Propane 13b? OEM Mazda

MarcZ55 · 2021-02-19 05:34:56

Pretty interesting this was an OEM motor https://youtu.be/ECvOXbyjUJ8

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02-18-21, 11:34 PM

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Propane 13b? OEM Mazda

Pretty interesting this was an OEM motor

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02-19-21, 10:51 AM

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Thanks for sharing that! Definitely a weird mix of stuff. It's a hybrid of 1st gen and FC. Wonder if it was for a propane generator or some other purpose?

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02-19-21, 04:15 PM

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Yea I thought it was pretty cool and worth sharing. First thing I thought was a generator. Be curious to see what Mazda intended for these.

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02-19-21, 06:11 PM

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It might have even been for normal car use, Mazda did lots of experimentation with hydrogen powered rotaries. IIRC, they had a small fleet of hydrogen powered RX8's that the Japanese gov't was testing/evaluating. So a natural gas or propane powered version would make sense as an R&D progression to hydrogen fuel.