losesomethinbra

Well the oil consumption is legit, it needs a little oil fuel mix. Although I believe you could disable it and premix the fuel if you want (it not much oil)

45psi

the rx-7 had that too, its called the oil metering valve.

if it ever failed, your engine was fucked.

kain

bravo, we do have some smart people here.

the oil metering pump from every RX car to the 1988 series rx7's where all mechanical. everything above that was electrical. mazda tried to fix this with ecxu controlled pumps, but they are iffy.

280 wheel HP is ALLOT of fucken HP out of a 13b.

170 to 180 is faster than a 2nd gen turbo II.

but like i said, Mazda didn't even go for much performance here. they wanted to test the platform. that's it and that's all. they weren't attempting to cary the lineage of the rx7 or anything. if it was slow, they didn't care.,

Jorsher

Oh, so that's why they overstated it's power ratings? We aren't talking about "MOTEC tuned" bullshit, we're talking about a stock "240hp" engine that rarely, if ever, dynoed anywhere near that (with DSC off).

If I wasn't going for performance, I would under-rate it.

kain

some engine actually have made those numbers. the problem was loss of compression due to the bad oil metering pumps.

Jorsher

Well, I wish they would get inherent flaws worked out of the rotaries. Theoretically, they seem like a great idea, but piston engines top them in about every aspect except rpm, which short stroked engines can still top).

SkunT

I agree. Especially NA and stock port.

78NOVA

i loved the weak power plant found in my 83 rx7 gsl. 12a just has no ***** when it comes to torque, but i loved the powerband it had. just cruising, if ya punched the gas you could feel the lsd workin. to bad i blew that bitch. now the 7 is sitting awaiting some type of engine to be put in. ive had thoughts of a high hp chevy V8(which is in the last steps of building on an engine stand), and my dad tossed me the idea of putting in my 5 speed from the old v6 TA motor on the back of a turbo "Iron Duke." Which im beginning to like the sound of.

ososlohatch

mazda = junk .... anyway you look at it

scottsi

I saw two rx8's with full boltons dynoing before me when i had my 300zx like 2 or 3 years ago, right about when those cars came out, and If i remember correctly they made about 170-190 hp with a tune, intake, and exhaust. That car was underrated. I dyno'd right behind them and made a solid 298hp 299tq. The dyno was a mustang dyno, so maybe at 10-20hp on top to equal a dynojet, but eitherway those cars suck ***. And mazda hasn't came out with anything good rotary wise since the rx7. Although the turbo miata was pretty neat.