I have to say I'm not a fan of the air intake, the sharp trailing edge is not good for airflow
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sorry this is off topic but i love your avatar man haha
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The R26B was not turbocharged.
A turbocharged rotary would have a maximum displacement of 2 liters, NA 3. The R26B was 2.6 L this is as close as one could get to 3 without designing a completely new family of rotary engines. This would not be financially feasible unless it was being developed for their road cars as well. Unfortunately, there is not currently enough interest or advantages to justify completely redesighning and resizing Mazda's current rotor. Right now they can get all the power required of a street car from a 3 rotor NA.
Bingo! this is why we probably won't see a rotary at La Sarthe unless there is a fundamental change in the rules.
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personally, i believe that it is outlandishly sexy
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If you can still see the cops,
you're not going fast enough.
Ben Devlin drives the Furai at Buttonwillow Raceway Park
in California
YouTube - Mazda Furai Concept Laps Buttonwillow
Buttonwillow Raceway Park
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Thanks for the vid togos!! It's awesome to see a concept car being caned around a track.
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cheers for extra vid been wanting to see more of this beast
I didn't think it was going to be produced, for racing at least?
it won't be
elements of the car have been considered to be used in a racing Prototype but nothing really in way of a new car.
it has been weighed- believe it or not it is 3300lbs.! so much fiber glass it is a porker
and Dev is only driving 6-8/10ths he said
the splitter also doesn't work as it is supposed to it gets in the way of ground clearance.
all that being said, Mazda design NA told me he was talking to the team to see if they can make some body panels for the car to add the "flow" language to the lmp2 car- but it is not really gonna happen i think, also note the car at shows has sculpted rims, very turbulent and on the track is uses the regular race car rims.
this was a show piece- but at least it runs
This car became epic it's a great concept, one of the most beautiful cars ever.
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Mazda Design People
Mazda Design People
Mazda Furai in detail
Mazda Furai Concept
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