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The engine continued to be used in the GTS category for the spaceframe FD3S RX-7, which returned to Le Mans in 1994, backed by Mazdaspeed. The livery returned again, in 1995, in Jim Downing 's rotary-powered Kudzu DG-1 , which competed in IMSA's WSC (World Sport Car), a category with different regulations than the FIA.
Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Instrument panel of RX-7 Spirit R Easily the most collectible of all the RX-7s was the last model limited to 1,500 units. Dubbed the " Spirit R ", they combined all the extra features Mazda had used on previous limited-run specials with new exclusive features like cross-drilled brake rotors.
It was exported as the Mazda RX-3 in its first generation from 1971 to 1978, and as the Mazda RX-7 in its subsequent generations. For the original 1971 version of Savanna, Mazda fitted its 10A rotary engine to the Mazda Grand Familia to create a separately marketed product sold in coupé, sedan, and station wagon guises.
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On IMSA’s sliding weight vs. engine displacement scale, the Mazda 4-rotor came in at 1,750 lb (790 kg) and many teams had cause for concern about this, thinking that the Mazda engine had been gifted a power-to-weight ratio advantage. While the RX-792P showed occasional turns of speed, the reality was that the engine simply was giving up far ...
In 1981, Pierre Honegger rebuilt a production Mazda RX-7 for use in the GTX category of the IMSA GT Championship.The new car was named the Mazda RX-7 GTP, and featured new, wide-body bodywork, whilst using a more powerful version of the Mazda 13B Wankel rotary engine used in the road car. [1]
The most prominent 4-rotor engine from Mazda, the R26B, was used only in various Mazda-built sports prototype cars including the 787B and the RX-792P in replacement of the older 13J. In 1991 the R26B-powered Mazda 787B became the first Japanese car and the first car with anything other than a reciprocating piston engine to win the 24 Hours of ...