The Legendary 10,500 RPM Mazda 787B Engine

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There are only a few more iconic engines than this spectacular four-rotor Wankel-type unit that also managed to bring the 787B first to the finish in 1991 of 24 hours of Le Mans.
It was built at the peak of Wankel era when Mazda had multiple rotary-powered models in the portfolio. In theory, this was a twin 13B engine using only natural aspiration and incredibly high rpm to reach its 700 hp setup. The engine rev limiter would cut off power somewhere around 9,500 rpm, but on an engine dyno the R26B's potential is above 900 hp, upwards of 10,000 rpm.
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@GunsNGames1 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best sounding engines ever made.

@wharris302 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you ever heard a prius? Puts this to shame!

@idgafijwtmitg 3 жыл бұрын

I like m3 gtr

@ramadhanisme7 3 жыл бұрын

@@wharris302 no, a tesla would put prius in the hall of shame

@GunsNGames1 3 жыл бұрын

@@ramadhanisme7 you two must be kidding with me. Had y'all ever heard the mighty roar of a Smart For Two?

@Gauge167 3 жыл бұрын

No no no is the best sounding engine ever made

@SkiRacingOz 2 жыл бұрын

When Mazda checked the engine at the end of the race they found out they could have easily run the full 920 hp

@Jesse5111 8 ай бұрын

And it still had another 500km it could have ran

@mister_M. 6 ай бұрын

Really? Wow

@mcgusto82 4 ай бұрын

So like the wear and tear found at engine inspection and breakdown was minimal? You know, they decided correct. They won. Had they pushed the limit could had resulted in a different outcome.

@notagain2856 3 ай бұрын

Mazda chose reliability and fuel economy over outright performance in the 1991 Le mans, and their gamble paid off. The 787B was actually one of the, if not the slowest Group C car at the race with even the old Porsche 962s were lapping faster.

@mister_M. 3 ай бұрын

@@notagain2856 really??

@brianbumgardner8704 3 жыл бұрын

These engines sound like a huge bunch of angry bees. So beautiful to hear.

@williamjamesheather1953 20 күн бұрын

Bee's on steroids!!!!!!

@Deadsphere 3 жыл бұрын

It kills me when someone asks "what was the first Japanese Le Mans win" and everyone says Toyota. Like, I know Toyota won, but Mazda came first over ten years before Toyota did.

@aceof8S 3 жыл бұрын

Mazda is just a foreign Ford tho At least Toyota is Toyota

@antonsteroids2529 3 жыл бұрын

People are slow sometimes

@Deadsphere 3 жыл бұрын

@@aceof8S I don't think I've ever read a more incorrect comment in my life.

@Pathfinding-earth 3 жыл бұрын

@@aceof8S what? Ford never owned Mazda....??

@tungabunga4107 3 жыл бұрын

@@aceof8S Wtf is so ford about mazda????

@a.j.carter8975 3 жыл бұрын

I love Japanese engineers, especially when they are allowed to think out the box.

@anthonyxuereb792 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the German Felix Wankel

@ryanjenkins01 3 жыл бұрын

It's German design actually, but the Japanese put it to good use

@a.j.carter8975 3 жыл бұрын

Very true, I'm old enough to remember NSU RO80s. Only the Japanese got close to solving rotor tip wear. OK there was the norton ( terrible emissions ) my mates rx8 used to drink synthetic oil ( like a premix 2 stroke ) as well as it's 18mpg. My dad's proper 2 stroke SAAB was the ultimate stealth car. You couldn't read the number plate for the clouds of blue smoke. 😁

@a.j.carter8975 3 жыл бұрын

It's also a real problem for rule makers to determine the volumetric capacity of the rotor/s. If you're a fan you say it's tiny if not you can argue its 3X what I would consider the compression/firing volume. Big up the S800 Honda. 8000rpm, four carbs made an MG Midget look prehistoric.

