Mazda 808 questions!

[Craved]

Hey people just wondering if anyone has any info on the old Mazda 808 sedans?

things like engine type and potential? suspension tunability? and possible problems that these thing might always have!

just looking into a little project car and have seen these things go really well, so could be a fun car to do up in spare time.. for track/drift fun

any and all info would be great!

[Goon]

808? isn't that the piston version of the RX3? just wondering

[Dahtone Racing]

heaps of my mates have built up old rotaries

i am also building an 808 atm.

one thing u need to know about these cars is that the reason people build em to go fast in straight lines is becuase that really all they can do.

they handle like boats and cant be lowered very much unless you tub the rear.

the only engine you should go for if you want it to go hard is a rotor.

If you can get it to handle nicely to start off with then go for a 13B bridge port.

Why not go turbo? because with the bridgy it can be cooled easier and more efficienly. and in an 800kg car 150-200hp is pleanty of power.

[Craved]

cheers 2GU UP 2, will keep looking into this... thanks for the tip! i have seen one going really well around the track without tubes running really skinny tyres with an n/a rotor.. havent seen it for a while, might see it tomorrow at wakefield and check it out!

[Boof]

heaps of my mates have built up old rotaries

i am also building an 808 atm.

 

one thing u need to know about these cars is that the reason people build em to go fast in straight lines is becuase that really all they can do.

they handle like boats and cant be lowered very much unless you tub the rear.

 

the only engine you should go for if you want it to go hard is a rotor.

If you can get it to handle nicely to start off with then go for a 13B bridge port.

Why not go turbo? because with the bridgy it can be cooled easier and more efficienly. and in an 800kg car 150-200hp is pleanty of power.

Beg to differ on the turning corners theory...If they turn corners that badly why are they used succesfully in the club car arena??? They can be made to handle, but i f u want an early rotary that handles well the RX2 is the pick of the bunch, coil overs on all corners, handle really well!!

[Duncan]

Chris, you really want to stay in the nissan family, right? try a 1600, 180b or 200b sss

[DoughBoy]

Beg to differ on the turning corners theory...If they turn corners that badly why are they used succesfully in the club car arena???  They can be made to handle, but i f u want an early rotary that handles well the RX2 is the pick of the bunch, coil overs on all corners, handle really well!!

Extremely light cars, cheap to purchase initially, cheap to modify and get reliable power, cheap to maintain (in comparison with other club cars). You cannot get a naturally aspirated piston powered car to produce the same horsepower to cubic capacity without spending a bit of coin, not to mention the weight of the motor per cube. Datsun 1600 gets close, but is going to be down on power unless you get a twin cam engine.

All early rotaries have a strut front end which dicate a coil-over shock suspension. RX2's have a multi-link rear end with a solid axle, it wasn't until the RX7 was released when they re-introduced the watts-linkage rear end. Discounting the behemoth RX5, useful only as a boat anchor and a source for 13B motors. Oh and the rear discs. Off the top of my head RX2/Capella's weighed in at 960kg, where the 808/RX3 was 880.

[Craved]

Chris, you really want to stay in the nissan family, right? try a 1600, 180b or 200b sss

i've got a mate that has a 120Y rally car, but those dont really interest me.. 1600 are still expensive cause everyone wants them to do up with SR20 or CA18..

Dough Boy, nice info and food for thought.. i was going to get one really cheap but that fell through so looking around for something different and cheap to pass the time with!

If anyone sees one real cheap let me know

[Parag0n]

I have a Mazda 121 to run around in thats a 1987 model and my mate has a Mazda 1300 (808) the engine is practically the same, carby etc... Except my car has a heater