Renesis engined NC MX5

[snotrag]

Worth a read.

Look how it drops in! That chassis was made for a Rotary engine. Sort it out Mazda!

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=158121

Edited by snotrag on Tuesday 2nd March 12:58

[MX-5 Lazza]

I've seen an RX8 engine in a Mk3 MX5 before (there is one in this country) but I've never seen anyone "engineer" a transplant quite that extensively! What would I give to have him as a neighbour!!!!!

[hornetrider]

Holy moley!

[inman999]

Car Porn . . . I love it.

Shame its not finished yet and no new posts this year.

[hornetrider]

The only other thing is all that money spent - and yet none to match the front bumper. Still, amazing achievement.

[juansolo]

I can't help but feel it would have been easier to strip and cage up an RX8 if you're going to make it a coupe...

[cyberface]

285 width R888s on the rear? That's going to need one hell of an engine to justify that much grip! Mental

[MX-5 Lazza]

cyberface said:

285 width R888s on the rear? That's going to need one hell of an engine to justify that much grip! Mental

A supercharged Renesis engine probably fits the bill adequately

[Taffer]

snotrag said:

Worth a read.

Look how it drops in! That chassis was made for a Rotary engine. Sort it out Mazda!

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=158121

Edited by snotrag on Tuesday 2nd March 12:58

Nice, but I still prefer this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG7TUVjfcb0&fea...

No replacement for displacement!

Edited by Taffer on Wednesday 3rd March 21:59

[cyberface]

MX-5 Lazza said:

cyberface said:

285 width R888s on the rear? That's going to need one hell of an engine to justify that much grip! Mental

A supercharged Renesis engine probably fits the bill adequately

That's what you'd bung on the back of a tuned Porker GT2. Can you get 600-odd bhp from a supercharged rotary? Those engines are 238 bhp base aren't they?

I *love* the idea of an 'extended' Mazda rotary with 4 rotors, and maybe a supercharger... would be crazy, sound awesome, and would probably put out a lot of power. It'd probably drink petrol like my sensible family saloon too

[NDNDNDND]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the NC chassis was basically a cut-down RX-8 - hence the trailing arm rear suspension... Some of the mounting points (look at the diff comparisons) do look extremely similar!

Funnily enough, I always though Mazda should've made a SWB RX-8 turbo... looks like this guy's got the right idea!

[franv8]

Trailing arms - you're joking! Disappointed at that - I'm afraid that to me makes it sound like the Mk3 has moved away from the original (rather pure) concept.