@videkkkk 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, like Yamaha's R1 Crossplane Masterpiece 👌✌👍

@ramadhanisme7 3 жыл бұрын

Every time i hear 787b i always prepared to get an eargasm

@chrisstevens3801 3 жыл бұрын

Dorito's going light speed. Love you VIsioRacer from USA!!

@VisioRacer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chris!

@fidelcatsro6948 3 жыл бұрын

my cat loves u too 🐱♥️♥️♥️

@Pyxe_ZA 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing compares to the demonic SCREAM of that Mazda rotary. Beautiful

@Nafeels 3 жыл бұрын

With LiquidPiston rotary engines gaining traction recently I'm excited for the return of rotary engines back in motorsports!

@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 3 жыл бұрын

Something with their go cart project didn't sit well with me. You'd think they'd get someone that knew what they were doing before showing it off and the whole electric motor thing was completely ignored and in my book shouldn't have been on the cart to begin with and was covered up by essentially a plastic box. The engine never sounded loaded either.

@InvidiousIgnoramus 3 жыл бұрын

@@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 I'm not sure what you watched, but I looked up the Liquid Piston thing and it was very clear from the video that the hydrogen fueled rotary was being used as an electrical generator for the electric motor. I'm not sure what you were expecting, but that was the sound of the motor under a constant fixed load.

@SailingFrolic 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see the Liquid Piston engine on a Mazda 3 Hatch.

@dadadadankable 3 жыл бұрын

Rob Damn, nuff said.

@lllllllllllllllllllll1lll1 2 жыл бұрын

@@dadadadankable Rob Dahm is cool but I'm even more impressed by the Vargas brothers. They've proven the reliability of rotaries again and again. Sitting on the limiter for minutes at a time in the Mystery Machine burnout van, their personal RX7 builds, customer builds, etc. Seriously nutty stuff.

@romaincondezza9601 3 жыл бұрын

I got to sit inside that same car a long time ago in Honduras while it was at the dealership as part of a world tour. Amazing car!

@sauzeeee 3 жыл бұрын

That color scheme and engine sound is just iconic.

@NLRevZ 3 жыл бұрын

Small addition to the story: The #55 was not the only 787(B) to race during the winning drive it did. Several 787Bs were entered, and even some of the older 787s (non-B). Not all of them finished, but the #55 wasn't the only one left! In previous years you had the Mazda 757C, 767, 767B and 787 all drive together at the same events, until the 787B arrived and became the predominant model to drive in Group C.

@Joop.23-2-63 2 жыл бұрын

For the record. 3 mazda's 787's were entered during the 1991 Le Mans. #55, #56 and #18. All cars finished on the places 1, 6 and 8..........

@jimmurphy5739 2 жыл бұрын

What I recall from my RX7 days was being bowled over by the direct and incredibly linear relationship between how far I pressed the accelerator pedal and how far I sank back into the driver's seat back. No piston engine driven car I have ever driven, from muscle car to mini-van, has ever had that oddly linear relationship. And until you experience it, I'm not sure you can fully appreciate how miserably inept the world of piston engines is. I adored my RX7, and profited greatly by rebuilding its rotary engine once, but blew it up because I was young and foolishly didn't grasp the importance of the hard chrome bearing surfaces inside the engine's rotor chambers.

@joewolvey5837 10 ай бұрын

My biggest gripe of turbo rotarys is the non-linear power delivery. It's way hard to stick with the v8's cos the v8's far superior torque curve. In my class, a max of 3 rotors is allowed. And an NA 3 rotor just don't make enough oomph. Not even a crazy PP....

@nthgth 5 ай бұрын

That experience recalls my old Camaro to a tee. Or pretty much any NA car I can recall driving that had a real throttle cable.

