Just going thru my digital edition and came to the page showing the Nonamaker bros going to RX8s next year which got me to thinking. Where do the racing teams get the 3 rotors they use?
Last year at Daytona it seems they even said they were the new design.
Mazdaspeed. You can probably get one too, assuming you've got the coin and the qualifications to enter the program. (It doesn't take much, local autocross results will count.)
Any idea of how much coin?
They made the best sound on the track last year.
Find a wrecked Mazda Cosmo. 3 rotor bliss.
In reply to Appleseed:
Except the triple-rotor Cosmo never came to the US. JDM wrecker prices for 20B motors start at ~$4000. Mayhap you can find a used one cheaper in an RX-7 forum's classifieds section (yeah, right)?
Even better. Go 26B quad rotor. go to youtube and search Mad Mike. anything showing an rx-7 with a redbull sponsor logo on it is it.... its blood curdling loud... and sounds amazing
Them things are expensive. Cool, but expensive
I just said were to look. I never said it'd be cheap or easy. 
BTW, isn't this this car dead sexy?
I had a 3 rotor cosmo engine and then didn't put it in anything, but now that they have the new RX8 style 3 rotors I thought that might be fun to play with.
Appleseed wrote: I just said were to look. I never said it'd be cheap or easy.
That car IS dead sexy! Damn shame we never got them here...
carguy123 wrote: I had a 3 rotor cosmo engine and then didn't put it in anything, but now that they have the new RX8 style 3 rotors I thought that might be fun to play with.
A Renesis 3 rotor is gonna be longer than a Cosmos 3 rotor because the exhaust exits through the irons rather than the housings (4 tube header vs 3). Also the fact that you can't do much of a port makes the Renesis less desirable for high performance.
Stick with the Cosmos 20B.
Looks nice - like a cross between a BMW 635 and a Lexus SC400.
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