Who likes the mazda 787b?

[19988pasha]

Huge fan just love the sound the rotary engine makes!!!

 

[arora]

Was great fun for me in gt3 👍

Don't be surprised when this thread is moved though, it's all easy.

 

[Wyvern_64]

One of my favorite LMP cars both IRL and in GT5.

 

[F1 fan]

One of my favorite LMP cars both IRL and in GT5.

It's not an LMP car. It's a group C sportscar. It is one of my favourite cars too though.

 

[Bopop4]

Turn off the BMG, turn up the volume, go to the 'Ring.
Awesome.

Edit: 900 Yay.

 

[BobbyBRAKEaNek]

Turn off the BMG, turn up the volume, go to the 'Ring.
Awesome.

High five, pound it out, and a fist bomb to that.👍

 

[Epic B]

Shouldn't this go in the auto subforum? But yes, the 787B is a pretty nice car. Wasn't it the last car to use a Wankel at Le Mans? Green and orange does look pretty nice. Maybe I should boot up GT3 again and have a go in this great sounding car.

 

[Bopop4]

High five, pound it out, and a fist bomb to that.👍

Aww Yeah


The Wankel was banned from Le Mans after 1991. They had rotarys there before but were not nearly as successful. There is nothing that can compare to the sound of the 4-Rotor revving up.


3 power cycles for every revolution, =.66 stroke, 3X4=12per rev.
12 X 9000 = 108000 /60 =1800 power cycles per second.
That is why awesome.

Edit: Glad that nobody caught that mistake.

 

[Epic B]

Wow, that sounds great! The crackling under acceleration, the loud growl, that is awesome. Roar. Among the best?

 

[Rotorist]

Bopop4 wrote:"3 power cycles for every revolution, =1.5 stroke, 3X4=12per rev.
12 X 9000 = 108000 /60 =1800 power cycles per second.
That is why awesome."

Nice calculation. It goes up to 9800 rpm though...

What a vehicle, what a sound. A legend. And Mazda spent some good money to rebuilt it as new and gave it to Herbert (who was one of the 3 who won LeMans24H in 1991 in 787B) to drive around the same track in las years pre-race exhibitions.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/2iLyHV4ZwFk

 

[Bye Ya]

Who doesn't like it?

 

[vfrmaverick]

Love it, one of my fav of the group C cars. Though from what ive read it was nowhere near as fast as anything else in the '91 lemans race. It won by reliability. Which is ironic with the bad rep rotaries have for being unreliable, when in fact its just bad owners.

 

[TankAss95]

Fantastic piece of engineering.

 

[thesrdic]

Bye ya is right, surely the question should be 'who doesn't like it?' In which case it'd be very few people..
One of my favourite race cars full stop. The thunderous whine is just glorious.

 

[Rotorist]

Love it, one of my fav of the group C cars. Though from what ive read it was nowhere near as fast as anything else in the '91 lemans race. It won by reliability. Which is ironic with the bad rep rotaries have for being unreliable, when in fact its just bad owners.

I whole-hwarted agree m8...👍

And to add on your words, 787B as anyone can see in GT5 was over 100-200HP (Race-Qualifying settings) down from C11 and Jag and 905. But it had lower fuel consumption and tire wear because of that.

 

[zedextreme8177]

As stated before, who doesn't?



Best...onboard...of Le Mans...ever

 

[sumbrownkid]

I really hope that with the future ACO 2014 regs, Mazda brings back rotary power to top flight sports car racing.

 

[CromaTurboIE]

beautiful Mazda 787B! 👍

i hate Audi R18! 👎

 

[nitrorocks]

I love it, But it was a bad car.....

 

[CromaTurboIE]

I played 24 hours with the Mazda 787B without aid, all original turbo!

 

[Tired Tyres]

I love it, But it was a bad car.....

Because bad cars win at Le mans don't they...?

Under achieving is probably a better description.

 

[scarslasher]

How can you not like it? That sound is the bee's knees.

 

[Emptyone]

How can you not like it? That sound is the bee's knees.

That sound is just heaven, plus the colour scheme, makes it amazing to drive

 

[Lizard]

Not my faveourite car *waits for the banhammer* but its ok.

 

[roamer2629]

Bye ya is right, surely the question should be 'who doesn't like it?' In which case it'd be very few people..
One of my favourite race cars full stop. The thunderous whine is just glorious.

As the trylobite in your avatar picture. Nice job youve got...

 

[nitrorocks]

It was a bad car that ended up winning.

 

[scarslasher]

I remember when I first learned about the car, someone said what surprised everyone in the race was how "quiet it was".
Must've been a sarcastic joke.

Not my faveourite car *waits for the banhammer* but its ok.

Shun the nonbeliever!
Shuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna.

 

[Lizard]

I remember when I first learned about the car, someone said what surprised everyone in the race was how "quiet it was".
Must've been a sarcastic joke.



Shun the nonbeliever!
Shuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna.

So what I am a heretic what ya gonna do

 

[Tired Tyres]

It was a bad car that ended up winning.

No such thing as a bad car that wins. It could be the worst car of all time but as soon as it wins it becomes amazingly good automatically.

 

[nitrorocks]

No such thing as a bad car that wins. It could be the worst car of all time but as soon as it wins it becomes amazingly good automatically.

Yeah. Hat was their year. Sadly, they never won anything else. It got really bad when they used the XJR-14 chassis.