3:46 I don't know how I missed that. Maybe if I had an editor, my QC would be better. The mistake will live on forever in this video and be a monument to poor work practices. Maybe I secretly like FCs more.
haha I was literally about to drop that gem in the comments. don't sweat it man I'm sure you were already having a long day at that point &it was a simple slip of the tongue. plus, as they say it takes a true man to recognize and own up to his mistakes.
Everybody has a mistake now and then, a slip of the mind!! I love your content and i realize at 6:49 that if could suggest an idea for a segment in one of your videos is to explain Japanese license plates meaning of the different kanji and numbers!
"Turns out it's just a good way to turn fuel into noise." and "One of the downsides of rotaries is they're not exactly fuel efficient ..." are two of the greatest, and funniest, truisms about rotaries EVER. Thanks for a superb video Alexi.
What a crack up. I'm from NZ & as you made that comment about the Luce I was thinking pretty much what you were inferring and I just started laughing my head 📴
Totally agree, I was surprised that the family wouldn't want to roll in it. Also, there's an SSR badge on that Luce's wheels, didn't know they made factory wheels for manufacturers.
The car itself is cheap. The fc suspension swap is a pain. A 13b peripheral port is not cheap. About 3k for the ceramic apex seals alone. He's probably running a turbo ii tranny. About 800 usd. And lord knows what on his suspension. It looks like he still has thr live axel though.
this is beautiful to see, all these people coming to show off their appreciation of these cars, and seeing how well preserved some of these 20-30+ year old cars are really makes me happy, it always hurts to see one in bad condition but this meet is full of FCs and FDs with flawless paint jobs, original body parts and rims or subtle aftermarket parts. this is such a treat to watch
crazy how the four-rotor almost sounds like a flat plane v8 and the six-rotor sounds like a bootleg Lamborghini. I guess that makes sense with two power strokes per revolution, but is still pretty friggin cool if you ask me!
yea idk why but both 3 rotors and 4 rotors (idk about 1 or 2 rotor) have the same sort of sound profile as a 4 cylinder or 8 cylinder, but with the distinct brapping
IMO it's an absolute insult to both 3 rotors and 4 rotors to compare them to a V8, they sound infinitely better than a dual bank 4 cylinder any day of the week.
@@pillowrex811 the 3 rotors sound more like a 2 stroke inline 3 to my ears tbh, except the 3 rotor braps a lot and has less metallic crackling sounds that a 2 stroke has when accelerating
Thank you for all of your coverage over the years Alexi! I have been a fan for 5-6 years and will continue to be a fan of yours for your unique content! Love the new ProBox!
I had that exact LUCE!!!! I loved that car, but could actually watch the fuel gage go from full to half tank driving up mountains in Japan.... But it was an absolute love of mine!
The Japanese car culture is just awesome. They have so much wrapped up, it's all proper and if it's not , it's simply properly improper. As some one that Understands honor and passion the Japanese car culture is just excellent with me.
As always your content is amazing, you inspired me to do similar content in my country, driving up to cool meets and meeting some amazing people pationate about their cars !
Back in 2019 when i visited Japan I saw that baby blue fc rx7 leaving a pit!!!! It made my week getting to see when before I flew home !!!! Happy to see it still doing well
I'm going to chalk it up to needing a little more massaging, but that 6 rotor didn't sound like I was expecting. Seems like they improve in quantities of 2, but it's not a linear curve. Four rotor still seems to be the noise per rpm king, but full props for the engineering!
happy 7/7 im late but im pretty sure i have caught all of your videos on it! thank you for covering these same events every year i really enjoy seeing all of the x car day they do some crazy mods
3:46 must be one of those jdm only fc's. Never seen one in the states. And if you can find one of the old pettit kits, renesis supercharged sounds orgasmic.
This makes me want to buy an RX-7 so much. :) But I probably won't. 4:44 I love that the track speaker (forgot his name) is going around the paddock with the spectators to listen to the cars revving. You'll never see that in Europe.
Was really cool to see the Luce. Im from Perth an I used to own one in my early 20s (around 07-09)until it broke down on the freeway one night an ended up getting stolen (ye, one night was all it took). But mine was the Australian variant with a sub-three litre v6 an 929 badging.
