its in a book, but you've seen the engine, as it wound up in the RB Bonneville FC

 

i suspected it when i saw you mention it. that turbo bridge port making 530 sounded too coincidental.

all this time i thought RB built the engine. i didn't realize it was Mazda that built it.

i have maybe a half dozen photos of the car, but none of them are of the engine bay. thanks for the photo, too.

 

that is a solvable problem! i think RB got the engines, and if memory serves they did have to build them






i believe the box with the tie straps under the hood is the intercooler, and the giant box in the trunk is the ice water?



at some point, Akai was a sponsor, and Akai made video cameras. so their datalogging was a video camera on the gauges, which is kind of fun

 

you are a rock star!!!

yeah, i guess the scenario where they didn't build the engine (even if they got it from Mazda) is sort of silly. so, both our memories are probably just fine.

the ice water tank makes sense, and again, my memory is straining, but i did read the original Car and Driver article and i think that's exactly what they did. i think i remember them saying they refilled it after each run or something like that.

i did not know (or maybe remember) the tidbit about Akai. i remember seeing their name/logo on quite a few RB cars. i knew they made stereo equipment, so the camera-thing makes sense, too.

memory lane, man ... i liked all three generations of Bonneville cars, but if i'm being honest, i think the FC was my favorite of the three.