Mazda Furai Concept and New Mazda RX-8 to Make World Debut at 2008 North American Int
... the Furai looks better IMO.
01-17-2008, 02:43 PM
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More Furai hotness...
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01-17-2008, 10:41 PM
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01-18-2008, 12:11 AM
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Oh, thats a 3 rotor in the RX-8? I don't understand why they do that
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01-18-2008, 12:18 AM
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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.
01-18-2008, 03:02 PM
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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.
01-18-2008, 04:39 PM
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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.
01-18-2008, 04:58 PM
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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.” . . . "
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.” . . . "
01-18-2008, 08:41 PM
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01-18-2008, 09:25 PM
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01-19-2008, 12:41 AM
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What's special about the Furai version is that Racing Beat and Motec worked to tune the motor to run on E100 specifically.
01-19-2008, 02:12 AM
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they should replicate the 787B warmup!!!
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