6:07 one of my favourite cars of all time, the HC hardtop. Though we never got the awesome Luce Royal Classic turbo rotary in Australia, just the 929 V6. There was one on my street a few years ago, in pretty average condition. I should have knocked on the door and offered them a grand for it or something because one day it disappeared, and I looked up the plate and it says it's not registered anymore, so something probably broke on it, cost too much to fix, scrapped it. Of course, now people want big money for them so I'll never have one.
That looked like a really good day and I know it shouldn’t surprise me But I am so impressed by your Japanese And get any thing that goes brap brap 👍👍👍
Man I just wanna say thank you Japan for making so many cool cars, it's a shame that it's all going away slowly by the decade. Can't imagine the car scene in 50 years, all will be electric. Can you imagine the car meets, you can hear crickets. lol Appreciate this while you can.
the rotary engine is essentially a pump, to the point if you take a stock block and put an electric motor on the crank (ie no battery or feul) it _will_ pump water no problem (the sump, crank bearing and seals might get a bit sticky after a bit :)
If you focus only on the combustion chamber and ignore everything else, the engine comparisons become much simpler. Rotaries fire every time the combustion area is swept by the rotor face. Piston engines fire every other time the combustion area is swept by the piston face. This is why rotaries sound like 2 strokes, mix oil like 2 strokes, make no torque like 2 strokes, etc. They are essentially a much more vibrationally balanced 2 stroke engine that doesn't self supercharge like the piston ones, and that's why they are so good with turbos. I tried to design a self supercharging version of a rotary but you would have to have a 1 way pipe connecting the intake to the exhaust and I'm not sure it's possible to pull off. What makes it work on a piston 2 stroke is that there is a continuous path from the intake to the exhaust through the combustion chamber when the piston is down, so the exahust resonant pressure can directly pressurize the combustion chamber above atmospheric pressure via the expansion pipe. Because of the extra edges of the rotor, this continuous connection is broken, and so I'm not sure if a self supercharging expansion pipe rotary would ever work but I would loooove to see one if somebody could make it work.
Good analysis of the differences. The exhaust can be used to improve intake vacuum to ever so slightly"draw" the intake mixture into the expanded intake chamber on heavily ported (lots of overlap) engines. Myself and a few other improved production RX7 racers here in Australia managed to get small improvements over other rotary competitor's using this sort of exhaust design. Though it's far from the improvements a 2 stroke reciprocating piston engine gets from using expansion chambers.
the renesis is actully the most powerfull 2 rotor. if you consider the fact that it's naturally aspirated. it has more intake ports. and side exit exhaust ports, aswell has the highest compression ratio of all the 13b. which is one of the reasons it doesnt like boost
3:46 I don't know how I missed that. Maybe if I had an editor, my QC would be better. The mistake will live on forever in this video and be a monument to poor work practices. Maybe I secretly like FCs more.
haha I was literally about to drop that gem in the comments. don't sweat it man I'm sure you were already having a long day at that point &it was a simple slip of the tongue. plus, as they say it takes a true man to recognize and own up to his mistakes.
Unsubbed
FC is the way to go
Everybody has a mistake now and then, a slip of the mind!! I love your content and i realize at 6:49 that if could suggest an idea for a segment in one of your videos is to explain Japanese license plates meaning of the different kanji and numbers!
"How Dare You!!" -Greta
"Is six a lot?" Depends on the context, Doritos in your bag of chips... no. Doritos in your Cosmo... yes!
Also, DoriFtos in your neighborhood in the morning...that would be a lot.
i want 5
@@MrLince-hr4of that would be interesting
The two rotors have good personality tho😅
@@ao8271 two is a lot though right? 😢
"Turns out it's just a really good way to turn fuel into noise" cracked me up
And heat. So much heat.
"Turns out it's just a good way to turn fuel into noise." and "One of the downsides of rotaries is they're not exactly fuel efficient ..." are two of the greatest, and funniest, truisms about rotaries EVER.
Thanks for a superb video Alexi.
What a crack up. I'm from NZ & as you made that comment about the Luce I was thinking pretty much what you were inferring and I just started laughing my head 📴
Hahaha same, it was perfect
@@byron1dagg80 Dan Teboon had one back in the day.
