Thread: Hi, does anyone know of any Mazda Rotary engined Hot Rods??

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Originally Posted by Bib_Overalls

Certainly an interesting concept. If you have a hankering to build one get at it. We are waiting to see the pictures.

OK then! step one buy a hot rod... check

Step two - find a n/a rotary engine... (still looking)

I like the Wankel engine concept, very few moving parts compared to a regular pistion engine. However so far they don't seem to have the longevity as initially assumed. Under most circumstances I wouldn't want one as a daily driver because of their poor gas mileage. The exception to this thought would be if I could have a 3 rotor C111 or the 4 rotor C111-11!!

Unfortuanatley they are unavailable at any price. But one can always dream.

As for rodding a Rotary engine, no big deal. They're just another form of power plant like the VTwin, V3, V4, v6, V8, V10, V12, I3, I4, I5, I6, I8,I12 I16 and so on and so forth. Building a hotrod is a personal thing, you should always do what you want and ignore the critics.

BTW, Welcome to the forum. Hope you stick around, our bark is much worse then our bite.

Looks like the same car as above?
Sure sounds dif'ernt.

YouTube - Rotary Hotrod

There was a kid in the San Fernando Valley that had an RX-4 (I believe). It was called the "Samurai Warrior". The hood was plexiglas and the entire motor was polished. He used to pick on bbc Chevys while street racing. Uncocked on slicks, that thing sounded like a bunch of angry hornets.

Personal subject to be sure,,myself,not into rotaries at all,sound bad,and gobble gas,,to be found usually in our neck of the woods doing break dancing acts in diesel in an industrial area of any town...But,if you guys look back to the June74 issue of HotRod,you will find the cover car is Andy Brizios twin rotary and auto 32 roadster.Article inside,myself,I prefer the bark of a well modified VW after a v8 of course..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

if you guys look back to the June74 issue of HotRod,you will find the cover car is Andy Brizios twin rotary and auto 32 roadster.Article inside

That sounds interesting, my favourite motor in my favourite car, any chance of scanning it and putting it up on here? Is it in the USA?
Ive only found Aussie rotor rods so far, there is also a 34 Chevy having a big turbo 3 rotor put in it 'down under', think hes aiming for about 700 bhp.
In case youre wondering why the obsession? it was the Norton Rotary race bikes in the UK in the late 1980's/early 90's that got me 'into' rotaries.
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Can do,will try taking a digital first,see if that works..Sorry to bag your passion,I guess we all have our preferences and mine just isnt rotaries,but I will try not to be so narrow minded,dont like subarus either..

Originally Posted by John Brian

WHY????????????

Originally Posted by BaronVonVankel

In case youre wondering why the obsession? it was the Norton Rotary race bikes in the UK in the late 1980's/early 90's that got me 'into' rotaries.

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Why not?

Originally Posted by BaronVonVankel

OK then! step one buy a hot rod... check

Step two - find a n/a rotary engine... (still looking)

In all honesty, I'm not sure why anyone would riducule your thoughts of dropping a rotary in your ride. Your part of this community no matter what your building or how your building it. As far as fuel effiency, who the #$@$ cares. There are guys dropping big blocks in their rides that are getting 5 gallons to the mile. . Do what you want. For me, the alure of dropping a rotary engine would revolve around size of the car and the ease of the transplant. The rotary is a small and neat package. And your project.....a small and neat package. Should work out fine. I may have my hands on a 3 rotor twin turbo out of a 94? RX7 twin turbo. The 3 rotor on the later models is a custom build. I had the pleasure of running the same guy a couple of years ago with my 04 RX8. He literally flew by me like I was tied to a tree. I was going to buy the 3 rotor from him then to drop in the RX8 but decided to just leave the car alone other than adding a Greddy turbo. Instead I will be dropping it in my sons 68 Mark III Spitfire. Size matters especially for my sons project. Man those things are tiny. If that falls through I'll drop something in it like a motor out of a ZX6 or something newer. My Genesis rotary got 16 miles to the galon when it was new and still gets 16 after installing the turbo system. Correct me if I'm wrong.....my 02 LS1/LS6 will be getting close to the same. So for me, it would be about size and weight for a vehicle as small as a Morrison or a Truimph Spitfire.

I wonder who's going to cuss me now?

Dave