{"id":122108,"date":"2024-10-18T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=122108"},"modified":"2024-10-18T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T05:27:22","slug":"mazda-rx-7-with-a-500-hp-26b-four-rotor-racing-at-mid-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=122108","title":{"rendered":"Mazda RX-7 with a 500 hp 26B Four-Rotor Racing at Mid-Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=122112\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122112\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"122112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=122112\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?fit=2048%2C1639&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mazda RX-7 with a 26B four-rotor 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mazda RX-7 with a 26B four-rotor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?resize=600%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mazda RX-7 with a 26B four-rotor\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?resize=768%2C615&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-08.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/defined_autoworks\/\">Logan Carswell<\/a> enjoys racing his special Mazda RX-7 at the track. The car is powered by a 2.6 L &#8220;26B&#8221; four-rotor built by Logan&#8217;s company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.definedautoworks.com\">Defined Autoworks<\/a>. The motor features a custom peripheral-port, eight injectors, and custom eccentric shaft. It is paired to a SAENZ TT3 six-speed sequential transmission with a Tilton triple-plate clutch and KAAZ 1.5-way limited-slip differential. In the video below Logan was class restricted to 500 whp while racing at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mid-Ohio_Sports_Car_Course\">Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course<\/a> in Lexington, Ohio. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XM8Pzo_AlEA?si=kH-ORoF_QM8rFLrN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=109008\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-109008\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"109008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=109008\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mazda RX-7 with a 26B four-rotor 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mazda RX-7 with a 26B four-rotor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mazda RX-7 with a 26B four-rotor\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Mazda-RX-7-with-a-26B-four-rotor-07.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GTORx7\">Defined Autoworks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logan Carswell enjoys racing his special Mazda RX-7 at the track. The car is powered by a 2.6 L &#8220;26B&#8221; four-rotor built by Logan&#8217;s company Defined Autoworks. The motor features a custom peripheral-port, eight injectors, and custom eccentric shaft. It is paired to a SAENZ TT3 six-speed sequential transmission with a Tilton triple-plate clutch and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=122108\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mazda RX-7 with a 500 hp 26B Four-Rotor Racing at Mid-Ohio<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":122112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rx-7"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109000,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=109000","url_meta":{"origin":122108,"position":0},"title":"Mazda RX-7 with a 26B Four-Rotor at Mid-Ohio","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Logan Carswell from Defined Autoworks took his special Mazda RX-7 to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio and set a best lap time of 1:29.935. 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