This car has a stock fuel injected generation II 6-port RX-8 engine making 225 HP and 164ft.lbs. of torque through a 5-speed Hewland transaxle. The rotary will spin to 10k and the transaxle is good up to 250Hp.
@@davecutchins7723 How much modification are you permitted to make to the suspension from the stock setup? I drove F-Mazdas in the SCCA and they tended to understeer badly, which would be deadly on a hillclimb.
@@epistte I never had excessive understeer with this car. Wing angles, wickers and anti-roll bar settings along with extremely soft tire compounds probably helped The engine in this car is a stock 6-port Renesis Gen ll (the factory installed engine was a 4-port Renesis) which in itself makes it a non-stock car. Also, the factory gear sets are not optimal for hill climbs, so non stock ratios are needed depending on how long the straight sections of road are and top speed expected. With the engine and gearing change the car is not legal for SCCA FM or FX classing. it currently runs in Regional Class FS.
this is really damn cool, how much is it to buy a Formula Mazda?
Between 16.5K and 24k.
Dave Cutchins that is awesome
How much power can you realistically put through these with out vaporizing the transmission, or blowing the engine?
This car has a stock fuel injected generation II 6-port RX-8 engine making 225 HP and 164ft.lbs. of torque through a 5-speed Hewland transaxle. The rotary will spin to 10k and the transaxle is good up to 250Hp.
@@davecutchins7723 thanks I've been looking at different formula cars for hill climbing so far these look like the best option. Have a good day.
@@davecutchins7723 How much modification are you permitted to make to the suspension from the stock setup? I drove F-Mazdas in the SCCA and they tended to understeer badly, which would be deadly on a hillclimb.
@@epistte I never had excessive understeer with this car. Wing angles, wickers and anti-roll bar settings along with extremely soft tire compounds probably helped The engine in this car is a stock 6-port Renesis Gen ll (the factory installed engine was a 4-port Renesis) which in itself makes it a non-stock car. Also, the factory gear sets are not optimal for hill climbs, so non stock ratios are needed depending on how long the straight sections of road are and top speed expected. With the engine and gearing change the car is not legal for SCCA FM or FX classing. it currently runs in Regional Class FS.