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Mazda’s R100 was the first rotary-powered sedan to compete in the annual 500-mile (800km) endurance race for production cars at Bathurst in 1969, but the Japanese manufacturer had to wait another two years for its historic first class win with the RX-2 in 1971.
Launched in 1970, the RX-2 (aka Capella RE) like the R100 shared engine bays with one of Mazda’s conventional piston-engined models - in this case the stylish new Capella 1600. Available in a choice of four-door sedan or coupe body styles, the RX-2 was larger than the R100 in all key dimensions including wheelbase (2468mm), width (1371mm) and length (4150mm) with a 960kg kerb weight that was about 100kg heavier.
Despite these size and weight increases, the RX-2 with its MacPherson strut front suspension featured a multi-link coil-sprung live rear axle which was more sophisticated and better behaved than the R100’s wayward leaf-spring design. The Capella’s larger and more refined chassis provided a superior foundation for Mazda’s second attempt at a mass-produced rotary-powered sedan, with greatly improved handling that delivered on the race track.
The RX-2 was also more powerful than the R100, with the larger twin-rotor 12A engine in place of its predecessor’s 10A unit. The 12A’s pair of 573cc rotors had a combined cubic capacity of 1146cc. However, because motor sport’s world governing body the FIA was so impressed with the efficiency of the rotary design, it was considered to be the equal of a conventional reciprocating engine of twice its capacity. Hence the 12A’s 1146cc rating was doubled to a notional capacity of 2292cc.
With 120bhp at 6500rpm and a safe redline of 7000rpm, the four-speed RX-2 loved to rev and had power to burn, with high 16-second standing quarters and a scintillating top speed of almost 120mph (190km/h). It was those initial attributes plus a few performance modifications which made the RX-2 a genuine Bathurst class contender and brought Mazda its first rotary-powered success at Mount Panorama.
ABB MODDING TEAM
3d modelling of the Series 1 Rx-2 done by BJ911.
Physics By Chris O @ ABB
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Mazda’s R100 was the first rotary-powered sedan to compete in the annual 500-mile (800km) endurance race for production cars at Bathurst in 1969, but the Japanese manufacturer had to wait another two years for its historic first class win with the RX-2 in 1971.
Launched in 1970, the RX-2 (aka Capella RE) like the R100 shared engine bays with one of Mazda’s conventional piston-engined models - in this case the stylish new Capella 1600. Available in a choice of four-door sedan or coupe body styles, the RX-2 was larger than the R100 in all key dimensions including wheelbase (2468mm), width (1371mm) and length (4150mm) with a 960kg kerb weight that was about 100kg heavier.
Despite these size and weight increases, the RX-2 with its MacPherson strut front suspension featured a multi-link coil-sprung live rear axle which was more sophisticated and better behaved than the R100’s wayward leaf-spring design. The Capella’s larger and more refined chassis provided a superior foundation for Mazda’s second attempt at a mass-produced rotary-powered sedan, with greatly improved handling that delivered on the race track.
The RX-2 was also more powerful than the R100, with the larger twin-rotor 12A engine in place of its predecessor’s 10A unit. The 12A’s pair of 573cc rotors had a combined cubic capacity of 1146cc. However, because motor sport’s world governing body the FIA was so impressed with the efficiency of the rotary design, it was considered to be the equal of a conventional reciprocating engine of twice its capacity. Hence the 12A’s 1146cc rating was doubled to a notional capacity of 2292cc.
With 120bhp at 6500rpm and a safe redline of 7000rpm, the four-speed RX-2 loved to rev and had power to burn, with high 16-second standing quarters and a scintillating top speed of almost 120mph (190km/h). It was those initial attributes plus a few performance modifications which made the RX-2 a genuine Bathurst class contender and brought Mazda its first rotary-powered success at Mount Panorama.
ABB MODDING TEAM
3d modelling of the Series 1 Rx-2 done by BJ911.
Physics By Chris O @ ABB
Skins by Chris O and BJ911
