7Tune posted these pictures from a testing session at Fuji Speedway for RE Amemiya and Voltex. Both companies were prepping cars for the World Time Attack Challenge in Australia. Head over to 7Tune for the full story.
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Project Sea Lion
I will admit that I thought this was going to be stupid when I first clicked on it. Most home built amphibious vehicles are pretty awkward, but this one is actually cool enough to make a post about. This is the Sea Lion. It’s a transformable single seat car that was built to take on the Amphibious Vehicle World Speed Record. The chassis is a TIG welded 5052 aluminum monocoque and it’s powered by a turbocharged Mazda 13b rotary engine that draws air in through a side-draft carburetor. The engine makes 174 horsepower which allows the Sea Lion to go 125 mph on land and 45 mph on water. The front end transforms when the Sea Lion hits the water and the side pods are for storage and flotation. Here’s some video of it in action:
The Sea Lion is currently for sale for $259,500. The owner states that its ready for an engine upgrade to the Renesis engine from an RX-8 to take the speed record. Head over to Fantasy Junction to see the ad and lots of high resolution pictures.
Source: Fantasy Junction via Autoblog
Best Motoring Street Tuned RX-8 Battle
My buddy Scott found this video on YouTube. It’s the Best Motoring guys seeing how well the Fujita Engineering RX-8 stacks up against recent crop of Newtype NA (high specific displacement, naturally aspirated engines usually above 2.0 liters in displacement) cars. If you’ve never watched Best Motoring before, it’s a group of Japanese race drivers, including drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya, who do car review videos. The signature characteristic of their series is that they will test new cars as well as tuned cars. It’s a unique feature born from the extensive Japanese automotive aftermarket. The Best Motoring track battles are fun to watch because the guys are all friends and have fun with each other while doing some world class driving.
Source: 9789FD3 on YouTube