they put this sweet motor on the wrong platform

 

I wouldn't say that, if emissions would pass, i think mazda would have SC'd or T'd the 8. It's 2 completely different motors, in to different cars. If there were a i-4 in our 8's it would be a Saturn Ion

 

true guess they had to stay true to the rotary motor

 

 

Mazda pretty much tapped this motor. If you look into the history, 1986 1.3 NA Rx-7 only produced 163 hp. A honda 86 1.8, produced about 96hp. Now... 1.3 NA Rx8 232hp, and the 1.8 honda 180hp. If you compare that's a big difference with the same displacement. In the MS3 it's a 2.2l so of course it's going to produce more power. But it's not as fun to drive.

 

ha lol u couldnt resist lol

 

only an .88 on the skidpad? That seems awfully low...
Unless I've been misinformed about 7's... don't they pull a .9 stock?
Or was I misinformed about 8's... I was told they pull harder than 7's stock...


If you're looking for a project, try going with more rotors. I recall a friend showing me a video about a team called "Scoot" who managed to get nearly 500hp out of a single turbo 3-rotor. Same friend also told me he's heard that if you don't mind making your RX all engine (no PS, no AC, no nuthin - just motor), 13B's snap together like legos to make a vicious 4-rotor (can you say 787b?).


This is all Hearsay, though, so this could all be BS...

 

cause it a FF layout. good point on the displacement but what if they made that care FD layout. I would say goodbye RX-8

 

7's were made to compete with porsche, they pull a lot more g's than our 8's

 

Dude looks like a lady...

 

Another thing that comes to mind is the price. The 1993 Rx-7 cost about 32k new in 1993, if you look at that relative to now, that car would be ~45k, I don't know about you but I could't afford that. Mazda kept it cheap so they could sell, since the FD didn't do to well in the states because of the price.

 

+1

im gonna agree with you on that one.

 

O well, interesting how topics changes so quickly in these threads...

 

interesting how bill gates has so much money.

 

I heard that they might change the shape of money because it's not fair to the sight impaired to not distinguish the bills.

 

I can distinguish a bill by its smell... no joke.

 

You have to explain how that works. Another way I can distinguish is at a strip club... I don't think I need to explain. :p

 

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