hey guys who was the creator of the rx7 just wondering

 

Google it. Theres alot of info on the rx7 and the history behind the car........

 

Yamamoto made the wankel engine what it is in the rotary. There are some documents on the foxed site. and been some threads up in here for awhile.

 

I wonder what would have happened if Mazda scrapped the rotary idea and put a piston engine in the Rx-7. I know the rotary made the car, but I think the car has so many quality attributes that would have really shone through even if it had a piston engine.

 

the rx7 was designed by God, and the plans were handed to mazda for final production.

how else would you explain people saying "please God, let her start today!" every morning.

 

HAHAHAHA, that's amazing. Google it, you should be able to find information.

 

thats a comment that never needs to be spoke of again. if it was ment to have a piston engine it would have came with one end of story

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5jV5tHxks

 

I guess that means I better start going to church!

 

Great Vid!!!

 

Wait...................what? That makes no sense at all. Felix Wankel designed the Rotary engine while Yamamoto-san improved upon the original design into the Wankel Rotary that we know today. As for the designer of the RX-7, not sure who it was but might I say they did a damn fine job!

 

K, thats what i meant i just missed a few key words and worded it poorly

Yamamoto took the wankel engine and improved it to what it is today in the Rotary power vehicles. (or the early ones anyways)

gimme a break(jk), i got my nerves all rattled, been living in a strange place with dial up for a week!!! (parents house lol)

 

They did. It's called the Miata.

 

Yes, Wankel made the engine, but Yamamoto was pivotal in making the 7. After RE sales went to hell during the oil crisis, Mazda's head honchos hated him and he had to really push for making a new RE car.

 

No single person was the 'creator' of the rx7 (known as project X605 internally). Then President Kohei Matsuda was the driving force for the car's design. There was also deputy chief of R and D Moriyuki Watanabe, Sumio Mochizuki was Chief Project Engineer, assisted by Akio Uchiyama who was responsible for chassis layout. Styling was by Matassaburo Maeda and exterior designer Yasuji Oda.

Aside from some initial attempts at the car through projects like the R16A prototype, in early '74, project X408 was created on the basis of going with a 50/50 weight car using RX3 components. It, like so many other projects was subsequently dropped. Because of the oil crisis and the rotory's newly famed gas-guzzler status, Mazda sent most of its staff engineers and designer to dealerships throughout Japan to clear the backlog of its unsold cars.
Uchiyama was lucky enough to be assigned a dealership that was near the Suzuka racing circuit where he visited often and spoke with the the local racers. When Uchiyama returned to Mazda headquarters, he reported his findings of the fact that Mazda was known by racers for the rotary engine. Meanwhile, Sinpei Hanaoka,a marketing exec., toured the U.S. and returned with similar findings. He recommended that Mazda launch a two seater sports car in the U.S.

I'll stop rambling on now...

 

i meen who came up with the idea for the car not who made the engine

 

It's all in my post:

Moriyuki Watanabe, Sumio Mochizuki, Akio Uchiyama, Matassaburo Maeda and Yasuji Oda.

 

to make a long story short it was a team effort names in Bass's post

 

good ramble Bass, glad to know some one knows how to research.

 

"the rx7 was designed by God, and the plans were handed to mazda for final production.

how else would you explain people saying "please God, let her start today!" every morning."

Best explanation so far.

 

I'll second that.