# ROFL @ Mazda and rotary motors **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 23, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352 "2006-08-23T10:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/21 "2006-08-23T15:29:34Z")
> [@ezfd](#): > > so much criticism…so little knowledge What did you expect? :meh: ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/22 "2006-08-23T16:39:19Z")
> [@ezfd](#): > > so much criticism…so little knowledge hahah ok every member here with an rx7 has blown it up. now this article, in which mazda admits their engines = suck I guess its all coincidence though. Rotarys must be sweet. Too sweet to stay in one piece… ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/23 "2006-08-23T16:47:26Z")
LOL…sucks to be an RX-8 owner right now I guess. Thank god for my trusty F-Bod :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/24 "2006-08-23T17:03:10Z")
Step 1: Blow up RX8 Step 2: Fake injury, file lawsuit Step 3: Settle for $14,000 Step 4: Buy LS7 Step 5: ??? Step 6: Profit ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/25 "2006-08-23T17:16:29Z")
> [@vq30de](#): > > hahah ok > > every member here with an rx7 has blown it up. > > now this article, in which mazda admits their engines = suck > > I guess its all coincidence though. Rotarys must be sweet. Too sweet to stay in one piece… i haven’t blown up mine, and neither has hogan32. eric had a 76k mile stock motor that overboosted (ANY car wont take that, not just a rotary) and ran lean. i also love how the people who have the smartest replies are the people who don’t even drive somthing worth talking about. but hey you must know everything because you’ve been there before, right? ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/26 "2006-08-23T17:22:33Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > i haven’t blown up mine, and neither has hogan32. eric had a 76k mile stock motor that overboosted (ANY car wont take that, not just a rotary) and ran lean. > > i also love how the people who have the smartest replies are the people who don’t even drive somthing worth talking about. but hey you must know everything because you’ve been there before, right? O wow…Jay is angry when u disrespect the rotary… He says…DONT YOU BE TALKIN BOUT MY ROTARS LIKE DAT! ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/27 "2006-08-23T17:27:34Z")
:word:, you know what happens when you disrespect the Rotary? We can’t even joke about it in public anymore. His face gets all red, veins start pulsating, and before you can say I’m sorry you are getting your ass handed to you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/28 "2006-08-23T17:29:34Z")
^^^ I have seen him shred jerseys right off his body when you start to be bad moufin his whip. ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/29 "2006-08-23T17:34:21Z")
ahh the rotary. the one in my FC popped a month after i sold it. ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/30 "2006-08-23T18:07:27Z")
i’m really not blowing up, just commenting. Lets put it this way, internal combution piston engines have been around since the 1840’s or so, that would give them 165 or so years of existence, right? That is a lot of time to work out the kinks and get them to the point they are today, reliable, inexpensive and relitively fuel efficient. The rotary engine had been around since the mid 1950’s which would equate to about 50 years of existance and time to test and develope,…see where i’m going here?? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/31 "2006-08-23T18:08:14Z")
Yes, so come back in 2120. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/32 "2006-08-23T18:09:12Z")
You can’t use that for an excuse…Technology over the last 50 years is more advanced… ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/33 "2006-08-23T18:09:20Z")
^^ pretty much, untill then, they will blow up when IMPROPERLY built, tuned and maintained. ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/34 "2006-08-23T18:10:28Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > You can’t use that for an excuse…Technology over the last 50 years is more advanced… it also advanced a lot between 1860whatever and the 1950’s, my point is they just need more time to develope. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/35 "2006-08-23T18:16:02Z")
> [@mazda's website](#): > > his intuition actually triggered the birth of the rotary engine, which had been attempted countless times by people all over the world since the 16th century. i think the rotory enginer was around a bit longer > [@mazda's website as well](#): > > n 1924, at the age of 22, Felix Wankel established a small laboratory for the development of the rotary engine, where he engaged in research and development. During World War II, he continued his work with the support of the German Aviation Ministry and large civil corporations, both of whom believed that the rotary engine would serve the national interest once it were fully developed. [http://www.mazda.com/history/rotary/e1-1.html](http://www.mazda.com/history/rotary/e1-1.html) research\>ezfd ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/36 "2006-08-23T18:32:57Z")
> [@66impalass\`](#): > > i think the rotory enginer was around a bit longer > > [http://www.mazda.com/history/rotary/e1-1.html](http://www.mazda.com/history/rotary/e1-1.html) > > research\>ezfd the “modern” rotary engine as used my Mazda, wankel’s design was even more fucked up than the “current” design, i’m not arguing that the design is perfect, far from it, just aggrevated that people are so quick to flame rotaries, sticking up for my own, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/37 "2006-08-23T18:47:52Z")
don’t even waste your time eric, its pointless ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/38 "2006-08-23T19:29:26Z")
oh man, that would suck ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/39 "2006-08-23T19:31:09Z")
rotaries are cool engines… i loved my fc, and was inches from buying a fd before i built my hatch, but there is no denying that they are much more unreliable and delicate when compared to a conventional piston engine. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352/40 "2006-08-23T19:36:24Z")
its like Eric said…there has been 100x times more R&D done on the piston engine than the rotary…if Mazda sticks with it for a while they will get it [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rofl-mazda-and-rotary-motors/16352.md?page=3)