I found out where the name came from now...
"The RX-2 was Mazda's first true rotary passenger car. Released in Japan on the 13th of May 1970 as the R612, a designation combining the rotary 12A and the piston 1600. Two weeks later Mazda strangely changed its direction from the R100, 110S and the R130 theme to rename its rotary version the RX-2. The Cappella name was taken from a star. This led to marketing slogans such as the "star of the Highways". Capella is also the name off an African Antelope, which is represented in the badges. "

Story by David Morris
From Fast Fours & Rotaries Magazine (NOV 1993)

Link:http://www.fd3s.net/history.html

 

oh no Xrider, you opened up a can of worms with that question. It's been debated since the day that this forum launched. I've done quite a bit of research on the subject and there are a few different theories:

1) What ReDrifter put
2) Rotary Xport (taken from a diary of an old Mazda Exec)
3) Rotary Xperiment
4) I forget the last theory...

There's a few threads on this and it's like the chicken vs the egg argument. Most popular theories are #2 and #3. (I lean towards #2)

 

I have always been told Rotary Experimental.

 

lol....can o' worms . and i wouldn't be surprised if my thread were to be closed, or me be flamed by that *** mugato

 

Razz, here's some pictures of the OEM bumper that I would like to get fixed. Here's two shots from the outside, and then one from the inside of the bumper. Let me know what your nephew thinks.

Thanks man.

 

yaya..... now i can say i drive an african antelope 7

 

Hey john sorry about your car....I am still going back and forth on what we talked about...if anything changed.. I will let you know... be safe.

 

 

yea, thanks. not a big deal. it's just a car, and cars no matter how cheap or expensive could ALWAYS be replaced, a person's life cannot. so i'm glad i came out of it ok, with only a bruise out of the whole ordeal.

yea, let me know what's going on with that. that would be really awesome .

 

lol.....i was able to get the strakes.

ummm....how about $60 for the four? you'll need to get some doublesided 3m tape on your own though. also, the strakes come w/a screw in the middle so they are actually tightened directly onto the vent. the purpose of the 3m tape is so that it doesn't twist around or anything

 

Wow, sorry to hear about your crash. I'm very glad to hear you are ok. You are right a car can always be replace, good attitude Jonathon. If you haven't had any takers yet, I'd like the strakes.

 

sure . though, i don't have any instructions on how to take off the vents that they go on. lol...i just used a screw driver to pull off the vents off my car, scratching, and denting the panels further than it already was, but it's not like that mattered anymore lol . but i'm sure that casey, keith or anybody else will be willing to help you get those put on .

 

Yup, sure we can help you out Zoo. 60 bucks for strakes is a good deal.
Jonathan, you didn't get the hardeware for the strakes, you just pulled them off?

 

Here's the best of yours, from the one's I took from our last meet.

 

Which is better, fake fog, or real fog?

 

..... real fog.

clear car, fog moving in backround.

 

the only hardware that came attached to the strakes was a single screw with two washers behind the strakes, which is how the strakes attached to vents aside from double sided 3m tape.

and of the three pictures, i like the 2nd pic best.

 

new light (or lite?) flywheel installed!

thanks for the help guys, looking forward to installing 3 more of them!

 

thanks for the pictures keith (real fog)....more....mods....i better see some improvement!!

 

Yes, the flywheel install took us about 8 hours I would estimate, spread over two days since we started late on Saturday, and had to stop at 3:30. The following morning, we started around 9:30, was delayed by the need for the purchase of new transmission bolts and lock-tite, but was doen with everything, with semi-grins on our face by lunch...

We have three more 8's to do...with a few getting new pulleys as well. Should be an interesting couple of upcoming weekends.

On a side note, my fricken fingers are killing right now.

I have to say, it is nice to have a group of people that can share their knowledge of cars...and enjoy working outside under the EZ up.

RX8 Cup is quickly approaching.

 

ghost

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=90050

 

Real fog make the picture come out more clear, i think

 

fake fog looks kinnda dumb...

 

how come i have not received your video card yet? :/

 

I actually shipped it to you this morning. Just had a lot of stuff going on lately. Sorry bro.