What kind of engine is in that?????
 

I was at the gas station the other night with my buddies one of which (95R2-89T2 ground zero).
He had his 95 sittin in front of me when this guy walks up looks at his 95 and then looks at my 89T2 and says
"what kind of engine is in there?"
I said "13b" like the smart ass that I am! :)
He said "what is that"
"a rotary" I returned.
"Isnt that only in RX-7's?" he asked.
"Yeah that is what I am sitting in" I replied! then I just drove off!!!!


I just wanted to share my local redneck story for yall! LOL
And no I am not a redneck!!! :)
I do give him credit for at least knowing what an RX7 is!!!

That is surprising, a redneck with some knowledge of cars other than Ford 351s make good trucks

Here's my best story

I was sitting at the gas station in Big Rapids and a Corvette was at the pump ahead of me (Same color as mine too!)

A guy filling up his RV on the other side of the pump was talking to me about my car and said how he hadn't seen one like it on the road and commented on how you see those cars, and nodded at the Corvette, all over the place. The Vette owner gave us both a dirty look, which was my cue to chime in, and I replied "Yeah, and my car only cost me $3500 to look this good in!"

The Vette owner heard me and wasn't too happy, at least not by the look on his face!

I always get, "I know it's a rotary...but how many cylinders does it have?"

Many people hear rotary, but think radial engine. Thus, the question would make perfect sense, they're just thinking of the wrong engine.

I once had someone try to tell me these things were sweet with four carbs, one per cylinder, and then arguead with me about it being a radial engine.

Once at O'reillys this guy who worked there said that pushrods MAKE torque!!!!

O'Reilly makes great computer books, I have almost there entire current line-up.

Just because they are great with puters doesn't mean they are great with cars!

Yeah a few of my friends are/were aircraft mechanics and keep thinking mine are radial engines. Just force of habit I guess.

That's not bad.
One time me and my friend were filling up at a gas station before going in a cruise. Some redneck pulls up to a pump beside us and told us that we had some nice mustangs. I was like what? and left. Dumbass people. He couldn't read the RX-7 badge in the back.

Javier

U KNOW ANOTHER FUNNY THING .... why r all of our stories at gas stationz? lol
one time a kouple of weekz ago a purto rican guy got out of his 1st gen and had the nerve to ask me if i had a 13b in it.... well i told him no being a jackass and said it was a 36c which happens to be my g/f's bra size lol .
some people......

That is f-in hallarious!!!!!!! My girl has the same bra size I will have to use that one!!!! :)

you should have seen the look he gave me? it was like a " wtf ?" kinda look :)

LOL I BET!!!!!!!!

i had my '87 gxl out in the yard, and my '83 rex, out there for sale, and a guy stopped and asked what i wanted for the porsche's
hahahah idiots...

LOL!!! Hey where do you live in Michigan?

This one time, at band camp .... oh nevermind

haha, i like the infamous question "How many liters is that?"

I used to get that alot. haha I still get "Is that a V6?" question all the time.

gz91rx7: i live in the U.P., in goetzville, bout 60miles NE over the bridge

when i was in north fl when i was visiting my mom once and i was in my fc and was drivng and i saw something that looked like a rx7 so i turned around and sure enough a dude had a fc on a 26" lift kit and big muddin tires.

another

i was with my brother and i raced some civic and we pulled into where we meet to go to the street races and he followed me. when i get out he comes up to me and starts telling me he has one at home. i was like sweet what year he said just like yours but mine is a 95 i was like ummm dude a 95 would be a 3rd gen this is a 2nd gen and he is like oh. and then started telling me about the stuff he has done to it. " i did the forged pistons,i have a AEM intake, AEM headers." i said dude do you even know what kind of motor a rx7 has? he said " who the hell dosent know its a 4banger?" i just started laughing at him and my brother dose not know to much about rx7's but he knew more than this kid and he started cracking up the kid got in his car and tore off he did a huge burn out he was so pissed

when i was shopping for my FC about 7 years ago i went to look at 1 i found in an ad in the auto trader. the guy strted teeling me that he had just had atune up done and that it was very fast for a 4 cylinder........so i had a lil fun with him and asked him if he had thought about replacing the cam.......

yeah i must say i love tellin people they got just stomped by a 1.3L. they get upset real quick. but my favorite comment on our motors, is that they r rubberband motors. thats mostly the american made owners. cocky mother fuckers. hey if yall wanna good website of some imports stoppin ass at the drag strip, go to houston-imports.com and click mutimedia at the top. even a civic hatch beating a viper. its great. anyways thats my 2 cents

people say " is that a 4 banger or 6 banger" and i say "its a 2 rotor."
the look on their face is priceless.

Re: What kind of engine is in that?????
 

Technically, no. :nono:

Remember, there were rotary-powered cars out for many years before the RX-7 came about. RX-2, -3, -4, and -5 were all rotary-powered Mazda sedans. There was also the REPU (rotary-engine pickup), and some models of the RX sedan series were available as wagons.

And that's just Mazda...

Be sure your of your facts before being a smartass. It'd be a shame to get schooled by a "dumbass redneck."

Ren

Not flaming, but just out of curiosity, how does a Civic, or ANY FWD vehicle do a burnout? And that "burnout" that Vince did in the from the "Rice and Ridiculous" doesn't count, that was just him going in reverse, and then punching it while the wheels were still in the opposite direction.

Is it me, or is just about everyone that owns an RX7 in this tread a complete asshole to people that are curious/interested in our cars?

I get folks askin me all the time about "that rotary engine thing" I have in my car. I really like sittin em down and explaining about the beauty of having only 3 moving parts! Who needs pistons, when you've got 2 doritos on a stick?;)

Re: Re: What kind of engine is in that?????
 

Well I never said that they were only in RX-7's, he did!

I understand what you are saying though because I agreeded with him by saying yeah. But the reason that I did was because I needed to leave because everyone that I was following was already gone so I had some ground to make up.

I know that there are other such rotary powered objects. I am partial to the rotary powered bus. :)

I just wanted to clear my name.