Evan

The RX8 wasnt a flop, you have to remember it outlasted its competition (like the 350z which was upgraded to the 370z while the rx8 remained unchanged). mazda loosing the rotary engine would be like chevy/ford stopping production of V8s

....seriously how many hot short skirted hoes do you see drooling over toyotas??

the 3 or 4 i saw at dragwars on friday

woooooooow angry much.

kinda with keltik in saying that they should come up with a sweet piston engine or two ( i mean they have nothing like a 1uz/ jz/ rb engine)... however they use the rotary engine for a more high performance sports car arrangement/ do a limited run of old rotary engine parts for me and everyone else.

now i know nothing. howeverwould it be possible to have a detachable hose go from caravan to wagon like hydraulic lines on a tractor, or the air lines trucks run to their trailers? that way you can have a switch in th ecar to activate bags on caravan... whats the normal driving height between the caravan and the crown (assuming its going behind the crown)

EDIT: cos you could just leave the draw bar as is if the heigh isnt going to be much different beween the crown when its normal and the caravan is laying frame... or have something like this http://trojan.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145834374 part number 75120 or 75125 which could split the difference. i need a diagram

I knew turbosmart were doing centre plates. theyre like 10kish i think??? and before anyone pipes up about chroming the inside of the housings yea that would be the tricky part.... so on a side note, instead of chroming them, what about coating them with teflon? i mean its good enough for frypans and moving bridges with a bit of oil applied...

you dont need a licence to build pistons for any other engine so why would there be?

With rotors and housings etc i think there is little need for an aftermarket supplier. OEM is as good as that stuff gets i reckon.

the problem with that bit is that mazda dont make components for any of the rotary enignes pre the batty engines (possibly dont even make bits for them now?) hence why i ask... there is a market for components, so it is theoretically viable to start producing them, for example people in aus are now paying upwards of 2k for a pair of NOS rotor housings.

Probably guna get flammed here... would it look better with a larger diameter wheel on the back?... looks kinda odd... probably just me

or maybe its just this photo

na a quad rotor would be fun. theres a 12 rotor in america.

Is there any legal copyright stuff around making reproduction rotary engine components?

I heard the rotary program is getting canned when the RX8 goes out of production next year. the fun police (euro emissions) have made a new rotary engine a non starter or something

ahhh not Glenn i ment Grant, his son. he is still running it except I believe its in Warkworth now or something.

yea ill probably end up finding some 12a NOS housings for my rx7 eventually. are you actually going to put the original cosmo engine back together or just hoard all the parts? if you put it together whos going to build it? Glenn Munro?

How did you find the housings!? not even guna ask what you paid for them

I know someone who had a bighorn, turbo blew up/ fucked engine basically.

my 2c.

the rubber fluff thing is heat shielding isnt it? or maybe its sound as well/instead... i have no idea tbh

Is the ECU electronically restricting the throttle? No idea if this is even possible in older engines but newer engines with the fly by wire shit are sometimes electronically restricted between different vehicle models ( 317kw HSV clubsport vs 325kw HSV Clubsport GTS is an example that comes to mind)

If you have capri, and wheels, would you not try to fit said wheels on said capri?

was going to chuck on trademe auction for 12k

Bit spency for an 808, but think should sell for that, if not can sit in storage.

thats on par for all the other over priced 808's on there and yours is 7694302857690 times better-er

so super better for trips and sleeping when a crown wag wont do.

come again??????

also check the perpendicular bits of the chassi rails the are under where the drivers/passengers feet are ( if the car has them) I was to busy checking if the main rails when buying my rx7 were straight front to back and what not and missed these lil ones. In the past someones put a jack under then to change a tyre or whatever and crushed them flat/twisted them and on the left hand side its twisted the mounts for the bottom of the fender, guna have to go on a jig and cost $500+ to fix.

Joy.

I tried the dry ice method. for the most part it worked, there was still chiseling involved however. and it didnt come off as clean as that ^^

^^ this.

dont daily one, youll stuff the housings.

ahhh i see

theres a rx3 or 808 shell sitting outside pitstop in Te Awamutu and what could be a rx3 wagon sitting on the hoist inside the shop, only saw the back of it but it had whats looked like woodgrain vinyl on the boot.

yea having two engines is a good idea. how can an R130 share the apex seals of a 10a when the engines in an R130 are a 13A? wouldnt the apex seals be too short. think youd have to be brave to drive a FWD rotary in general, there was one on ebay in aus recently for 12k AUD in need of full restoration iirc.

have you managed to find some NOS pieces for your cosmo? cant imagine finding wrecked ones would be easy seeing as they only made like 1500