Same. When he said there are not really any older rotary's in Japan I was thinking "because they are all in NZ".
@@AlexNZL We had it so lucky in the 90's/00's It was the best of times...
Am kiwi, can confirm also burst out laughing
Man I’ve been watching noriyaro since I was like 10 and I’m turning 22 this year. Please keep doing what you do Alexi
ルーチェのオーナーです。
ありがとうございました！
your car is very clean and elegant i have no idea why your family isn't too happy about it 😆
3:09 wow that was uncalled for
That Luce is totally my vibe. Same goes for the fairly stock looking FC's on BBS-looking wheels.
Totally agree, I was surprised that the family wouldn't want to roll in it. Also, there's an SSR badge on that Luce's wheels, didn't know they made factory wheels for manufacturers.
Those bbs looking wheels on the fcs are made by bbs for mazda! They came stock on some fcs and na Miatas.
The Luce is where it’s at haha
that thing is sleeper AF. the momo steering wheel and the SSR wheels.
That car on wider wheels and lowered a bit would look killer
These videos are made perfectly with the sound the length of clips your voice just makes the best videos for car nerd possible!
That SA is exactly how those cars should be built and driven. I'd say, even in the states you could build one up fairly cheap.
Yes they still are fairly affordable they haven't hit the drift tax yet last time I checked
@@QuantumPlaysOfficial Where do you live?
The car itself is cheap.
The fc suspension swap is a pain.
A 13b peripheral port is not cheap. About 3k for the ceramic apex seals alone.
He's probably running a turbo ii tranny. About 800 usd.
And lord knows what on his suspension. It looks like he still has thr live axel though.
@@The0Advent yeah these japanese guys go all in with their hobby just to satisfy themselves
@@The0Advent in total he has probably 18,000$ in that car ( 8 k engine, 3 k trans + suspension , 5k car !K other .. cheaper than a used econobox ..
You cannot beat the sound of a good rotary engine. Either on red-line or idle. I love it.
Brings back memories of my early RX4 coupe and RX2 coupe.
this is beautiful to see, all these people coming to show off their appreciation of these cars, and seeing how well preserved some of these 20-30+ year old cars are really makes me happy, it always hurts to see one in bad condition but this meet is full of FCs and FDs with flawless paint jobs, original body parts and rims or subtle aftermarket parts. this is such a treat to watch
4:55 Now THAT is a JDM Big Block!
Thank you for filming this event. I really enjoyed the content!
crazy how the four-rotor almost sounds like a flat plane v8 and the six-rotor sounds like a bootleg Lamborghini. I guess that makes sense with two power strokes per revolution, but is still pretty friggin cool if you ask me!
yea idk why but both 3 rotors and 4 rotors (idk about 1 or 2 rotor) have the same sort of sound profile as a 4 cylinder or 8 cylinder, but with the distinct brapping
3-rotors sounds like inline-sixes, Then 4-rotors sound like a v8 with 8-1 header
IMO it's an absolute insult to both 3 rotors and 4 rotors to compare them to a V8, they sound infinitely better than a dual bank 4 cylinder any day of the week.
@@pillowrex811 the 3 rotors sound more like a 2 stroke inline 3 to my ears tbh, except the 3 rotor braps a lot and has less metallic crackling sounds that a 2 stroke has when accelerating
There's a guy building a 5 rotor with the aim of it sounding like a f1 v10 engine
Didn't think I'd learn Osaka slang today, but great! Nedatte nanbo!
Also, that Godfather horn!
I remember seeing that 6 rotor on a tour of their shop. Soooo crazy.
God this whole video is an absolute banger, great knowledge from Alexi and some absolutely stunning machines
Thank you for all of your coverage over the years Alexi! I have been a fan for 5-6 years and will continue to be a fan of yours for your unique content! Love the new ProBox!
My heart always breaks when I see these car shows. Japan's tuner scene is really something else, so unique even the spectator's cars look dope
Not a single douchbag in sight too
I had that exact LUCE!!!! I loved that car, but could actually watch the fuel gage go from full to half tank driving up mountains in Japan.... But it was an absolute love of mine!
Seeing the smile on the anniversary owner when it starts is golden
I always loved the look of the FC RX-7.
