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05-10-2019, 04:46 PM | #1 |
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Mazda? Are you memeing us?
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Nah, this isn't surprising. Mazda has been focused on its lightweight stuff for a few years, but they've always promised one they become happy with their 2nd gen skyactiv, they were going to be coming back with everything else that we love them for.
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There's actually a TV commercial of this:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8zFBn2Lf-I[/ame]
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Hasn’t this concept been out forever?
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My guess is that they want to use skyactiv-x for a performance engine, and because of how finicky skyactiv-x is, an inline 6 design based on the inline 4 would be a safer bet to pour resources into than turbo-4 or a V6.
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The 929 is making a comeback?!
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Mazda cars already have a longer hood/engine bay than other cars of the same size. Their cars are ripe for an inline-6 upgrade since they wouldn't even need to elongate the hood to fit an inline six in any of their current cars (except the miata).
The inline-6 seems to be making a comeback.. and not just with Mazda [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PkX-NH6bE0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PkX-NH6bE0[/ame] |
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Zoom Zoom..............just saying
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Inline engines are better for simplicity, better for total weight of the engine, better for room for suspension geometry, and easier to service. Inline 6’s and higher don’t make for great transverse packaging and thus force weight in the form of RWD setup with a driveshaft. V8-V12’s sound pretty good. So do I6s but I don’t know about I8-I12s They have other benefits and these lists aren’t exhaustive; they just illustrate the fact that they have different packaging, not necessarily better, and they have different advantages, not necessarily making one better than another.
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Dont forget about crankshaft length
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None of Mazda's cars is at all ripe for an I-6 engine transplant. IF any of them is it actually is the Miata. But they'd either have to elongate the wheelbase or give it a proboscis monkey nose... |
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Who would put a list in their fuel tank?
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