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from that angle the furai is reminicent of the zonda (just a little)
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Originally Posted by lesper4
(Post 2247318)
from that angle the furai is reminicent of the zonda (just a little)
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The front and rear end of that Furai is a statement which says... "Don't f$@* with me..."! Very nice indeed....
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More Furai hotness...
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Just post the links.
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man! the 8 looks kickass in flat black....
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No, Jordan it looks badass! :lol:
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On the top of the picture we have a 1.3, on the bottom we have a 5.7 |
Originally Posted by TheAbsence
(Post 2248527)
This is the definition of why I love rotaries.
On the top of the picture we have a 1.3, on the bottom we have a 5.7 |
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yeah the 8 does look sick in flat black...i am not liking the number font on the 69 car though.
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 2248605)
Of course while a picture may be worth a thousand words, it is usually only half the story. :squint:
Originally Posted by Renesis_8
(Post 2248682)
its a 2.0. haha
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Originally Posted by TheAbsence
(Post 2248734)
Yeah, in reality, the Vette is lapping the RX-8 for the fourth time :o:
Oh, thats a 3 rotor in the RX-8? I don't understand why they do that |
Just scope out the Speed Source website.
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 2248742)
LOL, I wasn't going to say it but yeah... that's what I was thinking... Yeah All of the Mazda RX-8s competing in the ROLEX GT Series are fitted with a 3 rotor Mazda R20B engine... I'm not sure if they are running ST cars this year... but if so, those should have 2 rotor Renesis motors.
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the way I understand it is it's more of a backwards engineered 20b Cosmo engine. Basically they started with the old 20B design and engineered many aspects specifically in the area of rotor design into the engine.
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The Furai made MSN auto's top 10 list for concepts at the Detroit show...
http://autoshow.autos.msn.com/autosh...mentid=6015212 a soundbite taken from the article-- "In terms of sheer show presence, Mazda’s Furai race car concept wins hands down. We can say, hand on heart, that this was the most radical-looking car in Detroit. When the covers were removed, Mazda Design Director Franz von Holzhausen fired it up and gave the throttle a few blips. The crisp crackle from the ethanol-powered 450-horsepower rotary engine was exhilarating and totally in keeping with Furai’s bold, sweeping lines and its name, which means “sound of the wind.” . . . " |
Oh man, I can just imagine what that would have sounded like indoors.
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flat black is the best color!
even its 2.0l but im sure the 5.7 is ported too |
Originally Posted by TheAbsence
(Post 2249609)
R20B is the Renesis based 20B, correct? Custom built from 3 Renesis rotor housings? I need to frequent the 8 forums more often, I spend 99% of my time on the 7 forums.
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Originally Posted by altspace
(Post 2249877)
Oh man, I can just imagine what that would have sounded like indoors.
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...6&postcount=53 |
Originally Posted by mikeyfuzz
(Post 2250187)
Yes, Im pretty sure the R20B is the Renesis 3 rotor, but I thought it was only in the Furai.
What's special about the Furai version is that Racing Beat and Motec worked to tune the motor to run on E100 specifically. |
Originally Posted by zoom44
(Post 2250231)
they should replicate the 787B warmup!!! ________ VAPORIZER WIKI |
Originally Posted by zoom44
(Post 2250231)
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I don't think the so called R20B has anything renesis or renesis inspired in it at all. It's a 20B (circa 1991-) that I believe was built and tuned by one of the true rotary engine greats in the world, Jim Mederer of Racing Beat. It's what is referred to as a peri port which used to represent having peripheral intake ports since all exhaust ports were peripheral in Mazda production rotaries prior to renesis. This engine has both peripheral intakes and exhausts which Jim Mederer has been doing since the 70s. This makes the most power possible (Most port timing possible, most direct flow). Racing Beat makes some of the best peri port rotor housings available in the world. They start their lives as a production housing, perhaps FD type (N3A1, N3Y1?).
Although it's possible to use the renesis rotors (Slightly lighter than FD), I don't think that's the case here. Seal. |
Originally Posted by restiller
(Post 2241465)
i noticed the air fang on the furai isn't protruding...i wonder if it's automated or rises at a certain speed.
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Any more photos?
