Any rotary fans?

[Racer Boy]

Nice! I used to race a '79 RX7 that was ported (as far as you could go without a bridge port), full headers/exhaust, and a stock carb with hogged out venturis. It was pretty fast and handled great on the straights, but was a lot of work to drive quickly in the turns. The brakes were way too small for the speed of the car, too. But I did love the engine!

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Racer Boy

Nice! I used to race a '79 RX7 that was ported (as far as you could go without a bridge port), full headers/exhaust, and a stock carb with hogged out venturis. It was pretty fast and handled great on the straights, but was a lot of work to drive quickly in the turns. The brakes were way too small for the speed of the car, too. But I did love the engine!

A '79 was my first. It had an Edelbrock 650 on a 6 port 13B. Awful car, but I didn't know how awful until I got my '84.

Mazda did some major upgrades in suspension and brakes between the years.


The rotary is a weird little engine. Its so quiet without any valve noises at idle; it just hums.