Drag RX-8 to be unveiled at Sevenstock6!

[Glenn Butcher]

Abel Ibarra's new RX-8 is meant to be making its debut at http://www.sevenstock.org/ in LA.

A bit "hush hush" apparently, but I got contacts! :)

[MikeLMR]

If its anything like his RX7 that'll be one hell of a quick car !

Will he be running a 3 rotor still or will it be 2 rotor ?

[MikeLMR]

piccy

[clive]

O, WOW.

Can't think of anything else to say.

Where on earth did you source that piccy.

All the best Clive
clive@mazdarotaryclub.com
www.mazdarotaryclub.com

[20B_boy]

http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8428

This guy - Marcos Acosta (formerly MVA Motorsports) - trailers with Abel I think at times. He allegedly had a hand in the development of various bits and pieces on Abels FD when it was 3 rotor'd. 20B 'seems' to fit pretty well :)

Any one know how the RX8's motor and ancillaries weigh in compared to the FD's?

R.

[Glenn Butcher]

Hi Rich,

The rotor's are much lighter for sure (as light as the ones they used in the 787B engine). I think the eccentric shaft is also lighter.

Stationary gears are meant to provide more power (along with the rotor gears on the rotors themselves) I'm not sure why - but I think it is down to the gearing itself.

I wouldn't have thought the rotor housings and end/intermediate plates are much different in weight?

There appears to be a stack of ancilary type stuff on the manual RENESIS engine due to it being 6 port (the second set of ports open up top end revs. etc.)

[20B_boy]

Ummm, interesting that they went back to 6 port...

[MikeLMR]

They never stopped using the 6 port tech. They just stopped building N/A engines.