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Went to the car show today. The prototype was awesome. The new RX8 - liked the 19" wheels, led taillights and seats....did not like the new facias (front or rear) and did not like the side marker lights in the side vents. The info plate listed it a 232 horsepower. Sucked that the Syntec race car was no longer there, it looks cool in flat black. They did have a cool rotary cut away on display.
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Originally Posted by XcelR8
(Post 2256485)
Sucked that the Syntec race car was no longer there, it looks cool in flat black. They did have a cool rotary cut away on display.
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Originally Posted by mikeyfuzz
(Post 2250187)
Yes, Im pretty sure the R20B is the Renesis 3 rotor, but I thought it was only in the Furai.
The RX-8 GT cars use a tried & trusted 20B PP engine. Basic design of the peripherally ported rotor housings have not changed since Mazda first started racing the 13G triple rotor back in the mid 80's. The Furai also uses the same 20B-PP. The 20B is from the 90-95 Eunos Cosmo & when modified for this form of racing, they share almost no parts with the 13B-MSP engine on our Rx-8's. Mazda use the term "Renisis R20B" purely as marketing just like "Renisis 13B" for the RX-8 & it works exceptionally well as can be noted by some of the threads here. The term "Renisis" has nothing to do with the engine from a technical perspective Unlike our 13B-MSP engines, there is no such things as a 20B-MSP engine, although the concept would be interesting........:yesnod: Since the 80's the 13G + 20B PP engines have made around the 450hp area. With advances in EFI technology, they are good for around 500hp now days & far more reliable ( in race conditions) than any other production engine around. REgards |
Originally Posted by DMRH
(Post 2261307)
The amount of mis-information floating around is amusing.
The RX-8 GT cars use a tried & trusted 20B PP engine. Basic design of the peripherally ported rotor housings have not changed since Mazda first started racing the 13G triple rotor back in the mid 80's. The Furai also uses the same 20B-PP. The 20B is from the 90-95 Eunos Cosmo & when modified for this form of racing, they share almost no parts with the 13B-MSP engine on our Rx-8's. Mazda use the term "Renisis R20B" purely as marketing just like "Renisis 13B" for the RX-8 & it works exceptionally well as can be noted by some of the threads here. The term "Renisis" has nothing to do with the engine from a technical perspective Unlike our 13B-MSP engines, there is no such things as a 20B-MSP engine, although the concept would be interesting........:yesnod: Since the 80's the 13G + 20B PP engines have made around the 450hp area. With advances in EFI technology, they are good for around 500hp now days & far more reliable ( in race conditions) than any other production engine around. REgards |
Originally Posted by DMRH
(Post 2261307)
The amount of mis-information floating around is amusing.
The RX-8 GT cars use a tried & trusted 20B PP engine. Basic design of the peripherally ported rotor housings have not changed since Mazda first started racing the 13G triple rotor back in the mid 80's. The Furai also uses the same 20B-PP. The 20B is from the 90-95 Eunos Cosmo & when modified for this form of racing, they share almost no parts with the 13B-MSP engine on our Rx-8's. Mazda use the term "Renisis R20B" purely as marketing just like "Renisis 13B" for the RX-8 & it works exceptionally well as can be noted by some of the threads here. The term "Renisis" has nothing to do with the engine from a technical perspective Unlike our 13B-MSP engines, there is no such things as a 20B-MSP engine, although the concept would be interesting........:yesnod: Since the 80's the 13G + 20B PP engines have made around the 450hp area. With advances in EFI technology, they are good for around 500hp now days & far more reliable ( in race conditions) than any other production engine around. REgards By the way, you mis-spelled Renesis. :icon_no2: |
I don't care about the engine name, just put the 20B, renesis 20b or whatever name producing 450 hp into a production RX-8, and sales will shoot up. Of course, I am assuming at the same current price. :)
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Originally Posted by DrKillJoY
(Post 2263553)
some affiliation to the R26B that Mazda raced at LeMans in 91 and was run in the RX792P and the 4 rotor Downing kudzus. The R had nothing to do with Renesis when Mazda used it in 91 through 2002 and the invented R20B also had nothing to do with Renesis when it was originally used on the Courage motor. The marketing people at Mazda have run with the label as they see fit. Seal. |
To understand this discussion, people should research about side port and peripheral port first!
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