{"id":53116,"date":"2020-03-05T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T22:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53116"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T22:19:15","slug":"mazda-rx-2-with-a-26b-four-rotor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53116","title":{"rendered":"Mazda RX-2 with a 26B Four-Rotor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"53126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=53126\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mazda RX-2 with a 26B Four-Rotor 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mazda RX-2 with a 26B Four-Rotor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mazda RX-2 with a 26B Four-Rotor\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curranbrothersracing.co.nz\/\">Curran Brothers Racing<\/a> recently swapped their Mazda RX-2 back to a 26B four-rotor. The naturally aspirated motor made 583 horsepower on a Fueltech FT600 EFI system. The team&#8217;s first test at the drag strip with the new motor resulted in a 8.85 sec at 152.52 mph, 8.65 sec at 157.27 mph, and 8.53 at 157.58 mph. Listen to the engine scream on the dyno and track below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dI442sAlL_4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/odwZ79wPDyI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gb1l3qJgkcY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLPX4Bea4CnniWDOvW6Fk0g\">Curran Brothers Racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curran Brothers Racing recently swapped their Mazda RX-2 back to a 26B four-rotor. The naturally aspirated motor made 583 horsepower on a Fueltech FT600 EFI system. The team&#8217;s first test at the drag strip with the new motor resulted in a 8.85 sec at 152.52 mph, 8.65 sec at 157.27 mph, and 8.53 at 157.58&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53116\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mazda RX-2 with a 26B Four-Rotor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":53126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[332],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rx-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mazda-RX-2-with-a-26B-Four-Rotor-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102859,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=102859","url_meta":{"origin":53116,"position":0},"title":"Mazda RX-7 with a 26B Four-Rotor Drifting at Goodwood FOS","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Whiddett attended Goodwood Festival of Speed with the eighth-version of \"MADBUL\" Mazda RX-7. 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