RX7 top speed crash

[saqmuel]

vtech just kicked in yo

[PhobiL]

Crash? That's the way it brakes.. omg what a Failvid.

[FullVolumesOnly]

did he die?

[DB1Lover]

maybe a bigger wing and more down force is advisable @ 200mph then again salt flats arent 100% flat =/

[DXSpongeBob]

keep pressing 5 ever!

[sarobertol]

this looks like a video game



[makavelishaman]

this proves it, cars can fly!

[Cuujo]

I'm not surprised that happened, RX-7 is a half breed - half airplane , half automobile.

[RamRodRacer]

idk if its just my computer but it sounds like he dident let off untill it hit the ground

[AC14751]

@RamRodRacer no, it isnt just you, the sound seems slow even on my dads super fast laptop. I think the video is to blame, not a computer.

[erichizz09]

my dead grandma could do that with her eyes closed

[Jackle61]

@erichizz09 That would be cool as hell,,, let us know when you post the video. ;-)

[tehBLAX]

quick deploythe parachute! lol!

[badboihak123]

SIK GUY!!!!

[85VWWesty]

he probably downshifted and reved matched while in mid flight thats how pro he is

[hialeahrider69]

poor rx7 u can hear it cry at the end

[KOERLMK]

fly mazda, fly!!

[240hwyking]

Poor FD :(

[DarkWingTDR]

thats what spoilers and body-kits are for DOWNFORCE ....poor car

[freemekkk]

@DarkWingTDR body kits are for gay chavs but spoilers that actually help down force ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[latch78]

i remember reading about this in a Racing Beat catalog back in like '98...i had no idea they filmed it. then they re-ran it with the new Black 7...which stayed on the ground.

[1DAMO69]

ha ha fucking unlucky mate

[MUDSTERmachine]

not so bad for a 250kmh crash he is still a lucky guy !

[doRYEmon]

lol, parachute... 0:20

[24okay]

Yeah but amazingly he threw it out at the right time to slow it down during all that commotion.

[alexcandy1411]

Kinda late for that now is it lol.

[Miketrouble88]

at what speed he was going?

[DevBoyz94]

250km/h

[dany080]

Well,fastes car on roof i guess

[fuzzyjem3]

hahahaha! thats poor aero dynamics piece of shit

[MTLbigJ]

was this in bonneville?

[rotalunatik]

fucking yayahhhhh!!!!! mazda power thats what im talking about didnt de-accelerate the whole time meannnnn!!!!!!!!!! rotang power!!!!!!!

[S1ppy]

LOL, do a barrel roll!

[ooLirvaoo]

WTF!!!

[JackMacyntire]

Quick! The parachute will save me!.. Ha, ha, ha..

[northieee]

hahahhaa loool.....that parachute was funny...

[GretschG5120]

good thing hes got a roll cage, he would be flat as a pancake otherwise.

[soujlaLife]

now theres a crash!

[robsta289]

LOL the parachute

[chabbalato]

wow it dragged on the roof at about 150mph?!

[strapamotortoit]

on the face of it, the crash looks bad, but i recon he was ok

[iamsam87v]

Need down force....and stabilizers....like radars on planes :)

[Barnakos]

Hey what's this button? WOOOAAAAAHH!

[Julzilla]

@Barnakos turboboost, KITT style...lol

[813Geane]

LIFT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Oneiva]

Lol parachute FAIL!

[13itchu0wn3d]

i woulda shit myself....

[crv26]

ROFL

[2cameron1]

THERES where ricing out the car helps! XD

[Paradigm11111]

It doesn't count as rice if you actually NEED it, lol!

[machete15]

thatll piss you off

[dooflicker1]

The driver never even lets off the pedal when the car starts to loose traction until he's almost upside down? Weird.

[ENVI1992]

Now you know why cars need downforce, this is a perfect example.

[STUNTINrockstar]

BEST CAR IN THE WORLD!!!!!

[Tl01a]

Such a loser :D!

[SGTGammahooch]

HOLY CRAP!!

[trogodo]

proof that i needs some side skirts........

[LilNappie]

well damn

[envythisRoadRunner]

looks like someone needs a new pair of pants lol

[blw0924]

haha hit an air pocket

[FormulaDrift1]

i hear a subie in the back ground :D

[omairtheman1]

lmfao...

