i like the lines of the hyundai tooo... its pretty..

I LIKE THE ASTON!

Who does'nt????!

i concur

AMEN

i still need to get an fd, so that i can have a basis for comparison.. maybe i'll start there..

I like it! Plus I like the fact that Mazda is not just developing a new generation RX-7 but a whole new generation Rotary Engine. A 1.8 liter rotary is gonna be sweet.

uh... its actually a 1.6 isnt it? the new 16x displayed in the premacy in japan.

I think mazda is taking car of alot of problems with the new 16x rotary engine... I noticed it hase 3 oil injection nozzles per rotor, Insted of only one!! I hope that takes care of the apex seal lube problem.(I just run premix)



I really like the idea of direct injection for the fuel. It looks like the secondary injectors inject directly into the combustion chamber, and the primarys look like there in the primary ports....



One of my favorite features of the new 16X is that they stoped making the irons out of iron. The new aluminum side housing must be so lite!!!



The stroking idea is cool to its a good way to get more displacement out of the engine, And add torqe to the whole power band!!!



BUT will stroking a rotary lower the redline like a piston engine???

I say no because you are just scaling all of the parts. All of the load supporting parts will be upsized with the increase in rotor size, and stroke. In a piston engine, the block is typically unchanged, and the redline is lowered to return piston speeds to the design spec for the original engine. In addition, you now have more displacement breathing through the same valves as the original engine, so the engine will reach its torque and power peaks sooner, and run out of breath sooner. With this new rotary, they can upsize everything to accomodate the increase in displacement.