Is the RX7 RS 4WD?

[Matt.Wild]

I was reading a book earlier that claimed that the RS is infact 4wd like a Scooby or Skyline - is this true or the book getting its facts wrong?

[J4P RX]

Its wrong

[gsb876]

Errrrrrrr .................. no

[iaint]

As Lee and Gurj said - no 4wd FD.

It\'d be almost impossible to make one too due to the positioning of the engine - there\'d be no way of running the power to the fronts sensibly!

Iain

[MikeLMR]

its been done on an FB and an FC for rallying. Rod Millen built one with partial support from Mazda to rally in the US and NZ and RE-A built one in Japan too IIRC

I should think they aren\'t the only one either.

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<-------- Duh I have a photo of Rod Millens car in my avatar

[Fish]

God if it was 4WD, Si would be able to drive it. :p

Fish

[clive]

From memory Mazda built an FC 4wd WRC but it never rallied as it was completed just before Group B was scraped in 1986.

[MikeLMR]

It was a group S car Clive , was going to be mid engined and have three rotors. but seeing as group S was the mad version of group B it got killed off when people started thinking about making the sport safer.

[MikeLMR]

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[MikeLMR]

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[gsb876]

That looks terrible:eek:

[MikeLMR]

it wasn\'t built to look pretty :p

[gsb876]

I understand that Mike, but you\'d think they\'d at least try???

[MikeLMR]

i\'m unsure if that is the finished product or just a prototype ... as above it was never really finished

[mattmaclennan]

Very Lancia S4! Someone bring back the killer B\'s!