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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 04:30 PM
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Marcos Acosta is Back!!!!!

YEA BABY, After the 3 rotor was gone they were supposed to come out with a s2000 powered civic RWD but they built this instead!!



Acosta returns: Marcos Acosta, absent from the NHRA Summit Pro class this season after having his prized Mazda MX-3, his trailer, and all parts stolen last October from his New Jersey shop, has announced that he will be returning to battle with a twin-turbo three-rotor 2002 Mazda B3000 truck. "Marcos Acosta and MVA Motorsport have been sitting on the bench for too long," said the three-time Pro Import champion of the Dominican Republic. "Now is time to play ball!"


The truck, which will run a twin-turbo four-rotor at non-NHRA events, was built by Jerry Bickel and the engines prepared in-house at MVA Motorsport in Hackensack, N.J. The three-rotor engine already has produced more than 1,200 horsepower at the rear wheels.

"We will be going to the rest of the NHRA season," said Acosta, who competed earlier this season in the Modified class at the Lucas Oil Products NHRA Sport Compact Nationals in Atco with a customer's Mazda RX-3, "and I would like to send special thanks to all the people who helped us out: Nester and Jason Bruce at Holley, Anthony at Microtech, Rick at Innovative Turbo System, Darrle at Belle-1, Rob at C&R Racing Radiators, and all my guys at MVA Motorsport.



TWIN TURBO 4 ROTOR BABY!!!!!! SUCK ON THAT!!!!!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!

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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 05:16 PM
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HOLY F*CKIN SHEET MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen
Makes me proud to own a mazda rotary
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 05:21 PM
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Damn! 4 rotor twin turbo powered! Any numbers yet?
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 05:35 PM
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TOLD YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

and all of you said he was NOT! building a 4 rotor
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 05:36 PM
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this is just sick...

ok, who's gonna go to mva and take some spy pics of the engine bay???
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 07:11 PM
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HOLY ******* ****!!!!!! is right!, that **** looks ******* SICK!
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 07:15 PM
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that is one sweer truck danm 4rotors
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 10:07 PM
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Sweet!!

Mazsport in Sydney (they build my engine) are just about to start putting a 4 rotor twin turbo together for a customer. The engine will be going in a full chassis 96 BMW m3. The chassis work is done and brand new housings, plates etc are being sourced right now...

The car will hopefully be finished for the 4 and Rotor Jamboree in September....
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Old Jun 25, 2002 | 10:19 PM
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Wow!.imagine how long the E-shaft is going to be!!!..

Also if it takes 2 people to build a 2 rotor that means it will take 4 people to build a 4Rotor???..am i correct??..1 person to lift the eshaft while the other 3 shoehorns the 3 plates on the e-shaft lobe!.Do i make sense??..hehehe..this is awesome dudes!!!..
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Old Jun 26, 2002 | 03:05 PM
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Very Very COOL! That thing is going to kick some serious ***!
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Old Jun 26, 2002 | 04:18 PM
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That is some very cool **** !!
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Old Jun 26, 2002 | 09:55 PM
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i went to MVA today and saw the truck......

Pics do not do it justice, that thing is a work of art
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Old Jun 26, 2002 | 10:08 PM
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I could imagine. The bullish solara dont looks half as beautiful in pictures as it does in person
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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 04:18 PM
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Is there any contact #'s or links for MVA? TIA.
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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 07:53 PM
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i have thier new # in my car, but if you ask this in the NE section i'm sure you'll get an answer

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Is there any contact #'s or links for MVA? TIA.
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Old Jun 27, 2002 | 07:57 PM
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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 01:43 AM
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i will try to make it down to the shop this week if i have time
and find out the 1st day they are running it. i forgot the date but i remeber it will be at atco.
we all know a rotary will be the 1st in to 6's for nira
i think marcos wont have a problem with that
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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 09:02 AM
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the guys at the shop told me that the truck will be at the summer slam on the 7th
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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 06:35 PM
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Greg,
That looks bad ***, but when are we ever gonna see your car?????? Run that is.....
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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 07:36 PM
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Greg,
That looks bad ***, but when are we ever gonna see your car?????? Run that is.....
Long Long time
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Old Jun 29, 2002 | 08:32 PM
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Ok, in the original post, it says that he has 2 engine. A 3-rotor and a 4-rotor. From what I got out of it, he's running the 3-rotor for most events, but will run the 4-rotor engine in the truck for non-NHRA events.

If the original post was accurate, the 1200hp was for the 3-rotor, not the 4-rotor engine.
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Old Jun 29, 2002 | 09:34 PM
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you are correct,
the 1200hp was the same setup as in the mx3
the chassis on the mx3 was not too good so they could
never keep traction. This new truck looks like he might
have the forumla. I [b]heard]/b] that he got a different
(better)chassis builder to do this car. Hopefully he can
come back stomping. I missed the Mx3.
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Old Jun 29, 2002 | 10:16 PM
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Originally posted by Greg
[B]you are correct,
the 1200hp was the same setup as in the mx3
the chassis on the mx3 was not too good so they could
never keep traction. This new truck looks like he might
have the forumla. I heard]/b] that he got a different
(better)chassis builder to do this car. Hopefully he can
come back stomping. I missed the Mx3.
the MX-3 had too short of a wheel base for that kind of power, that's why once in awhile you would see him lose control of the car!! now with a truck platform you can take the wheel base up to 125" and it won't look to out of place and will be very stable at speed
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Old Jun 29, 2002 | 10:32 PM
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Originally posted by turborotarypower


the MX-3 had too short of a wheel base for that kind of power, that's why once in awhile you would see him lose control of the car!! now with a truck platform you can take the wheel base up to 125" and it won't look to out of place and will be very stable at speed
once in a while he was all over the place in that thing.
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