[V8Muscle403]

What did you guys expect?? It's a Mazda after all.

[spankyb16]

this could happen to any car not just a mazda dont be hatin

[bridgeportedrotary]

i hate ignorant rednecks like ur bitchass self

[gertjuh170]

nice carXD

[jdsim]

can someone explain why did the car lift up?

isnt the car suppose 2 generate some kind of downforce? even if only a little?

usually the faster the car, the more the downforce.....

[mrtransient]

flipped becausehe went sideways, wind got under te car

[gevura2k]

yeah, he lost control, cause he upped his oxygen/fuel ratio, when it kicked in he lost control

[HPIxDrift]

Good thing the parachute opened!!!

[Jon124]

LOL

[pollo1frito]

he must have some 20 dousanth dolllar roll cages

[FilmVehicles]

Racing Beat car. They built the black one with aero aids after.

[fasteddiecooper]

That was really gentle! Probably not from inside, though!!!

[cogtag29DOM]

Goodbye RX7!

[ralluff93]

that'll cost him a lot of money :)

[Rolis440Rolis]

so lucky....

[GON7AL0]

jamas tendria un rx7 hahahahha

[eutomonation]

haha, well, it was still runnin. pack the parachute and go for it again.

[coolpooper]

right at the end he deploys the parachute

[sckryde]

o wow

[zeebious]

hahahha! spinning and flipping your custom tuned rx-7 at 200mph's and still having the presence of mind to deploy the parachute is amazing.

[wheyez]

That was a 20bPPT (13g actually), making 1000HP and broke traction at 210MPH (theoretical top speed is 300MPH)!

[Cordius]

Would love to see another video of this when they get it back together and put a better kit on it for a little more downforce.

[astrapilch]

that parachute was awesome!

[Snyderfunn]

Needs Roof Flaps.. lol

[25evets]

ah dude that is so badass i want to learn how to make mine do that so whenever i am done racing i can just do a flip and then drive away.

[amaretti3]

Basically...BASICALLY the car sucks...Mazda simply knows nothing of cars...I own an Rx-7 and i am not proud of it...neither of its' engine nor of its attitude on the road...I am about to sell it...

[wheyez]

Sell it to me, you obviously cant drive!

[sp33der6]

retard

[LanceCampeau]

could have been MUCH worse... lucky guy

[sk8rsaari]

shit son

[hotpotcal]

ahaha he could do with a spoiler lol. XD

[fein06]

Miket3hshinobi u full ov shit rotary 4 life

[05rsx]

Yay for rollcages

[Thug0000069]

GET SOME DOWNFORCE!!

[asmaradiasrama]

YES BABY YESSSSS

[lululaserpiente]

the engine steel working! omg

[djdirekte]

NO BABY NOOOO!

[PAVONEZORZ]

Jesus, was that car death proof or what? Ripped most of the car to pieces, but the whole driver/passenger area was unharmed! I want to cry though, that was nice RX-7. That's what he gets for trying to go THAT fast with a STOCK body.

[tommyjones1978]

That safety calls: ROLLBAR SAFETY! its a interior steel bar that even with a huge impact it dont break!

[Miket3hshinobi]

That is a racing car. Meaning it has a roll cage. Also no RX-7 is nice. They're all rotary crap.

[andrew93nz]

Interesting comment Miket3hshinobi, given the rotary engine has been embraced by car manufacturers in your country, and ignored in the country of origin. Have you ever driven one? The rotary is engine is pretty awesome - particularly a tricked out 12A in an RX2 or RX3.....

[snoopy92988]

personally i think a 13b is better on 3rd generation rx7s...

[jsaulgodoy]

how? 3 rotors is obviously better then 2.

its like saying i want a chopper with one cyclinder insted of a V twin. if its gas i can see that but other then that 20b is the perferred choice.

[eutomonation]

actually, the 20b three rotor is n/a and the 2 rotor 13b is turbo, so its all depending on what you want... but you can fabricat two 13bs together and have a 4 rotor and well... then the 20b and 13b are nothing because you have a 4 rotor turbo angine... i dont know what company it is, but they have a video of it on here.

