This turned up on another forum I frequent and I forgot all about it:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...783&q=top+gear

 

sweet

 

cool

 

nice find!

 

nice find but i want a turboII top gear!

 

Damn them they did that damn, "double the displacement" BS

 

As he rolls his smokes up in his sleeves. Damn that looks old.

 

that was cool! retro..

 

Not going to get into a big discussion here because it's been done many times before, but you don't think that's a logical comparision? Sanctioned racing bodies make that comparision. Right or wrong, it's an accepted comparison.

 

when did that top gear come out?? anyone know of the year and date??

 

^im thinking 86

 

Ive heard that before, im not gonna argue but im curious as to exactly which racing bodies use this?

 

Did you guys see how bad the Porsche leans on turns? My dad has a 924, and they don't get 34 or 35 MPG. he gets more like 21, and his car is '80. I would rather have an RX-7, the parts are easier to find. and less money, but not only that but i lost to a freakin '93 Ford Taurus in it in my Dads Porsche that was the last straw.

 

how come i have no sound

 

huh whats with the weird looking steering wheel and the distributer?

he never really said it was a 2.3L ... he said its equivalent to one.

 

That was the UK version of the rx-7 they are set up a little bit differently than USDM or eve JDM 7's for that matter.

 

Damn, theres a clip of the skyline destroying an FD off the line and top speed around a bank. lol

 

I love google!

 

BTW that is a SPORT model body molding here in the USA. That aero package is the best design from mazda for s4 .29 drag co.

 

both of those cars realy had alot of body rool

nice video the bets too

 

No, watch it again. Its a 13b there.. not a magical UK only 11.5b.. Even if UK had a slightly different setup it was still a 13b. If he was making the double displacement comparison he would have said 2.6l. He was saying that despite its compact size the 13b's 148HP was equivalent to a 2.3l piston engine power wise. S4 NAs were 146-8HP. The FAQ stickies in the 2nd gen section actually say s4 NA had 146 so maybe the UK version had 2 more HP. Or mazda could never get a consistant HP number on the 13b engine and at that time 1986ish they told Top Gear it had 148hp.

Cool videos though, anyone know the date on this review?

 

I think the date of that particular review was '85. Mazda introduced the FC in Japan in '85 and I think that's the early S4 j-spec version he has. They added the ignition system we're used to in 86 when we got them.

At least I think that's how it goes. It's been awhile since I read Yamaguchi's Rx-7 book, but I've seena picture of an FC with that same ignition setup in there somewhere.

 

LOL anyone notice the Top Gear presenter grind 3rd gear? Happens right before he says "theres the buzzer and thats third."

 

yeah i saw the 3rd grind:P
i want the hole episode!!!!

 

got the sound to work, that video was sweet, i want the hole episode too