The Japanese car culture is just awesome. They have so much wrapped up, it's all proper and if it's not , it's simply properly improper. As some one that Understands honor and passion the Japanese car culture is just excellent with me.
I think right now FC is the way to go for sure ! I wouldn't mind an NA one at all, they sound amazing! Get one while you still can Alexi
Awesome stuff bro love the work supporting from Rotorua New Zealand 🤘❤😎
From Tauranga leshgoo 🤟🏽
Awesome vlog. Nice to see that engine running better. Really nice you returned to this event. Nice video. Keep up the good work.
6:09 that's a nice car! kinda digging it's style! it even got features that still are kinda premium today. Actuators for the hood! Look at that!
luce's period era smell adds +50% to the value
License plate had 90-97, which are the years the Luce was manufactured ‼️
I'm liking this new intro format
I used to have a HC 929 (export version of the Mazda Luce.) Sadly just a 3L V6 - no rotary in the export version.
If only Rob Dahm and the Insane 4 Rotor were flown out overseas to this event! This would be his Literal Dream!
That dudes a jucier, hes only respected by children.
My favorite upload every year, thanks
That colour co-ordination bit is gold (ok, yellow). Cheers Alexi!
The fluorescent spokes with yellow barrel is a slick look.
As always your content is amazing, you inspired me to do similar content in my country, driving up to cool meets and meeting some amazing people pationate about their cars !
Loving the new editing style
Awesome coverage, Alexi! Man, some of those cars are so incredible.
I wish there were more RX-3s around. I love those. I think you should get an FC.
Great video, good to start my birthday watching noriyaro
You should go back to your roots and get an SA22C, the oddball GTX-Turbo variant with the factory 12A Turbo engine would be cool.
17:32....I'd say "GLORIOUS NOISE..." You've got the most precise summary to date!! This content is flippin NOICE!!!! 👍👍
one of the best channels in youtube and twitch
Back in 2019 when i visited Japan I saw that baby blue fc rx7 leaving a pit!!!! It made my week getting to see when before I flew home !!!! Happy to see it still doing well
Man, I LOVE those Luces.
Thanks Alexi for giving me something to smile about today :)
so cool you went to 7D! wish you could have met Emu and her all stock FD3S type RZ! Simply marvelous to look at!
16:32 totally in love with that red FC in the background
LESSSGOO my whole day is much better with this upload😩
That car meet looked like it was fun
Loved the old school amemiya body kit! 😍 and also the renesis ND looks very cool and that LUCE!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
The RX-7 is the most beautiful car ever built.
I'm going to chalk it up to needing a little more massaging, but that 6 rotor didn't sound like I was expecting. Seems like they improve in quantities of 2, but it's not a linear curve. Four rotor still seems to be the noise per rpm king, but full props for the engineering!
was hoping the next video was gonna be the probox but i love any content you put out thanks for being a boss alexi
happy 7/7 im late but im pretty sure i have caught all of your videos on it! thank you for covering these same events every year i really enjoy seeing all of the x car day they do some crazy mods
Awesome video as always thanks
I love the smell of premix in the morning
I love the different ways those guys dive into the corner entry!!!!
cheers alexi, for the vids. They are gold.
3:46 must be one of those jdm only fc's. Never seen one in the states. And if you can find one of the old pettit kits, renesis supercharged sounds orgasmic.
Content was wicked as a rotary fan but I was more impressed with how well you speak Japanese!
This makes me want to buy an RX-7 so much. :)
But I probably won't.
4:44 I love that the track speaker (forgot his name) is going around the paddock with the spectators to listen to the cars revving.
You'll never see that in Europe.
Pretty sure the announcer is Mana-P from Option and D1
Was really cool to see the Luce. Im from Perth an I used to own one in my early 20s (around 07-09)until it broke down on the freeway one night an ended up getting stolen (ye, one night was all it took). But mine was the Australian variant with a sub-three litre v6 an 929 badging.
3:04 aayooo FR LEGENDS
YES THANK YOU FOR THE TRIANGLES
Japan is my carculture dream country.... i wish i could do motorsport here, like racing or drifting. Motors are my life.