@GewelReal 2 ай бұрын

@@nthgththrottle cables are inferior to throttle by wire

@nthgth 2 ай бұрын

@@GewelReal 100% agree for saving miniscule fuel/emissions. 100% disagree in terms of driving experience

@PHAZER99 3 жыл бұрын

Just thinking about today's le man racers using hybrid technology to get the most out the fuel so they don't need to stop as often meanwhile the 787 is over there chugging fuel like the sun burns up hydrogen

@tiago4158 2 жыл бұрын

I thought rotary engines had better fuel consumption than normal piston ones? I mean, seeing that there was a Jaguar with 7.4L engine, surely the Mazda couldn't have had the worst L/G of fuel to mile ratio on the grid

@refox0537 2 жыл бұрын

Le mans...

@yurikz9 2 жыл бұрын

oh no the 787 engine was the most efficient at the track actually lol

@astershake1162 Жыл бұрын

@@yurikz9 incorrect, due to the engines 2 stroke cycle, the engine can't control how much fuel its getting in the chamber. Unlike a 4 stroke piston engine in which the valves above the chamber time a certain amount of fuel as well as the combusted gases exiting the chamber. Rotory engines don't have that, they drink up gas like I drink up soda when I have dry mouth from getting really stoned. Wankel engines are an interesting concept but I wouldn't it recommend if you are looking for efficiency.

@joshbendor1840 Жыл бұрын

@@astershake1162 the displacement of the engine played a massive factor in fuel efficiency since mazda's rotary engine had a less fuel demanding mileage with it being only 2.6L compared to the piston engines that were much larger than mazda's rotary

@chincemagnet 2 жыл бұрын

The 787B is the sexiest sounding engine ever made, they really oughta mass produce that engine

@therealpodge 2 жыл бұрын

It's all custom hand-built parts so won't happen. But can be done if you're mad enough haha

@tacklefatkids 2 ай бұрын

787B is the name of prototype not the engine. It's a 4 rotor. Wouldn't be able to be maintained the way you would a normal car.

@ClwnJuNkY 3 жыл бұрын

One short and sweet video of one of the best ever cars in racing and most Iconic

@cinimini4854 3 жыл бұрын

They only used 700hp because of reliability issues to keep up? Well to be fair, that at the end was the reason they won. It wasn't because the 787b was technologically ahead of the competition, but because every other team that was faster had problems within the race. A fair win nonetheless but people should stop spreading the idea that the Mazda was just too good.

@semiedgv 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, wasn't Le Mans the only race it ever won?

@Andyc351 10 ай бұрын

Yes 1 win ever.

@kchix Ай бұрын

This - thank you! The 787B is an incredible car but it has gained a kind of false legend about technical superiority which is not true. Compared to the competition it wasn’t near the fastest cars I think the #55 qualified 12th on the grid for Lemans and I think it was something like 4 seconds a lap slower than the Mercedes in the race

@uniquelypositive 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the sound this car made is insane! Gotta love rotary engines and Mazda.

@6BEEP9 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot how amazing it sounds and the fact the engine was in such great shape it could have done another Le Mans.

@justgottasendit8825 3 жыл бұрын

26b are so sick! They sound like a even higher pitch f1

@Donnerwamp 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine havingsix-rotor F1 wankel engines that rev up to 30k RPM... They're probably so high pitched, you wouldn't hear a thing!

@Loebane 3 жыл бұрын

@@Donnerwamp To get to 30k it would have to be tiny!

@KitKitChanIsaac 3 жыл бұрын

@@Donnerwamp lemme predict what the sound would be **clears throat** REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BANG BANG REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE STUTUTUTU REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@aaronbosel5599 2 жыл бұрын

Rotary engines weren't banned... they set a displacement minimum requirement

@notagain2856 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, sad to see people still spreading this myth that other teams were conspiring to ban Mazda and rotary engine.

@M.sami12 2 жыл бұрын

This has been a legend. Driven it in every GT game.

@migram4190 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably my favorite le mans car

@mr.wonkastyle2558 3 жыл бұрын

So glad to see you making videos again I used to love your stuff bro

@Does_it_come_in_black 3 жыл бұрын

“Liked” for the algorithm

@igenesisvt8818 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely not a faultless engine. The mazda team had been struggling for multiple seasons before they got lucky with the 787B.

