RX-8 Quick Tips are designed to quickly familiarize you with some important features of your RX-8 This Driver’s View tab is your index to the Quick Tips, locate the item you would like to learn more about and then turn to the listed tab Be sure to see the tab called Getting Started, this section [...]
2004 Mazda RX-8 Quick Tips
November 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Mazda RX-8 Spark Plug and Spark Plug Wire Install Guide
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments
How-To guide on installing spark plugs and spark plug wires on your 2004+ rotary powered Mazda RX-8. While changing spark plugs on most vehicles is an easy task for some, there are some vehicles that are just a little different and make you go: umm…. Well, the RX-8 is definitely one of those vehicles! The [...]
Two-rotor Compression Tester Model ReCT-TRT User Manual
November 8th, 2009 · No Comments
The ReCT-TRT, rotary-engine compression tester is used to obtain accurate engine compression measurements in a rotary (i.e., Wankel) engine. Model ReCT-TRT can be used to conduct compression tests on two rotors simultaneously. The System combines the output from high-precision, AST pressure transducer(s) with the data conversion function of a DATAQ analog-to-digital device to acquire and [...]
Rotary-engine Compression Tester Model ReCT-03b User Manual
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
The Rotary-engine Compression Tester can be used to obtain accurate engine compression measurements in a rotary (i.e., Wankel) engine. The Tester combines the output from an AST pressure transducer with the data conversion function of a DATAQ analog-to-digital device to acquire and record accurate compression readings for each face of each rotor in a rotary [...]
2009 Mazda RX-8 Four-seat Sports Car Overview
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s been 40 years since Mazda released its first rotary-engine production model, a twin-rotor coupe called Cosmo Sport in mid-1967. By the early 1970s, the rotary seemed poised to conquer the automotive world. That never happened for a long list of reasons, but the lightweight rotary engine found a purpose powering a delightful series of [...]
Mazda 4-Rotor Rotary Engine for the Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments
The “R26B” 4-rotor rotary engine is a powerplant that brought a Mazda racing car to victory in the 1991 Le Mans 24-hour endurance race. This engine was devel- oped to achieve high levels of power output, fuel efficiency, and reliability, as required of endurance racing engines. This paper describes the basic structure of the engine, [...]
2008 Mazda RX-8
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments
RX-8’s sculpted form and sleek, sporty lines merely hint at the great performance to come. Only when you’ve treated yourself to the Mazda Test-Drive Experience will you know the responsive acceleration and steering, superb braking and surefooted handling that define this as an eloquent expression of “zoom-zoom”.
Mazda Sports Car DNA
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments
The world’s first petrol-engined car was introduced in 1886, and just a few years later in 1894, the world’s first auto race took place over about 130 kilometers between Paris and Rouen. By that time, the automobile had already established itself as the means of transportation for the age, as people discovered the entirely new [...]
1993-95 Mazda RX-7 PowerMax Turbo System
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Thank you for purchasing the XS Engineering PowerMax System for the 1993-95 Mazda RX-7 (FD3S). This system has been designed by XS Engineering’s Research and Development Team to complement the RX-7’s sturdy yet agile chassis by adding a healthy dose of raw turbocharged power! By taking advantage of Mazda’s potent 1.3-liter 13B-REW rotary engine, XS [...]