[DrBoyton]

The 20B only ever came from the factory as a sequential twin turbo, as an option in the Cosmo. The 13B was NA until the turbo version of the series 4 (FC3S). It is very expensive to fabricate an eccentric shaft for a 4 rotor to start with. You can look for "Queen street racing"

[Jackle61]

@andrew93nz I wouldn't exactly say the U.S. manufacturers embrace rotary engines,,, I don't know of one US built car that has one. As for the country of origin,, ya, I can't say I ever saw a German car with one either. (maybe back when Wankel invented them, but not since)

[yeahnahsweetas]

@Jackle61 Nobody else makes them because Mazda are the only ones with the rights to them.

[JD0x0]

@Jackle61 Ive seen a few BMW's with rotors in them. Of course they didnt come like that from the factory though. Can't wait for the RX9 which is supposed to have a 1.6L rotary with aluminum housing. The car will be on the ND MX-5 chassis so hopefully it will weigh under 2400lbs.

[Jackle61]

@JD0x0 We can only hope.  8-)

[DivineWindSerpent]

@JD0x0 Actually its been reported that the RX-9's displacement bump has been from 1.3, to 1.8 liters. So it looks like it'll be getting a three rotor styled in the same manner as the RX-8s side intake and side exhaust ports.

[JD0x0]

@DivineWindSerpent im hearing that it will be a 2 rotor. The increased displacement will be from a larger rotor, with a bigger "stroke" which will solve some of the problems rotories can have. It should also aid in fuel efficiency a bit. Im also hearing rumors that the engine will have an electric supercharger. And FYI the info im getting is stating the the engine will displace 1.6L, and named the "16X" accordingly.

[DivineWindSerpent]

@JD0x0 Please feel free to post a source for your info then. All I have is from fastlane daily, though I don't doubt they could be mistaken. Additionally, rotaries dont really have many problems, outside of chattering, which is rapidly going away. A larger rotor might be nice, for the increased torque/inertia could produce, but I can't see much difference outside of that.

[jeramey51000]

THAT WAS AWESOM!!!!!!

hope the guy was ok.

that fricken flew.

[sandro89068906]

coooooolllllllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!

sandro 89068906

[dboied]

i wnder wat waz the top speed.

[qpSubZeroqp]

i had this vid a long time ago, and where i got it from it said that it was doing somewhere close to 250mph.. i dunno if its true or not

[selmag18]

no thats not true wasnt even close to 250mph it some somewhere at 210 215mph

[TakadaGenbe]

This was the Racing Beat Bonneville Racer, from before it was repainted. Its got a 13G Race engine from Mazdaspeed with THREE turbos on it, makes well over 900 horse, and is currently the fastest rotary in the world at 242 miles an hour

[andrew93nz]

Where I got this video from described the speed as 217mph - but I don't believe that, so I didn't include that in the description. If he was doing 94-95 metres / second (340 kph) then he stopped pretty quickly without any brakes. He had also recently changed from 4th to 5th gear so in theory was still accelerating - I'd say it was less than 200mph.

[sparkysports]

I agree.

That video looks like a great effort, but the car's body looks stock and lacks the aero package to successfully get it to 200 mph. Thinking about it, that's probably a primary reason it became stable at that high speed. Tonks

[098765432146586]

nice didnt make to much mess of the rx7

[LennartStrandberg]

Thanks for great footage, which I may use in vehicle dynamics education.

Explanation: Vehicle becomes unstable when aerodynamic upforce unloads the rear wheels.

Yawing torque from side force on front wheels then is greater than the stabilizing torque on the rear wheels. For details and diagrams, see the yawstab page in my site VETA (SE domain) - or my skidcar videos in YouTube for demonstration.

[bobsalas]

Too bad he did not consider the air dynamics at that speed....has he/she ever heard of downforce. Hey knucklehead do your homework first!

[ches215]

what a dunbass! I suppose YOU have a wind tunnel to test what would happen to your car at 200+ mph??? Oh wait, you donta have a car to test at 200+

[ches215]

That was meant for "bobsalas"

[DeathAndMajesty]

... parachute works real damn good.... @ 50mph... only to be ran over..

[mx5rush]

Do they allow nascar style roof spoiler/flaps to kill lift at Bonneville?