Mazda RX-7

This,is not your ordinary car. Not even close. Why,you ask? Well, for starters,the Mazda RX-7 does not use a reciprocating piston engine.Yes,that's right,no pistons,no cylinders,no camshafts,none of that.In it's place,is a Rotary engine,developed by Dr. Felix Wankel. The Rotary engine in itself is a masterpeice. The concept is this:instead of piston's moving up and down rotating a crankshaft, combustion spins a rotor ,connected to a crankshaft,in turn,turning the crankshaft. There are spots for injectors and valves inside the area where the rotor is. The particular Rotary engine in an RX-7 is a two rotor,twin turbo engine,generating 250 horsepower

Due to the extremely small nature of the rotary engine,the RX-7 is very light and very agile.Being small,the engine is able to be pushed back farther in the car,to better distribute weight. The RX-7 competes not only on the track but on the dragstrip,turning in low 13 second quarter miles stock. Turn up the boost a few psi and you are running 12's.

In Japan,this car can be seen in the Japan Grand Touring Car races and in America,on the drag strip in such forms's as Abel Ibarra's 7 second RX-7. This front engine/rear wheel drive japanese car is among the top sports cars' in the world,and, when the 3rd generation (1993-1996) was introduced,it was priced at $30,000. Which,considering the performance of this car,is a great value. Although in America,the RX-7 was discontinued in 1996,it still lives on in Japan,and will soon be followed by the RX-8,using the same Rotary engine concept that started a legend.
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