@tron.44 2 жыл бұрын

Good job talking about one of my favorite race cars!

@jgbalves 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa hold your horses. That year was quite a special one, he won with the rest of the grid breaking. Not for being fast or "so fast that it needs to be banned"

@Dr.Mcstaby 2 жыл бұрын

Turlte vs the hare a wins a win but the fia dont care

@justincharles6585 2 жыл бұрын

Well it proved to be more reliable

@souldry 2 жыл бұрын

A whole hell of a lot of people out there think this car won because it was so fast and blew everyone else out of the water. They even banned the engine because it was so fast. None of this is true.

@gaza19661310 Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t banned! Formula changed

@rajeshkadupukotla1285 3 жыл бұрын

In our country, we know mazda as engine maker for tractors and mini buses.. it's great to see it's roots and legacy..

@t.m.a6669 5 ай бұрын

These was waayyyyy ahead of their time man

@eggreedgious5194 Жыл бұрын

Rotaries weren't banned per se, engines were required to be 3.5 liters for 1992 hence the disappearance of the rotary in the top class. Rotaries continued to participate in Le Mans, just not the top class.

@NoblemanMiau Ай бұрын

The SINGLE most iconic racing car PERIOD

@speedyjhonny4092 3 жыл бұрын

I'm the only one who fall in love with no reciprocating engines? Like "Ah we need to change something bro, pistons are a past thing" luckly Mazda with the rotarys are someway coming back, and i have some diferent projects too...

@justinsolomon4427 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever get the chance to hear one in person DO IT....

@jpq6257 Жыл бұрын

Was there in 1991 ! 😊

@griffins750 Жыл бұрын

K 1. that engine is definitely not faultless. 2. They didn’t limit it to 700hp because they “only needed 700hp” they limited it to 700hp because the engine was overheating and destroying itself Mazda limited the car to 700hp for reliability, and in the end it payed off as when they took apart the engine after the race it was in brilliant condition.

@thecloneguyz 5 ай бұрын

They said when they took it apart they could easily go to 900 without a problem

@notagain2856 3 ай бұрын

@@thecloneguyzand they wouldnt have won the race if they spec it to 900hp in the 1991 le mans. Reliability was the only thing going Mazda had for a shot a victory in 1991, being vastly outperformed even by the old 962s in most races. Btw, the 787B only won 1 race out of 21 it competed in

@jasmijnariel 4 ай бұрын

The 787b and the C9 are icons of their times❤

@dewalt1716 Жыл бұрын

Everyone forgets that it only won because everyone had problems and not because it was fast

@sacee_2854 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of people hate on the reliability of rotary engines but fail to mention that piston engines had over twice the amount of time in development it’s easy to say that if they hadn’t been banned from Le Mans we’d see more production rotary around today in cars similar to a Porsche Gt3 and like be just as reliable and possibly making the same amount of power

@notagain2856 3 ай бұрын

The rotary wasnt banned. The new minimum displacement rule (to align with engine in F1) which was set before 1991 was the reason Mazda chose to stop racing

@elliot7452 5 ай бұрын

Like this car so much I went to the Mazda museum in Hiroshima to see it. Much smaller in person than it looks on screen. And maybe I touched it when the tour guide wasn't looking, but I'll tell.

@dermetzger 6 ай бұрын

Absolute monster

@Redskies453 3 ай бұрын

It's no surprise the four rotor males huge power at high revs with a godly sound. What's really amazing here is they managed to squeeze enough reliability to win a 24hr. Rotaries are known for being unreliable and having weak points (looking at you apex seals) so it's truly amazing they got this thing to hold together for the race that's known for breaking cars.

@lolor-metik2538 Жыл бұрын

This car is a f.....g legend!

