Here is my Rx3,past and present racing,still going after 10years of racing with the
same beast.

 

the car is still looking nice after all this years...

 

i wonder why they just didn't have rotaries racing rotaries ...
a whole another class. completely seperate class.. but still under NHRA infulence.

 

At the time there probably were not enough contenders to bother doing so.
There is also another major factor to the banning of the 4-rotor and that's because it's not a factory mass produce product.

 

my boss use to race that racing beat rx3 back n the day and beat him in a bridgeport, he is still scared of him

 

lets get a couple of things straight,first of all,terry's RX-3 was not a 4 rotor,it was a dual points distributor 12a bridge,with a holley carb,doug nash 5 spd,and a dana 60 ,terry set the index at 11.38,i don't remeber what the mph was,it's common talk when i take my RX-3 to the track here in Portland,it's good to see this thread and give some recognition to terry,i will have to pass this on to him,and the rest of the old crew here.

 

awesome read and good refresher for the newbies....great history lesson.

 

That's what I thought also. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

Terry Hoards car did not have a four rotor engine. It was a twin dizzy 12-A. Which can be varified thru Billy Burnham, who was his mechanic and still races a RX-3 SP at Portland International Raceway and Woodburn. This only increases Terry's legend. Many of us here in Portland remember the Samauri Warrior, and actually started out as an R-100. Terry found the RX-3 to be more stable at higher speeds. I believe his best 1/4 mile was 11.36.

 

 

Viking, I'm not sure where you get your info on Terry's Samauri Warrior. His RX-3 was a 12-A Bridgeport, a Nash box with a Dana 60. Heck, it even had twin distributors. He is a local here in the Portland area, and this information is accurate. One of his mechanics at the time still runs RX-3's here and at the Woodburn facility. One thing you failed to mention is that the Samauri actually started as an R-100. But all of this leads us to one conclusion. It only makes the legend of the Samauri and Terry's driving skill even more respected.

 

I already said where I got the information.

Bret Kepner from ESPN

 

Thats a huge achievement, even by todays standards!! An allmotor twin dizzy 12A running an 11sec 1/4! Was it running on methanol? Either the engine made a lot of hp or the car must have been very light, or both!. Either way it makes a lot of us look silly. Full respect.

 

no alcohol,regular leaded gas,trans,rear gear and a lot of tire out back.

 

Some very cool info and pics here.

 

i will see if i can get some old pics of the samurai and post them.

 

Can someone explain this twin distributor setup he had going?

 

electronic distributors weren't around until 1980,early mazda's came with dual distributors,one for leading,one for trailing,thus twin distributors.

 

here are a couple of pics of the newest Samurai Warrior,this is Bill Burnham's,terry's head mechanic back in the day,a friend and i just happened to stop by tonight,so i took these with my cellphone,best time to date is 10.09@124 on a mild tune,i asked him to email me some pics of terry's RX-3,so when i get them i will post them,enjoy

 

I think Bret must have been seeing double.

 

Any pics of the original Samurai yet????

 

Bill works alot of overtime,i will give him a call this weekend,i'm also gonna see if i can get pics of the invader,another fast RX-3 from back in the day.