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Seems all the rotary guys I used to know have moved on. Didn’t keep them long...
Like an old air cooled Porsche they don’t bounce back from overheating too well. I think the Mazda Lemans winner was a heck of a car... |
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Ran mine at 280° for 2 days at a track day. Drove it around for a week and actually drove it to the shop that was going to rebuild it. Would still turn sideways in 2nd gear at WOT. Was a little hard to start when hot fired right up when cold. I cannot think of any other engine you can run at 280° all weekend at a track event and will continue to run after. I sold mine in a moment of stupidity. Regret it ever since. I am just buying time until I get into another one, I was itching to buy an FD a month ago. Like Matt, I have extreme ADHD when it comes to cars. Just posting about my 20B powered Cobra has me already looking around for parts. :D |
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Well I’ve owned an RX-8 and an RX-7 and just bought another, so I’m not moving anywhere it appears....
Jeff, I’ll also amend my post from last night to say that the LSX is one hell of an engine. Reliable, powerful, relatively compact and lightweight for a V8, and cheap. Great combo! For me I just think that the engine is the essence of the car, particularly a more unique engine like a rotary. I think you ruin the spirit and uniqueness when you toss in a LSX. For that matter, I would probably consider a rotary swapped Corvette as stupid because a Corvette without a big American V8 just seems blasphemous. |
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I have owned some sort of Rotary powered car since I was 19 years old. The FC I recently sold, I owned from 1999 until 2013. Dang... Its been 5 years!! I was shopping in earnest for a FD last month, I just need to sell some cars first. Too many in garage and shop. I really want to do the 20B Cobra, I will probably settle for a nicely tuned FD. |
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I have always maintained those that give up on a rotary engine and swap in a piston engine, then carry on about how unreliable the rotary is are usually not willing to learn how to build and maintain a happy rotary powered car. The engine in my FC came from the factory rated at 255 HP I had it tuned to 550 and 10 years later it is still running strong. I drilled into the buyer proper care and maintenance, he seems to be listening to me. The biggest reason I want to build the 20B Cobra is because I know it will be blasphemy. The reaction to it will be akin to a Rotorhead seeing a LSx swapped RX-7. I really do not care about RX8's getting V-8's, it does bother me when I see FD's with it because they are very rare cars. |
One other thought that crossed my mind, in an era where a 914/928/951/996 is $20k+ and a Carrera is $50k, stuff like an RX-7, RX-8, or an abundance of other unique and fun cheap cars make a lot of sense. I love Porsches and will remain active here and a PCA member (unless Panorama goes to hell again), but I may not have another Porsche again for a while. It's just hard to justify from a fun per dollar spent perspective.
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Again?!
Wow- I thought someone bumped an old thread. Congrats. I know I like that car since it just instantly trggered the "google and look for sale" by seeing the pic. rjp |
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All good:) |
Well, after one year it's for sale, which will shock absolutely nobody. Actually really don't want to sell this one, but it's an extra car that I just don't need at the moment. Contrary to popular belief it was 100% dead reliable, these are fantastic cars.
https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/d/wichita-2009-mazda-rx-8-r3-rare-low/6937356119.html |
Wait, you kept a car an entire year?
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Scary huh?
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Delivered to PA to a fairly non-descriptive place, Inside the garage was goodness,; Porsche goodness that made me sweat. You'll do fine on the car you have listed. |
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