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

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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..

photos of cover and inside page as promised.

Thanks! so an American beat the Aussies to it way back in the early seventies using engines from an RX2! I did a search on Andy Brizio and it said that after the twin engined Deuce he also built a 27 using a single RX2 engine.
Back then a lot of people believed that the Rotary would take over from the Piston engine and everyone was working on Rotary projects (including GM with their Rotary Corvettes).

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.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1513804039

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Why not?