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calstar
03-10-2008, 08:35 AM
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/concept-cars/x3-concept-based-on-mazda-rx-7/

Easily the best RX-7 conversion i've ever seen.
A790
03-10-2008, 08:38 AM
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BenC
03-10-2008, 08:38 AM
link no worky:dunno:
ekguy
03-10-2008, 09:19 AM
semi epic fail...
Kloubek
03-10-2008, 09:31 AM
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/concept-cars/x3-concept-based-on-mazda-rx-7/
zachattack54
03-10-2008, 09:33 AM
That is actualy not the bad. The other rx7 concepts ive seen look like garbage.
Mitsu3000gt
03-10-2008, 09:48 AM
That looks really good. Now all they need to do is ditch the rotary for something more reliable and with torque IMO.
cityhunter2501
03-10-2008, 09:53 AM
front looks too much like a corvette to me.
needs more curve like the FD
Antonito
03-10-2008, 09:55 AM
I like the real RX-7 better than this concept. Why they bother making many changes on a design that was years ahead of it's time, I don't know. That car is still sexy as hell
Quinsonaaa
03-10-2008, 10:17 AM
thats very slick
Kloubek
03-10-2008, 10:19 AM
I disagree. The rotary is so small and powerful for it's size that they can pack it in areas conventional engines simply cannot fit. While the rotary DOES require *very* careful maintenence, and dies quickly if it is not performed properly, it is generally a very reliable engine design otherwise.

The problem much of the time is that the engine is allowed to overheat, the oil is allowed to run out (rotaries use a lot of oil), or the oil is not changed regularly enough. If any of these things occur, the engine is by far more fragile than others. But kept up, I've seen rotaries outlast pison engines.

With that said, I DID have an RX7 engine die on me before. lol.


Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
That looks really good. Now all they need to do is ditch the rotary for something more reliable and with torque IMO.
spikerS
03-10-2008, 10:57 AM
Originally posted by cityhunter2501
front looks too much like a corvette to me.
needs more curve like the FD

+1 first thing i thought too. looks like a vette.
Rocky
03-10-2008, 11:04 AM
I'm not a huge fan. Looks like a Batmobile from the front and a Vette from the side.
infected
03-10-2008, 11:52 AM
Meh. I still like the Veilside better.
Reap
03-10-2008, 01:25 PM
Originally posted by Rocky
I'm not a huge fan. Looks like a Batmobile from the front and a Vette from the side.
ExOz
03-10-2008, 02:42 PM
Nice concept, but there's still something to be said for a big brutal kit which makes the RX7 scream aggression.