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09-18-2007, 08:13 PM
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The buyers in the US call the shots. The US market is the one that Mazda has to impress when they launch a new rotary. You guys have been screaming for more power, you deserve the credit for the 16C if it makes it to market (there are some very tough EU emissions hurdles to jump first).
I'm still hopeful we'll see more power in the new RX-8 (May 2008 in Australia).
09-18-2007, 09:27 PM
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09-18-2007, 09:43 PM
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I am betting they call it an RX-7. They have stated there will not be another RX-7 nearly officially so many times that I don't believe it anymore.
And RX-7 label would give us some great commercials too! RX-7 it is.
And on the engine. If the displacement increase comes from wider rotors, that means the eccentric shaft was changed. That leaves the possibility they fixed the center exhaust ports! Another 100 HP right there!
Or at least get rid of some hot spots on the coolant seals...that and a rumored new MOP and now we are talking!
And RX-7 label would give us some great commercials too! RX-7 it is.
And on the engine. If the displacement increase comes from wider rotors, that means the eccentric shaft was changed. That leaves the possibility they fixed the center exhaust ports! Another 100 HP right there!
Or at least get rid of some hot spots on the coolant seals...that and a rumored new MOP and now we are talking!
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09-18-2007, 10:08 PM
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I'm guessing 10:1 or lower and a direct competitor to the Caymen S.
Next you have to just be apprecitive of the fact Mazda may not give you the big HP numbers to scare your neighbor's hemi away but they will give you the appropriate underpinnings to make anyone that turns their own lugnuts (all puns intended) a VERY happy rotorhead.
09-18-2007, 10:35 PM
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Yeah, I am saying compared to most stock wheels. Mazda did a pretty good job investing in some areas of the car to lighten it. Like the hood, wheels, etc. 23 or so pounds is not that much. Even though my wheels are 5 lbs each lighter roughly, I cant tell a difference. I did not even buy them to save weight, but for looks. It also saves rotational mass too while I am at it
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09-18-2007, 10:42 PM
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Here's some food for thought. If the engine is in fact larger and the rotors weren't just widened, it's pretty likely that the transmission bolt pattern has also changed. The lat time this happened was 1974. That means it will not just be a direct bolt on as all of the other rotaries for the past 34 years have been. All displacement changes in that time have either been in the form of rotor width or number of rotors and this didn't affect the bolt pattern at all.
09-19-2007, 12:45 AM
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I don't buy Kool-Aid
I am betting they call it an RX-7. They have stated there will not be another RX-7 nearly officially so many times that I don't believe it anymore.
And RX-7 label would give us some great commercials too! RX-7 it is.
And on the engine. If the displacement increase comes from wider rotors, that means the eccentric shaft was changed. That leaves the possibility they fixed the center exhaust ports! Another 100 HP right there!
Or at least get rid of some hot spots on the coolant seals...that and a rumored new MOP and now we are talking!
And RX-7 label would give us some great commercials too! RX-7 it is.
And on the engine. If the displacement increase comes from wider rotors, that means the eccentric shaft was changed. That leaves the possibility they fixed the center exhaust ports! Another 100 HP right there!
Or at least get rid of some hot spots on the coolant seals...that and a rumored new MOP and now we are talking!
"WHAT'S IN A NAME? The RENESIS engine powering the Mazda RX-8 has its origins in the MSP-RE that was unveiled at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show as the power unit for the RX-01 concept sports car. The name RENESIS was given to the engine in the 1999 iteration of the RX-EVOLV. Thereafter, RENE SIS, which stands for "the rotary engine's GENESIS," was carefully prepared for series production as the powerplant for the RX-8"
Oh and about that windsheld. That wind sheld is aerodynamically designed