This week on funny internet car man, Alexi goes to look at some dorito spinning engine cars
i really love the re amemiya weird-porsche inspired bodykits, they are so unique and well done!
loving these uploads!
a reason why i like japan, besides people being so nice, they literally have a car club for everything
The Sexy Knights FC is my favorite RX7 ever, that is a thing of absolute beauty. I mean they all are but that one especially.
And the owner seems like a cool dude!
Loved the Luce, super clean!
That's the way it goes man. When you got a badass car that you love, your family hates it.
11:45 back in Perth, Western Australia, the Rx7 day I went to only had 1 fc! Lots and lots of FD’s
I love the rotary content! Thanks!
6:07 one of my favourite cars of all time, the HC hardtop. Though we never got the awesome Luce Royal Classic turbo rotary in Australia, just the 929 V6. There was one on my street a few years ago, in pretty average condition. I should have knocked on the door and offered them a grand for it or something because one day it disappeared, and I looked up the plate and it says it's not registered anymore, so something probably broke on it, cost too much to fix, scrapped it. Of course, now people want big money for them so I'll never have one.
love that blue re-amemiya NB next to the luce. glad to see it around still after its TAS debut.
That looked like a really good day and I know it shouldn’t surprise me
But I am so impressed by your Japanese
And get any thing that goes brap brap 👍👍👍
Man I just wanna say thank you Japan for making so many cool cars, it's a shame that it's all going away slowly by the decade.
Can't imagine the car scene in 50 years, all will be electric. Can you imagine the car meets, you can hear crickets. lol Appreciate this while you can.
16:30
that red fc in the back is beautiful
Love this!!! Great stuff Alex
This was su h a cool event, thank you for the coverage
"When the new Zealanders say, oh yea cuz my brother had one" 😂☠️
Great video! Thanks for sharing, I can't wait for more :D
I'd love to see Alexi in an FB.
SA would be even better 😉
@@beautifulbeaner haha that would be great, I'm sure he or his parents have some old photos put up somewhere
I reckon Alexi has that FC energy
@@sheshd hotboi in disguise lol
the rotary engine is essentially a pump, to the point if you take a stock block and put an electric motor on the crank (ie no battery or feul) it _will_ pump water no problem (the sump, crank bearing and seals might get a bit sticky after a bit :)
If you focus only on the combustion chamber and ignore everything else, the engine comparisons become much simpler. Rotaries fire every time the combustion area is swept by the rotor face. Piston engines fire every other time the combustion area is swept by the piston face. This is why rotaries sound like 2 strokes, mix oil like 2 strokes, make no torque like 2 strokes, etc. They are essentially a much more vibrationally balanced 2 stroke engine that doesn't self supercharge like the piston ones, and that's why they are so good with turbos. I tried to design a self supercharging version of a rotary but you would have to have a 1 way pipe connecting the intake to the exhaust and I'm not sure it's possible to pull off. What makes it work on a piston 2 stroke is that there is a continuous path from the intake to the exhaust through the combustion chamber when the piston is down, so the exahust resonant pressure can directly pressurize the combustion chamber above atmospheric pressure via the expansion pipe. Because of the extra edges of the rotor, this continuous connection is broken, and so I'm not sure if a self supercharging expansion pipe rotary would ever work but I would loooove to see one if somebody could make it work.
Good analysis of the differences.
The exhaust can be used to improve intake vacuum to ever so slightly"draw" the intake mixture into the expanded intake chamber on heavily ported (lots of overlap) engines. Myself and a few other improved production RX7 racers here in Australia managed to get small improvements over other rotary competitor's using this sort of exhaust design. Though it's far from the improvements a 2 stroke reciprocating piston engine gets from using expansion chambers.
this was dope AND educational
Great video!
Love the intro!
Love the sexy knights car, and loved the interview. An absolute legend
That Luce is stunning 👌
9:02 love that Godfather-themed horn
Rob Dahm has been real quiet since this vid dropped.
Great video Alexi! You should definitely get an FC rather than an FD
Awesome video !!
the renesis is actully the most powerfull 2 rotor. if you consider the fact that it's naturally aspirated. it has more intake ports. and side exit exhaust ports, aswell has the highest compression ratio of all the 13b. which is one of the reasons it doesnt like boost
17:32 "turns out its just a really good way to turn fuel into noise" 😂hahaha