Pac Performance Pro RWD/Pro Turbo Mazda 6 dragster
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Back from the dead... 12 months on, I checked out their website, and what do I see?
http://www.pacperformance.com.au/News/article/6301.aspx
This time its different - looks as though (and according to the spec sheet) its purpose built, not re-skinning a pro stock chassis. Build by RJ race cars with running gear developed right here in Australia and sporting a spiffy new paint job, it is due for competition debut in september. But there are some pictures of it lighting fires just because it can
Having lost the world record they look like they've decided to construct an animal purpose built to get it back. The landscape of sport compact racing has changed significanty with the world records now being held in by Australian 2JZ's and some Aussie VQ35 powered skylines hunting them down, I'm expecting the first break into the 6.3 range to happen soon.... can the 20B keep up? bet your ass it can... rule changes now mean that centre housings can be billet pieces which solves alot of issues with reliability and retrofitting better oiling and cooling... ultimately allowing them to increase the power and revs. The shorter wheelbase will be more conducive to the power levels they are kicking out and they will be hungry to get some runs on the board with this. I expect big things. High revving, ear splitting, flame spitting big things.
In other news, there is at least one other Mazda 6 drag car I know of debuting in September... and a Mazda BT50 truck (well, its a drag car that looks like a pickup truck), so rotor power should be making a great showing in the new race classes.
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http://www.pacperformance.com.au/videos.aspx
latest 2 videos - holy crap, the motor makes the old Mazda 6 sound like a pussy cat... this thing is f*cking angry.
http://www.pacperformance.com.au/News/article/6301.aspx
This time its different - looks as though (and according to the spec sheet) its purpose built, not re-skinning a pro stock chassis. Build by RJ race cars with running gear developed right here in Australia and sporting a spiffy new paint job, it is due for competition debut in september. But there are some pictures of it lighting fires just because it can
Having lost the world record they look like they've decided to construct an animal purpose built to get it back. The landscape of sport compact racing has changed significanty with the world records now being held in by Australian 2JZ's and some Aussie VQ35 powered skylines hunting them down, I'm expecting the first break into the 6.3 range to happen soon.... can the 20B keep up? bet your ass it can... rule changes now mean that centre housings can be billet pieces which solves alot of issues with reliability and retrofitting better oiling and cooling... ultimately allowing them to increase the power and revs. The shorter wheelbase will be more conducive to the power levels they are kicking out and they will be hungry to get some runs on the board with this. I expect big things. High revving, ear splitting, flame spitting big things.
In other news, there is at least one other Mazda 6 drag car I know of debuting in September... and a Mazda BT50 truck (well, its a drag car that looks like a pickup truck), so rotor power should be making a great showing in the new race classes.
edit:
http://www.pacperformance.com.au/videos.aspx
latest 2 videos - holy crap, the motor makes the old Mazda 6 sound like a pussy cat... this thing is f*cking angry.
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Antoine
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Awesome update!!!
Thanks for the commentary as well, I'm always happy to hear that the 20B is not only active in motorsports but that it's being pushed to new levels of power and performance! (2thumbs) Also great to see the drag racing scene so vibrant in Australia...Please keep us updated!
Thanks for the commentary as well, I'm always happy to hear that the 20B is not only active in motorsports but that it's being pushed to new levels of power and performance! (2thumbs) Also great to see the drag racing scene so vibrant in Australia...Please keep us updated!
Awesome update!!!
Thanks for the commentary as well, I'm always happy to hear that the 20B is not only active in motorsports but that it's being pushed to new levels of power and performance! (2thumbs) Also great to see the drag racing scene so vibrant in Australia...Please keep us updated!
No worries man - I was worried 'serious' rotary contenders had gone dark after PACs accident - the scene seems to have moved away from 20B vs 2JZ in the quest for absolute sport compact dominance (with many of the grizzled 20B warriors turning to the dark side in favour of toyota piston power), to the 2JZ vs VQ35 (which represents the next big thing in terms of sport compact drag racing down here... there were 3 R35 skyline full tube drag cars built in top secret which came out and blew everyones mind recently).
In fact the only people who seemed to be persisting with it were MazFix, who actually built a mazda 6 simillar to PACs first iteration mazda 6 drag car, and it suffered the same fate while doing shake down passes (rolled onto its roof - problem appears to be the prostock chassis being configured for a MUCH heavier engine, and the car getting incredibly loose in the deep end as a result).
But PAC have previously stated they would 'give up drag racing, before they gave up on the 20B', and this new car seems to be very much in keeping with that.
I can't get over how angry the tune up is on it though. Its easilly the most wild turbo 20B i've heard - and whilst they are sticking to their age old power estimate of 1600hp, i wouldn't be surprised if they are playing possom and have it hopped up quite a bit more than that.
Its first 'official' race meet looks to be jamboree in september - i'll be there to see how it goes in competition trim. Doubtful it'll set the world on fire in its first outing, new cars rarely do... but with the rule changes they can unlock fresh potential from the 20B combination - and having finally done the chassis "right" there isn't any reason why their goal to be the fastest sport compact car on the planet, period, can't be realised.
whos coming to australia in september?
So we had Jamboree recently. The biggest sport compact event in the southern hemisphere (perhaps even the world?) - 2 days of piston vs rotor.
Overshadowing the mighty 20B was the 2J power, breaking (apparently, I wasn't actually there) into the 6.20s happened for the ex titan celica. Which is pretty stout for a stroked 6 cylinder motor (actually, its pretty stout no matter what is powering the thing)...
But thats not to say that the Mazda 6 wasn't impressive. In testing it did this.
This car has had next to no track time, and their last mazda 6 took an age to get settled and start putting down representative times.
On another note, there is a second mazda6, owned by a shop local to me... simillar in many respects to the original PAC car (a prostock chassis with a front clip) - when they initially tested it they rolled it in almost identical fashion to the pac machine... anyway, it was back in black for jambo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJHxJV5UHo
P.S. One video per message? Antoine
you make me sad.
Overshadowing the mighty 20B was the 2J power, breaking (apparently, I wasn't actually there) into the 6.20s happened for the ex titan celica. Which is pretty stout for a stroked 6 cylinder motor (actually, its pretty stout no matter what is powering the thing)...
But thats not to say that the Mazda 6 wasn't impressive. In testing it did this.
This car has had next to no track time, and their last mazda 6 took an age to get settled and start putting down representative times.
On another note, there is a second mazda6, owned by a shop local to me... simillar in many respects to the original PAC car (a prostock chassis with a front clip) - when they initially tested it they rolled it in almost identical fashion to the pac machine... anyway, it was back in black for jambo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJHxJV5UHo
P.S. One video per message? Antoine
you make me sad.
