> Paul,
    >
    > Got this in an EBay motors mailer.
    >
    > Todd Archer
    >
    > Rotary Bearhawk
    >
    >
    > Nobody knows what Mazda is going to do in four years so I cut out
    > the obvious ploy for free PR :)
    >
    >
    > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
    >
    >
    > Not even Mazda its all committies so every thing changes we need to
    > send the guys behind the Rx -9 (backing it )
    > To the showers Mazda can do better they can do a super car on a buget
    > and be competitive with every bodies else's super car and if Mazda
    > really wants to it can trounce them IMHO I
    > Figure it out a long time a go
    > Just don't have the time to do it justice (having the worst year
   ever ) : )
    > might be able to take a stab at it this weekend though.
    > Did you see the Article in Automobile Magazine racing beat
    > built a 300 hp( full pp ) racing engine that weights 180 pounds Im
    > sure this is dry weight not wet though they didn't say this might
    > make a good aircraft engine . What say you?
    >
    >
    > Clifton
    >
    > That was not Mazda doing that RX9 dwg and article. That was just
   some guys speculating
    > for the magazine publicity alone. They know there is a lot of
   interest in a new 2 seater
    > RX9.
    >
    > What month Automobile Magazine? Did Don Sherman write it?
    > --
    > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

   Clifton wrote:
    > That would be February's issue
    > And Don Sherman did indeed write it.
    >

   Pretty good historical article. I would be a bit wary of the all
   aluminum engine
   as Jim switched coating companies to a company in Canada that is
   getting a bad
   reputation on the net. They claim the same coating as the Lemans
   engine but
   that is not true. They apply it differently. HOW it is applied makes all
   the difference. Mazda used a detonation gun method while the
   Canadian company
   flame or plasma sprays the coating. Historically people have had a
   lot of trouble
   with non detonation coatings. There is no real way to do quality
   control other than
   destructive testing. IMHO It is partially responsible for Wankel
   Gmbh going
   bankrupt. Here are some picture from the RX7 group on the net of failed
   ceramic coatings.

   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

What year Feb was that article? Any chance of posting it on here as an
attachment so I can read it?

Rob Woods.

Feb 2008. It is on the new stands now.

Paul Lamar

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