Todays Quick Vid

[Jamie R]

I want that Mazda carol so bad !!


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[Eccentric shaft]

Me too. But I'd have to modify it (or myself) to fit in it. 

[clive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1YZ8gPkrdg

[Jamie R]

Me too. But I'd have to modify it (or myself) to fit in it. 

It's screaming for a rear engined rotary


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[MattScott]

Did someone say "rear engined rotary"??

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaIzlCgpAP8/?utm_medium=copy_link

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[Jamie R]

Did someone say "rear engined rotary"??

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaIzlCgpAP8/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Brilliant idea

!! Lol


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[Jamie R]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbkqP5zFVzM


You may know all the facts, but this vid is 5 days old and may be of interest.

[clive]

Yep, of interest, thankyou.

[boosted]

Good watch that.

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[jinx]

Is it just me that thought this rather blithely ignored any and all rotary racing success that preceded the LM victory?  The narrative appeared to be that Mazda were also rans everywhere, which must surely have annoyed the people who had been winning SCCA trophies with the SA22/FB for a while by then?  Previous racing history was 'covered' with one image of an R-100 and I'm not sure it was entirely fair to dismiss  the R100's 4th 5th and 6th places at the 1970 Nurburgring 6 Hours as: "not even finishing on the podium."   

I dare say Takayoshi Ohashi the team boss of Mazdaspeed would be surprised to hear that Jacky Ickx was the team manager (He was hired as a 'consultant') who secured them the weight penalty exemption.  (I just looked that up, which they could have too?) I suppose Jacky Ickx made a better story, though it did not sound like the presenter expected anybody to have heard of him on account of only having won the race six times. 

It really is a great 'under dog' story that does not need the background airbrushed out make it more dramatic. 

[Eccentric shaft]

Well said, jinx!

[Jamie R]

Indeed! Jinx for president!

Whilst this mere mortal has no reason to dispute such comprehensive evidence, for you have been blessed with witnessing our own natural satellite orbit this god forsaken rock longer than I .....
( I couldn't think of a more diplomatic way of saying you're older and wiser)

But, I would revel in such delight, seeing same said information posted on the video channel and watch the authors squirm in their half hearted attempt to broadcast a piece which is believed to be economic with the facts. Also every keyboard warrior who claim to be a "team manager" because their cousin ( who all share the same parents and banjo) has a hybrid turbocharged Vauxhall corsa in a lock up behind some flats.

......... just a request lol


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[clive]

Well said above.
Also the LM predecessors to the 787B are woefully overlooked also there is the misconception that the Rotary was banned after the famous win.

To be curate 1991 was the last year that it was viable to win outright due to a coming rule change rather than an outright ban on the Rotary

I went to Le Manns in 1988 and there was a 4 Rotor racing under the guise of Jim Downing who was possibly the most winning Mazda driver turned constructor ever.

Just look at the huge variety of Mazda and Rotary powered cars on the link at the bottom 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Downing

    https://www.google.com/search?q=jim+downing+mazda+race+cars&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV9cOxi6z2AhW5QEEAHdYTDbwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1058&bih=368&dpr=1.3

[Eccentric shaft]

Quick vid? I don't know. Takes bloody hours to make one of these! 
Thanks again for putting me in touch with The Man, Clive (or should I say The Men). Still on a high! 

[Jamie R]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkI92srVOg0

Nice bit of 13b PP action. On UK plates too.

Odd stance for a tarmac set up car.

Squats with the hammer down and the front lifts like a gasser dragster lol