On a forum I use some guy took a look while he was in Japan.
I had the pleasure yesterday of spending the morning at RE Amemiya in Tomisato City, Chiba. As most Mazda rotary enthusiests will know, RE Amemiya is one of the most highly respected rotary tuning and performance shops in the world. There is not a lot that they haven't achieved in Japan over the past 30 odd years. Although it was an impromptu visit, the General Director, Hidehiko Hori, welcomed me with open arms and showed a keen interest in my current automotive projects. Even though I don't speak a word of Japanese, we were able to communicate well enough to "chat" for a couple of hours. Anyway, enough of this banter....here's a bit of a picture summary of the visit. If any of you get the chance to travel to Japan, I highly recommend taking the time to visit RE Amemiya as there passion and enthusiasm for the rotary engine is second to none.
Cheers,
Danny
There display room.....
20B PP Display
Hidehiko and myself...he has been with Mr Amemiya for over 30 years! Would you believe he is 50!?
Now a quick look at a few cars at the workshop.....
Red FD with 20B turbo on sale for JPY 7,000,000 and has around 700ps
A customers widebody JC Cosmo circuit racer...no idea of hp...20B turbo
There own D1 Drift Car....FD 13B Turbo with 650ps
This is the engine in a blue FC3S that was built by Hidehiko some 20 years ago....approx 400ps
Hidehiko even dropped me back at the train station is their auto RX-8 turbo with 230ps at 0.4 bar....he certainly enjoyed giving it a rev!