@zoomkyle19 5 ай бұрын

This would make for a great movie

@Internal_H3AVEN Ай бұрын

So amazing

@nthgth 5 ай бұрын

That thing sounds MEAN! I love it

@vladimirsamardzic963 5 күн бұрын

Best engine hand's down,o and the sound is out this world 😭😢❤

@CARBONIZEDMUNKY 3 жыл бұрын

See so many bicker about the Wankel. The Wankel was never banned and it would not have made for a good, long term production race engine. They had to detune the car by over 200 horsepower just to make it more reliable. Even in the street cars, the RX-7 and RX-8 are complete money pits because of the Wankel motor. One of the best sounding motors by far but also one of the most plagued.

@kyb9206 Жыл бұрын

This brings back the most nostalgic memories growing up playing gran turismo. It’s one of the most iconic cars ever built! I’ll never forget it! And I just got it in gran turismo 7 and it sounds amazing

@dennyardiansyah2369 2 жыл бұрын

The little truth about this car is the car was so slow compared to many automobile rival back in the days, because they really want to keep the engine can go reliably well into the Le Mans competition... It's quite complicated story to know about the 1991 Le Mans competition scene, with their controverse the was happened for it...

@KrausesCars 3 жыл бұрын

Rob must have seen these and was like how do I turbo it…..

@mro4ts457 3 жыл бұрын

Mazda Probably: “We Won, We Won finally!!!” Everyone else: “yea, your engine works too well, we’re gonna have to ban it from future races” (Edit: it’s a joke history buffs)

@peekaboo1575 3 жыл бұрын

Except that this is blatantly incorrect.

@peekaboo1575 3 жыл бұрын

@@mro4ts457 We did indeed but you don't seem to know what happened, friend. Wankels weren't banned because they won, they do not 'work too well' and they certainly aren't banned from 'future races' since they have been allowed back in for quite some time now. You see, prior to 1991 the FIA had announced that all Group C cars would have to field 3500cc Formula One engines starting in '91. When the announced was made Mazda had never won a single race (Le Mans or otherwise) with their Wankel prototypes. When 1991 came around it was clear that there wasn't enough time to test said F1 engines enough to make them reliable so the FIA allowed some teams to stick with their older powerplants albeit with some penalties. The forced shift turned into a mess, specially for the top teams which had to deal with a new, not-yet understood powerplant. Mazda stuck with their Wankels for what would have been their final year and capitalized on the chaos. Their 767s and 787s were never the fastest, never the most reliable cars on the grid. So much so that they were allowed to race with a bellow-minimum weight in '91. Wankels have been allowed again for quite some time now but Mazda has 'abandoned' them completely, even for road cars. The 787b deserves credit for winning Le Mans, no doubt, but don't get carried away by it.

@jessacena1408 3 жыл бұрын

Mazda's next best race result with the 787B was 5th... It never got higher than that. Also, fair to note that they were always miles behind the Mercedes or Jaguar in terms of performance.

@Not_A_Cat 3 жыл бұрын

Mr 04TS please, sir. Learn a thing before making a fool of yourself. The rotary wasn't banned, the formula changed. It was changed before the 91 le man's race. It was always a "last hurrah" and they won because other teams failed to finish. One of the few times a 787b finished without mechanical failure. Their speed wasn't even top 5.

@mro4ts457 3 жыл бұрын

@@Not_A_Cat Please sir learn what a joke is before making a fool of yourself 😂

@liveinthemoment7297 3 жыл бұрын

there are so many reasons nobody uses rotary engines anymore, not just in racing

@Not_A_Cat 3 жыл бұрын

Inefficient by design. Their bonus is small size and low displacement, with fewer.moving parts. They don't burn their charge completely, even using trailing spark plugs, and they wear out the contact faces of the rotor apex and the housing, as well as the seals between housings. Sound great. That's about it.

@liveinthemoment7297 3 жыл бұрын

@@Not_A_Cat kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isWWdK2q2KepZ3k.html

@MrKelenek 3 жыл бұрын

@@Not_A_Cat apex seals haven't been an issue for YEARS now, the failing point now in performance Rotarys are the side seals, normal ring seals.

