Mazda RX-3 Commercial (Mazda engine goes Hmmm)

youtube ^ | May 11, 2006 | ShawnB2

[tlb]

Piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, boing. Mazda engine goes Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[tlb]

Talking to somebody about motors I came across this.

[DManA]

A man, a woman, a picnic, and a boinging noise. Not too subtle a message there.

[mazda77]

Thanks!

Being that I’ve race Mazdas, the funniest thing I heard in reference to a rotary in a racing application was while having dinner right outside of Daytona Int’l. At the table next to us was one of those preverbial screaming kids and a guy at our table said, “If it isn’t the kids, its the Mazdas”.

One has to be familiar with the noise those things make without mufflers.

[Silentgypsy]

My first brand new car was a 77 Mazda GLC. Despite being new to manual transmissions, that car lasted and lasted and lasted. Truly a Great Little Car!

[mazda77]

The best acronym for a car was the Dodge Onmi GLH. The name came out of a meeting on what to call the Shelby massaged grocery getter. I had one and it lived up to its name especially in autocrossing. Goes Like Hell

[Tucsonican]

Been driving an RX-8 for the last 4 years and other than sucking oil like a ‘68 VW it’s been pure pleasure. It’s also kind of fun to watch them tear up the Rolex GT circuit.

[CrazyIvan]

The best acronym for a car was the Dodge Onmi GLH. The name came out of a meeting on what to call the Shelby massaged grocery getter. I had one and it lived up to its name especially in autocrossing. Goes Like Hell

I had the same running gear in a Shadow, it came fast and I
tweaked the turbo a little. Then it was a giant killer.
Torque steer from hell, tho.

[Disambiguator]

My parents bought an RX3 wagon in 1973 that looked a lot like that car in the video, except it was blue. It had the “Woody” paneling, too.

[CrazyIvan]

One has to be familiar with the noise those things make without mufflers.

Reminds me of (I think it was) Peter Egans description of the
18,000 RPM 275CC Honda CBX with six megaphone exhausts.
“Shrieks like a panther passing a kidney stone”.

[Ro_Thunder]

mazda77 wrote:

The best acronym for a car was the Dodge Onmi GLH.

I thought you were going to say

Dodge
Omni
GLH

DOG.

[knews_hound]

[mazda77]

Uhhhh, tell that to the Grand Am Rolex GT champions.

[Ole Okie]

I really liked the idea of the Wankel engine. Had a friend who had a Mazda.

But the seals on the lobes of the rotor turned out to be very weak points.

I’m an engineer who was all for the gas turbine engine. Efficiency got that one as far as automobile usage, even with all sorts of economizers trying to recover waste heat.

[doorgunner69]

Yeah, I wonder how the seal tech is these days. I had a RX2 in 1971 or 72 when they first came out, kick in the azz to drive. Little bitty 4 barrel carb and all, pissed off a lot of small block V8 drivers. My brothers fried the engine, but the seals were going fast measured by oil consumption.

Later, many moons had passed, and I bought a new 1988 RX7 Turbo. Another kick azz car. But then it started failing smog inspections. Yep, seals fried. Dumped it, and the new owners tracked me down and asked if I knew why it failed for them? Told them to go ask the dealer they bought it from.

Great engine, but again, I wonder what 40 years has improved?