How Many 1st Gens Still Running?

[David Nock (RIP)]

And on Car and Classic today.....David Stile\'s old Elford.....Now in Oxfordshire.

That was quick.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C235783

[David Nock (RIP)]

Elford front and rear spoilers... engine looks the standard n/a mazda offering though...





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Sold? for £205.
Bargain of the month that one, trust yer old mucker.

[David Nock (RIP)]

On ebay... series 3   .... £250 start







http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAZDA-RX7-/160610353536?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item25651f8180

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I couldn\'t get the colour of this one. Says Silver but is it?
Perhaps the fluorescent lighting.

Nice Wheels.

[Ian65]

Sold? for £205.
Bargain of the month that one, trust yer old mucker.

do you know something we don\'t ?

[johnnyboy]

IThe blue one has a japanese 12a engine that Tim at RX motors supplied. These were turbo charged from mazda and had lower compression. It still runs the elford turbo and inlet though, not the jap injected stuff.

 
Sorry to be thick, but I have wondered for a while..... How do they drop the compression ratio of a Rotary? They presumably are not different housings or Rotors, so do they just machine more out of the faces of the rotors to leave more space when compressed? If so, what else does this do to the combustion shape / efficiency / emissions etc?
 
john

[Marcrs]

do you know something we don\'t ?

the sunroof is worth nearly that...

I missed the end of the auction...was going to have that

[Marcrs]

I couldn\'t get the colour of this one. Says Silver but is it?
Perhaps the fluorescent lighting.

Nice Wheels.

looks like V3 tender blue to me

[Ian65]

the sunroof is worth nearly that...

I missed the end of the auction...was going to have that

glass was it? he told me it was tin.

[Ian65]

And on Car and Classic today.....David Stile\'s old Elford.....Now in Oxfordshire.

That was quick.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C235783

yeah, in view of Daves last post on his for sale thread...

Car now sold to an enthuiastic first time rotary man:WaveBye

er... yeah

[David Nock (RIP)]

do you know something we don\'t ?

The Silver S2 RYE,....No, nothing, but I could imagine bolting a new wing on, sourcing some S2 front seats, using our newly discovered bars of clay on it and.....away we go...:3gears-rh

That engine bay says \'I\'ve had a good home at some time recently\'.

[antnicuk]

Sorry to be thick, but I have wondered for a while..... How do they drop the compression ratio of a Rotary? They presumably are not different housings or Rotors, so do they just machine more out of the faces of the rotors to leave more space when compressed? If so, what else does this do to the combustion shape / efficiency / emissions etc?
 
john

the rotors have different sized wells/chambers in them, but they are made by mazda like it.  All models have had different comp ratios throughout history. The turbo II and FD are the same comp ratio but the rx8 and egi are different, asi is the 12a turbo compared to the 12 carbed non turbo one.  The series 4 turbo (turbo I not made in the uk) had lower compression than the turbo II and a popular upgrade for people wanting to run higher boost safely, this is the same for the 12A turbo engine.

[Ian65]

the rotors have different sized wells/chambers in them, but they are made by mazda like it.  All models have had different comp ratios throughout history. The turbo II and FD are the same comp ratio but the rx8 and egi are different, asi is the 12a turbo compared to the 12 carbed non turbo one.  The series 4 turbo (turbo I not made in the uk) had lower compression than the turbo II and a popular upgrade for people wanting to run higher boost safely, this is the same for the 12A turbo engine.

interesting stuff... what boost were you running on the Elford setup with the JMD engine?

[David Nock (RIP)]

Last Up Feb 2011:

Red 1982 series 2 being broken on ebay...





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Back on ebay as a Project Car.

Says 13B but fairly sure it\'s standard 12A.

[Ian65]

it\'s worth half that

[spoddy]

it looks rough on ebay, missing passenger door card, nice colour though, the red interior.
but whats the belly like as it looks alot worse than in the pics above.

parts me thinks.