd for third? Seems normal to me. Truck, practical car, toy?

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