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Old 08-09-2004, 05:54 PM
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Just in 1400hp Twin Turbo RX-8
Read this article from Automobile magazine Sep 04, looks like Mazda will be at NHRA Drag Racing this October with a Twin Turbo 1400hp RX-8. To bad this won't be street legal

Some other Mazda cars: 400hp Mazda 3, and a turbocharged 1200hp Mazda6.
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Hmm. That might be Abel Ibarra's love machine.
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is it at least a rotary? or some dinosaur with an rx8 skin?
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I believe turbochargers are banned in the big time NHRA. For sport compacts, anything goes.
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It is a 3 rotor 20B.
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mmmm 20b
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heres abel


that day i took pixs he ran a best of 6.8 forgot trap speed. butits the world's fastest rotary
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good lord look at the size of the turbo on that thing!!
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i wonder if he'll adopt me..
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i got him to laugh by telling him the size of the turbo is the size of my engine.
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I got to see that car run a few months ago at English Town. Something about it that was interesting where the headlights. They where the real RX-8 lights, not decals.
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Originally Posted by SuPerHerO::tOnY
i wonder if he'll adopt me..
Lets find out.
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I got to see that car run a few months ago at English Town. Something about it that was interesting where the headlights. They where the real RX-8 lights, not decals.


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good lord look at the size of the turbo on that thing!!
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The piping on that car is unbelievable. Kel, do you have a bigger picture of the engine bay?
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That turbo looks like a cheezy horror flick

...ATTACK of the Killer Snails!!!
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Originally Posted by Kel Rx8


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X1,000,000.000
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That is one nice looking RX-8. But only a SINGLE turbo??

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he ran a best of 6.8 forgot trap speed. but its the world's fastest rotary
Sorry,

No it isn't. Quickest, but not fastest. 201.52 MPH by Archie Kajewski and the Mazfix team's tripple turbo 20B here in Australia just a few weeks ago. And who was the tuner? The same guru I am developing the twin-screw with

http://www.fullboost.com.au/news.php?newsId=55











More info on Abel's quickest rotary here:
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ProfilesWinner

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Holy Mother Of God...I don't know what else to say....
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any vids out there of that run?
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i dont have a vid of that run
but i have a vid of abel running against pepe loco
pepe loco flipped the car mid way down the 1320.
i posted it here months ago.
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Hymee, you Aussies are the greatest at the ol' rotary.
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Holy Mother Of God...I don't know what else to say....
I do... Its only a matter of time be for we get a bad a$$ turbo set up ...
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Excuse me but whats the 3rd turbo for... Tim allen answers more power arhh arhh arhhh
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Is that a serious question?

Simple answer: One turbo per rotor.

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