I just read up on a big Porsche forum (6speed). They're pretty butt hurt :rofl: .

:lol: Good to hear.

Actually this is Mazda's 22nd class win at Daytona.

What Mazda lacks is an outright win at all 4 major 24 hour races. They've got 3. An outright victory at Daytona still escapes them.

A few Porsche heads that were sitting down from me got up and threw down there hats during the finish, they were pissed! All i have to say isHA-HA!:lol:

lol nice pics daily sk5

Thanks!

That's what they get for throwing the engine behind the rear wheels to achieve a 5:95 front to rear weight distribution!

Oh RotaryGod you would of loved the sneering comments that were coming from the Porsche heads, esepically when the # 70 was pulling away from the Porsches coming out of the corners!

Alot of those guys were shaking there head in shame and disbelief!:icon_no2:

HAHAHAHHAHAHA!:lol:

I had my Mazdaspeed hat on , all night and the next morning i was getting the look of death from alot Porsche owners! It felt good to be hated on!

lmao you rock man. :ylsuper:

May never happen. For Mazda to win Daytona Prototype (DP) they'd need a stock block "production" NA engine capable of 800+ HP. They can get away with running a 3-rotor since it was a "production" offering, however the 4-rotor is classified as a "race only" motor, and is therefore not eligible.

So, unless they can get a 3-rotor version of the new 16x into that HP category, the chances of someone fielding a Mazda rotary powered DP in the future and winning is fairly remote. Too bad 'cause we'd ALL love to see it!

I personally don't want to see a Mazda powered DP. Don't make a Mazda look so ugly!

The DPs don't have 800+hp, more like 500+. A 3-rotor could possibly be competitive @ 10k+ rpm. A 3.6L NA porsche engine can compete there, I have no doubt that the 3-rotor can match that.. but as for torque................, this would make it impossible, since we can't have weight advantages like GT class.
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I was hoping all the GT3s would slide their asses off the course in the rain!
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It's been a long 15 years since a RE powered racer won at the Daytona 24, so it's great to see RE power back on top of the GT class. The IMSA glory days seemed so far away!

The SpeedSource boys brought home the SpeedSource/Castrol RX-8 home ahead of a Porsche armada that was unrelenting, it was great to see... Congrats to the whole team! I communicated with John D, of Mazda, and Sylvain, SpeedSource, shortly after the race, and I can not tell you how excited and happy they were.

Guys, please feel free to leave a small message of congratulations to the boys at following the RN.COM story, as we are in direct contact with the SpeedSource squad, and they truly appreciate hearing from all the RE faithful!

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/984

We will forward all comments to the boys in the next few days!


A little history:
The win marked the first for a production-based GT-spec Mazda in the race since 1993 when Dick Greer, Al Bacon Peter Uria and Mike Mees took their RX-7 GTU to victory lane. All in all, 22 Mazda-powered entries have now triumphed at Daytona International Speedway.

The historic win also marked an end of an era for one of the manufacturer's archrivals. The 2008 race was the first time that Porsche has not at least won class in the Rolex 24 race since 1993, the year of the last Mazda victory.


Sylvain said told me right after the race.... "today is a win 4 all rotary fans"


Enjoy and Thanks,

-Bern

well, on the RX7club there is a thread about ceramic seals and the current 2 rotor record holder makes 1000+hp out of the 13B (ran a 6.8xx @ 197mph) and has been running on the same motor all season. I don't see how, with the advancements in apex seals (and soon to come corner seals), a 3 rotor wouldn't be able to be competitive in the DP class.

Furai anyone???







off-topic for one sec please
Hey, RotaryNews.com: you want to cover an LS vs. Rotary challenge?
http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.ph...72#post7795772

Well, Thats what I was thinking when I first saw it. Does anyone know engine restrictions in the ALMS series? I want to know why its been suggested the Furai is more likely to end up there in a few years instead of DP.

The ALMS is going closed cockpit soon. There isn't much engine restrictions, they just hand u restricter plates.
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Beautiful!!

http://homepage.mac.com/jolocho/daytona2008.jpg

Go Speedsource!

well doesn't the ALMS have homologation requirements? Word on the street is that the Furai will NOT go into production.

I would assume not for the Prototype classes. For the GT classes, yes.

read up on the LMP2 thread. Theres a lot of information in there. They could run from 3-rotor, 4-rotor, 2-rotor SC or TC.
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Hey guys, i'm wondering if it is possible for the RX-8 to compete in 24hours of lemans.

There is a restricter plate rule for rotary engines under the ACO regulation for GT2 class.
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Cool video.
For some reason, I thought they sealed up the rear doors, but they still function.

Just a little clarification (And obviously Bern knows nuch more RE trivia than I):

We (Downing Atlanta) won the Daytona SRP class in 01 with a 4 rotor powered Kudzu; so his statement is GT specific.

Paul. :)