The Renesis is Getting Dirty!
02-13-2011, 01:31 PM
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The Renesis is Getting Dirty!
I didn't know this but apparently the Superlite series trucks use mid-mounted Renesis engines, pretty cool!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/racing/m.../trial-by-dirt
The current Super Lite truck makes use of Mazda’s robust 1.3-liter Renesis rotary engine that’s normally seen in the RX-8. A dry-sump system is added in addition to a few other tweaks during the build-up, which produces a race engine that revs to 8500 rpm and registers surprisingly consistent power figures of around 240 bhp on the shop’s 2500-hp DTS engine dyno. The engines are purchased à la carte through Mazdaspeed and assembled in-house for both cost and blueprinting efficiency. After assembly, the mid-mounted rotary is then mated to an H-pattern 4-speed Mendeola transaxle housing Weddle racing gears, which then drives the rear pair of series-approved 30-in. off-road tires.
02-13-2011, 07:14 PM
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I keep looking at ours with all the welded steel brackets we've chucked in for the sake of tight schedules, and thinking it could do with a diet of billet ally bits.
If it came up at 2500+lb on the scales I'd be getting the angle grinder out!
Must be all those shiny stickers and layers of polish and wax they put on
They're far too clean, here's one that's properly dirty:
Shiny new parts this year for ours, reworked the suspension and uprated the cooling system so it'll cope with an Eaton M90....
If it came up at 2500+lb on the scales I'd be getting the angle grinder out!
Must be all those shiny stickers and layers of polish and wax they put on
They're far too clean, here's one that's properly dirty:
Shiny new parts this year for ours, reworked the suspension and uprated the cooling system so it'll cope with an Eaton M90....
Last edited by PhillipM; 02-13-2011 at 07:22 PM.
03-09-2011, 02:42 PM
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Here you go again.
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