@luislongoria6621 7 ай бұрын

@@Not_A_Catdid you see Rob Van Dahm's 4 rotor after it broke?

@MrMpm3001 2 жыл бұрын

The other manufacturers had weight penalties as well. This aided in Mazda getting the victory as well.

@danilaodatunagem7193 Жыл бұрын

I don't think so. Mazda was also penalized for running rotaries instead of the new 3 liter V10's the regulation mandated. Shouldn't weight had affected Mazda too?

@MrMpm3001 Жыл бұрын

@@danilaodatunagem7193 idk I got the info from a prior video stating that’s what sided Mazda in the victory that particular day.

@marks7197 3 ай бұрын

@@danilaodatunagem7193The older cars that had previously run under Group C (C2 for 1991) rather than the new 3.5 litre cars were all originally meant to run with ballast to 1000kg, Mazda lobbied the FIA/ACO that they couldn't build a competitive car with that weight (proven by the awful results beforehand) when the race came around Mazda were allowed to run at 830kg. The Mercedes was still much faster even with the weight but oddly proved unreliable, but the XJR12's that won the previous year were 7 seconds slower than the previous year because they couldn't meet the fuel allocation due to the extra weight. The Jags were generally reliable finishing 2,3,4 but never had a chance to compete. It explains why the 787b had such a poor record because it was uncompetitive when the competition were not knobbled. Also, don't buy in to the BS about the car being able to run with more than 700bhp, it couldn't use extra power in short sprint races so it certainly couldn't over 24 hours.

@pedrok4489 2 ай бұрын

The Sauber mercedes was awesome. Also Toyota Minolta

@shanewondrak9661 2 жыл бұрын

Great content! You have come such a long way from the start of your wonderful channel.

@polisjoxi69 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated video.

@DavG_NZ 23 күн бұрын

Ya gotta love how in that time period seemingly whenever a car dominated the competition, officials would get soo butt-hurt they'd change the rules to ban that specific vehicle from competing ever again. Sh*t was wild.

@fandonorris Жыл бұрын

🐐 Video

@Itsjustme-Justme Жыл бұрын

Another case of a technology that was written out of the rules to get rid of something that was had to beat.

@SixxWolfZx Жыл бұрын

That's just how people are unfortunately. You don't follow the hidden rules and they get mad.

@iSkyline1 Ай бұрын

The 787B was one of the slowest winning cars ever at Le Mans and there was no real competition in 91. They simply set a displacement limit, that's it.

@user-tc5pd5bz8j 4 ай бұрын

Back in the seventies, the Mazda rx2! Paul Revere was riding!!!

@h0002 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful car

@bravofoxable 20 күн бұрын

max rpm was usually set to 8500 redline (to conserve fuel in endurance races) but the max power was made around 9000 rpm (690 hp)

@nachobish6801 10 ай бұрын

That engine was a engineering masterpiece So of course they regulated out of competition I love and hate racing at the same time

@notagain2856 3 ай бұрын

The 787B was slow and only won 1 out of 21 races. Its rotary engine had to be detuned to avoid overheating

@GewelReal 2 ай бұрын

No it wasn't banned. Next year had a minimum displacement of 3.5 liters while this engine was just 2.6

@musskeeterbump 3 жыл бұрын

If i had one wish and there was one car it would definitely be this Mazda

@platypus5560 3 ай бұрын

Respect for Mazda has always been high

@Joop.23-2-63 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Felix Wankel would have been proud to see this car.......

@ntl9974 4 ай бұрын

❤

@enuntan9156 3 жыл бұрын

Always been a Mazda fan, I really feel there cars are under rated and over looked, most of them have huge engine And cosmetic potential

@kenopsia9013 2 жыл бұрын

this is one of the peaks of human engineering

@johnelliott7375 Жыл бұрын

Just like the Big Block video you did this one is a legendary one too that most forget about and for all the others I will say that for them it is best forgotten the whooping they got!

