Le Mans beauty..
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58102: Mazda 787B 1991 Le Mans Winner
Status: New built
Date: 1-Mar-2006
Comments: 13
Status: New built
Date: 1-Mar-2006
Comments: 13
Along with the Mercedes Benz 190E Amg, Mercedes Benz 190E Berlin 2000, Clarion Nismo and Honda S800 Racing, I purchased this beautiful Mazda 787B. I've assembled the chassis and cutted the body, then I set aside the car, while I'm working on other projects. I had to work a lot on the front threads of this car, the body shell were a litter wider than the chassis, so I turned the outside bushing of each of the front wheels to increase the front chassis threads and align the wheels to the body. UPDATE: Finally I found the time to complete this beautyful body, it takes a lot of work with masking tape, sprays and decal, but it definitely worth the effort! :-)
Comments
DeeMiller
Shouldn't there be 3-chamber rotary engine in it? Nice one!
il_maligno
You're right, the Mazda 787B wins the 1991 Le Mans race with its Renesis rotary engine. For details visit [Click here]
tamiyatom
yeah its has a 3 chamber, like the cosmos road car! It makes one hell of a sound too!
Seriesofmoments=life
Big respect to the amount of time on masking and spraying on this one my dad done one a good few years ago now take age's but worth the effort well done....P.S. is so good you'd better sell it to me lol.
dunebuggy71
Great work on this one ! These are very cool cars. A true Tamiya classic.
mr_pushrod
Fantastic looking car, you must be very patient to mask this up!!
DeeMiller
Actually, it ran with the 4-rotor R26B engine. The 'Renesis' is the turbocharged 2-rotor engine of the RX-8 road car (2003).
The Cosmo (1967) uses the 12A (2x600cc) engine.
I love those rotaries! Very smooth.
BIG MOUTH
[Click here] ~~~ REAL BEAST!!!
ImRCDad
My Favorite.... Love this body... LOOOOKKKKIINNNGG SWEEETTTT!!!!..
DeeMiller
BIG MOUTH, thx for the link, there are more vids on that (open) dir. REV IT BABY!!! Mean custom portholing!!!
*Excellent looking car*. After winning Lemans rule changes effectively forced rotaries from entering competively in LeMans. A great peice of history. Now somehow jam a OS .30 *****el Rotary engine in there.
The Renesis is not a turbo, but has side exhaust exits. The ORIGINAL Cosmo was a 10A, For clarification on motors and models, check [Click here]
il_maligno
Thanks guys, this page has become a corner for rotary engine's lovers!
The 787B used the R26B 4 rotor engine which is a 4 port type peripherial port (PP) engine not a Renesis! The Renesis engine was developed for the RX-8 which was released in 2003. BTW, RX-8's are not turbo's either. Also, the 1967 Cosmo had a 10A engine not a 12A.
Cheers, Keith
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