RX8 Three Rotor Dyno Run

Carbon fiber 3-rotor RX8 racecar makes its first dyno run

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• RX8
• 3rotor
• mazda
• dyno
• pettit
• racecar

[2010LILROSS]

ok seriously i couldnt tell if the car was redlining or if it couldnt get into gear

[DAMDriver]

@2010LILROSS -->wheelspin in 1st & 2nd gear...didn't get traction till 3rd.

[Manoo62]

@6joshh6 You never thought it slightly odd that an engine with "massive advantages" as you put it, is not used in any main stream applications other than the RX?? Even Mazda only bother to use the engine in one car!!!

The Mazda MX5 is regarded as one of the best small sports cars in the world....and doesnt have a rotary engine, funny that.

[Tobiasoaz]

@andrewbradley130 why don't you want to argue bout engine displacements? Actually, arguments are great when you want to learn new stuff. The only thing that most people forget when they argue, is that they don't know EVERYTHING, and they should keep their mind open for new possibilities that they never thought of themselves. I argue ALOT on Youtube. And i don't do it to show off how smart i am, i do it to learn how other people think about something.

[mbusby1146]

@Manoo62 Actually, if you look into the Wankel engine, both Chevrolet and Mercedes own patents on the rotary (look up rentech/mercedes rotaries). What a lot of people dont know is that the "stingray" years of the corvette, were actually tested with a 12a based 4 rotor.

[Manoo62]

@SDET1000 Hey where have you gone knuckle head? come back and entertain us with your stupidity and lack of education.

[Manoo62]

@SDET1000 !!!??!!!!? eh? a 4 cyl 2.0L piston engine only ever 'utilises' 1 piston at a time do we call it a 500cc...?...er NO. The only reason Mazda try to tell everyone its a 1.3 is because the the truth would make the engine look crap...which it is.

[SDET1000]

@Manoo62 Not at all. The 13B at all times can only use 2 combustion faces together, you can only ever utilize 1308cc. If your going to add the total volume together, it will come out to be 3.9L. You may be right about fuel consumption, but this isnt like a piston engine where each cylinder goes through 4 strokes within few crankshaft turns. I own an fc, and bought it knowing that it gets bad gas mileage. Did I say I cared? no. And dont sit here an tell me Im thick.. listen you yourself talk.

[Manoo62]

@SDET1000 Ha ha ha keep digging that hole arsewipe your making yourself look dumber with every post. I have pointed you at the facts but your too thick to understand them, you just blab the same old shit. You offer no intellegent response because you dont know what your talking about sonny. Go away and find out why the RX is a 3.9L engine, you might even realise why it has the fuel consumption of a 3.9L engine...yer thick cunt.

[Manoo62]

@SDET1000 If you had anything intelligent to say you would have said it by now. Do your homework next time before you open your big mouth. Now run along sonny your clearly out of your depth.

[SDET1000]

@Manoo62 nah... Ill come back and talk to you in 10 years when your a bit more grown up. You have to revert to calling me names because you actually don't know any real facts :) What are you.... 12? Get a life kid.

[Manoo62]

@SDET1000 Oh I see your one of the clowns who thinks the RX is a 1.3L ha ha ha. Try googling 'rotary displacement' and look at the first site rx7.com. Come back when you know what your talking about, shit head.

[Manoo62]

@SDET1000 What facts are you thinking about there dip shit.