Found this cool test video of the Renesis powered Star Mazda car... I love the sound of the gearbox...
Test Video

 

WOW

 

It has a bit of F1 in the sound.

It is unmistakably Rotary but man does that sequential gearbox make it sound awesome on downshifts or what.

 

Awesome. I want one

 

Just one? what about a backup or two or five

 

Well, certainly I'd want some spares, but I'm not picky at the moment!

 

how much??? j/k

 

$72,500 for a series 2

$39,000 for a new series 1

$29,000 for a used series 1

 

Haha.. Mk1's were nothing like that though.. I'd rather have a FF z-tech or a F Renault.. even a newer FF1600 for that matter! ..

These things are faster then the Atlantics..

 

Too bad it's not in-car video...

 

Dear Lord, that is music to my ears. And yes, an in car video would have been so much sweeter.

 

that thing sounds wicked..... Sounds like there are some strange pops or a millisecond blip and loss of power during some of the longer accellerations. Downshifting that gearbox sounds crazy.

-GNX7

 

Awesome
Awesome
Awesome

 

Apparently these are just afew ticks off the pace of Formula Atlantics

 

my friend is on a star mazda team, for a while i was trying to get with a formula car team but i've all but decided to stick to sports car racing for the future. The star mazdas are pretty cool but it'd be tought to take orders from a 15 year old about setup.

 

This is reminescent of what I heard when I attended the USGP in '03. F1 gear shifts sound like explosive bangs, esp. as they go screaming down that long Indy straight.

Very nice video