Comments on: A Rare Rotary Indeed

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:55:50 +0000

Wow where did you find this beauty? Hey the Honda fit is not unattractive. To each their own. LOL!

By: John Hand

John Hand — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:11:46 +0000

That RX2 is not stock stem to stern. The wheels are off a newer Mazda 4 cylinder sedan, I believe. I have two RX2s in the family at the moment, both have STEEL wheels which were standard for that year. On both of ours however, we have widened the steel wheels to 7 inches from the stock 5. One of our RX2s is red just like the one you feature, but has a 1985 RX7 12A (Actually the 70 C.I. 1137cc engine is a 12B if it has one distributor, but the name magically changed to 12A on the boat on the way from Japan to the USA. The original 12A in the 72-73 has two distributors. Our red one (in the family since 1984 and repainted in original red)with the RX7 engine is street ported, has a Holley 4 barrel with a header and puts out around 185 HP. The carb is actually a little small or the engine would go more like 210. This car weighs about 2100. The other RX7, in the family since about 1980, is original orange, and has a bridge-ported 13B (1307cc/80 C.I.) engine and puts out roughly 320 HP with a Weber Carb. Both cars are super strong performace wise, but also reliabilty wise. They not only run very fast in a straight line, but have been consistent winners at Autocross.

By: xou xiong

xou xiong — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:57:19 +0000

That’s a nice car! And he’s had this for 35 years? I can’t even hold on to a car for more than a few years. lol When’s the article for the chicago rx2 going up?

By: Constantine

Constantine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:13:47 +0000

Great article, I’m still waiting for the S series roadster history for Honda.

By: Hooch

Hooch — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:12:55 +0000

Wow where did you find this beauty? Hey the Honda fit is not unattractive. To each their own. LOL!