DOMINION

OK is it just me or did you guys see that? It looks like a 20b under that cover?



If not its a beefed up 13 Can't wait!

zoom44

you mean behind the cover just beyond the strut brace- it looks like there might be a tubular style intake manifold similar to the 20b pictured above?

j_tso

from another angle you can see it's the valve cover.

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/1...ra.eng.500.jpg

plain view from above, without plastics and strut bar.
http://www.autoracing1.com/Images/20...a_PlanView.jpg

DOMINION

Thats not what it looks like in that vid vs the pic's you posted vs the pic I posted. And the sound! I just cant put my finger on it...

rotary crazy

It looks like they did a little update under the hood

Renesis_8

I could still see a little red (valve cover) on the left side in the video. But I agree with you, the sound is a little different.
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rotary crazy

maybe a 2.3 istead of the 2.0?

Floyd

From the looks of it in the vid the tubular manifold is centered and in the pic it is off to one side.

The vid seems very rotoresque

zoom44

ahh i was about to point that out as well floyd! good eye

rotary crazy

the engine sounds like a ported motor with a sylencer, pay attention when the car comes back and its left at idle, you can definatly hear the lump of a ported motor on it

What has mazda being up to?

Renesis_8

Maybe they're testing prototype engines in the Kabura. My guess is that (if its a rotary) while everyone is trying to find the test-vehicle for the next gen 8, they put it in the safest car! Its 'official' that the Kabura will be powered by a 2.0L inline 4, so no one would suspect it. Even crazy rotor-heads like us thinks the Kabura is piston-powered by now.
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bulletproof21

I think the car in the vid looks squished because It was a 16:9 shot vid, squished to a 4:3 ratio. Even the porshes looked squished. that is not what it looks like in real life. If you can imagine the vid being stretch a bit horizontally it would not look nearly as balloon like.

MazdaManiac

iTrader: (3)

I was excited about the Kabura, but now that they are up to M1, it is starting to get pretty fugly.
Pretty obvious that is NOT a rotary motor (unless there was something wrong with it).

rotary crazy

after looking at the vid againg im sure its a 4 banger

Floyd

You get a peek at the engine bay in this vid too. The layout looks similar to the video above and not the still picks with offcenter intake manifolds...

With a date of June 06 on this video it makes me wonder how many times mazda has toyed with what kind of powerplant this thing will actualy have....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrdCQGWsdmI

DOMINION

Makes me wonder too but untill I see the "next rotary engine" I'll just have to wait.

Razz1

The car looks a little bubbly.

jeffe19007

I don't know, when it slowed to pull into the parking lot it seemed to have some rotary pop.

The Kabura might look good with a little cleanup, and a rotary option. They can sell other engines as long as the rotary is an option. I think it is do-able.

Razz1

I'll still take the look of the 8 over the Kabura.

lone_wolf025

x2

The front end isn't too bad, ditch the whole windshield stretch look, stretch the whole car out some, and give that rear a trunk look similar to the 8. THEN I might consider it.

DOMINION

No way bro!

Tirminyl

Subscribe so I can watch the vid at home.

Gotian

Weather they drop in a rotary or drop in the 2.3 DISI I will be happy and happily buy it assuming they keep the price relativly low, Under 30k

Tirminyl

It is supposed to entry level so 20k.

Gotian

Where is the sign up list, I wanna be first on that sheet so I can buy it!