# The sound of a stock wankel rotary engine on a Mazda Rx8 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** rx-8, mazda\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337 "2017-02-23T11:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lifeafteramurderseen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lifeafteramurderseen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lifeafteramurderseen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/1 "2017-02-23T11:56:24Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24oWTkI9Ex4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24oWTkI9Ex4) Have a listen to the stock exhaust sound on my rx8. This will be a great memory for when i modify the full exhaust 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/2 "2017-02-23T17:15:20Z")
The rotary engine; for those times you need the horsepower a V6, the torque of a 4 cylinder, and the fuel economy of a V8. Incidentally, have a Husqvarna with a similar exhaust note. ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/3 "2017-02-23T20:56:13Z")
The wankel makes a good air compressor. Low vibration and the wedge shaped chamber (which makes low fuel efficiency as a motor) acts as an intercooler. ---
**Author:** ![chunkyazian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@chunkyazian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chunkyazian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/4 "2017-02-24T01:37:24Z")
Mazda 2 EV uses a single rotor engine as a range extender ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/5 "2017-02-24T04:26:35Z")
Mazda RX-7 and 8 cars made the most noise of any car in SCCA races. They were just very loud. It wasn’t a nice sound, just a loud sound. I’m just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/6 "2017-02-24T07:07:01Z")
Yeah it does sound a lot like my chain saw. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/7 "2017-02-25T00:59:16Z")
OP might find this sort of interesting, Wankel-technology didn’t bypass Soviet Russian cars of the 1970’s era apparently _Lada designed 38 Wankel engines in 30 years_ [www.pressreader.com/uk/practical-classics-uk/20161130/281956017392396](http://www.pressreader.com/uk/practical-classics-uk/20161130/281956017392396) ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-sound-of-a-stock-wankel-rotary-engine-on-a-mazda-rx8/100337/8 "2017-02-27T02:09:47Z")
WOW, you can make a useless YouTube video of car exhaust sounds. For some reason, I just am not impressed. Please, oh please, tell us you didn’t join just to show us this.