@JSFILMS129 2 жыл бұрын

Thing looked like an RC for a second with those front wheels

@jacobjordan760 2 ай бұрын

Hell of a engine

@DoubleD_83 2 жыл бұрын

That Mazda had an excellent timeless engine.

@jerseyboycustoms 3 жыл бұрын

I love the little sneak peak of late 2010s footage of modern Lemans mixed in with a grain texture 🤣🤣

@justamanchimp 2 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant little video, thanks for the info 👍🏻

@hamannshaikh7398 2 жыл бұрын

B787B Monsterous ❤️💪🏻

@raymartin9129 3 жыл бұрын

Mazda for life

@Siwwy 2 жыл бұрын

Races before 2005 was something else

@fra93ilgrande 2 ай бұрын

Good times 🤧🔝

@AllanRosd 2 жыл бұрын

Innovative era, amazing car and engineering

@kbatzler 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this car on the track recently. Very cool.

@The_R-n-I_Guy 2 ай бұрын

I still want to make a rotary powered land speed car. Rotary engine, turbos, and a CVT transmission. Since land speed cars are pushed off the line. You wouldn't have to worry about low speed torque. Jut wind out that rotary with a properly 'geared' CVT and I bet it would break some hearts and records

@Jfunkey Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough even now, Rotaries are encouraged by LeMans and mentioned in the LMH rules. So it never got the boot.

@BrattyBiker 4 ай бұрын

Mazda is eyeing for the return. Issue is, it doesn't make financial sense as it will never meet emissions, hence, It cannot be sold.

@Half_Finis 3 жыл бұрын

Ty for using your voice and not a robot

@boopsmcgee 10 ай бұрын

LOL cracks me up the narrative that people have created for the 787b. It was not faultless, it took them 9 years to figure out how to not blow up the car before 24 hours. It won from attrition, by outlasting the issues that plagued the c11 and xjr. It was significantly slower than these cars by almost 30 seconds. It was an amazing win for a legendary car but let's not bend the truth with rose tinted glasses.

@josephferrell7403 3 жыл бұрын

How awesome what an awesome video I am well informed and delighted

@SerbanCMusca-ut8ny 10 күн бұрын

Less talking, more engine sound, goddamit!!

@joesshows6793 3 жыл бұрын

Quad rotor?! Daaaam. Love the shorts!

@josephmarrero5373 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh,Those Rotarys, JUST Can't Get Enough 🏝

@MarySmith-hv5ur 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite car of all time

@vxer1000 29 күн бұрын

Sounds like 400 angry chainsaws. Epic!

@SebasSV01x 2 жыл бұрын

Dont get me wrong the GT1 category was amazing but Group C was in another level!

@apanshumanbehera7161 2 жыл бұрын

That radial engine though🤤

@JkTheMixer 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't banned for good and it wasn't the last rotary at Le Mans. 1995-1996 saw Kudzu DG3, a 3-rotor car in the same colour as the -91 winnin 787B. It was onlye banned for 1992 and 1993 due to FIA mandating 3.5-litre 8-12 cylinder engines in the Group C endurance racing, similar to F1 at the time. Nothing to do with rotary being "too good that they banned it". The Mazda 787B never finished better than sixth in any other events and claimed the Le Mans win by misfortune of others. Cool car, but wasn't banned for good and wasn't banned for being superior.

@randyhall161 3 жыл бұрын

I hope one day I get to drive a race car on a race track. Would be crazy to go that fast.

@666gnarlsbad 3 жыл бұрын

You are awesome for doing this. God bless.

@stormierbody8419 2 жыл бұрын

This engine sound is always so great to hear my dream car is to get the unicorn of the Rx7 the FD body Spirit R

@1toonhead 3 жыл бұрын

Aaaawwe I wanted to hear more of the 26B.

@carlsaganlives6086 2 ай бұрын

A guy I knew in high school cut off the pipe on a mid-60's Honda 90 'scrambler' at about 4 inches, creating a 'header' - loud as fuck, you could hear him all over town...I think the valves eventually fried on the equally now-warped head after a few weeks, lol