600WHP From a 3 ROTOR Mazda RX-3 With a MASSIVE TURBO is INSANE! [4K]

[@carlobinda1127]

Man, that's one badass little machine; congratulations to the owner and Autotopia's crew for the awesome presentation!!! 😎👍

[@mikepalmer6847]

Love it when some who is used to a certain style of vehicle gets to experience a different type of vehicle

[@AutotopiaLA]

Such a cool build and thank you for compliments on the crew. They’re amazing guys to work with!

[@acidfly1]

One of the coolest cars you've had on here.

[@mikelyon5595]

Love the RX3 looks! The three rotor puts this car in another dimension in terms of both auditory and endorphin overload!

[@impslap7620]

Great to see Brett's RX3 on here. Great dude and his car is a great example of how badass form following function can be.

[@godsrambo_]

What is this? Something that isn't a RestoMod 1st Gen Camaro with a RoadsterShop chasis and LT4 engine? I'm shocked! 😮 Joking of course, super sick to see something less "tried and true". Love these unique builds! 🔥

[@acidfly1]

100%

[@krubee416]

I had to laugh at this one and agree…is it really custom if the recipe is exactly the same each time? I don’t even like this car and watched it twice just cause it was different!

[@AutotopiaLA]

We’ve been venturing outside a bit and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Great car!

[@WoodLox]

15 quart dry sump 3 Wank turbo is the center piece of this gem. Explorer 8.8 Haltech seats… All go no show. Well done, baddest RX3 in 45 years. Respect.

[@matthewgannon8921]

I love the diversity of the content. Keep it up. 👍

[@jasonlaker8723]

Man I had a 74 RX3 when I was 21, Ive owned and driven some awesome cars but that little RX3 is still one of my all time favs. Pure smile machine👍

[@richardwarfield7386]

"No airbags - we die like real men" had me doubled up on the floor

[@LionelToll-z4l]

😂😂😂

[@soflojit]

you must be 12

[@NateSmith87]

Only way to go.

[@EchoSigma6]

I gotta say, looking at your facial expressions when he was putting on the power up the mountain road and watching your head movements was entertaining. What a treat to see something different. Respects to this man for his vision and the love of enthusiastic motoring. 👊🏿

[@bryy2053]

I love these cars that are driven as well. If you dont drive your car in the real world, and unless it's a museum piece of history, im just not as excited as a car that lives it's life as a car. It's built and meant to be driven, and the wear and tear helps tell it's story. Nice work man! Keep bringing cars that are used to the channel.

[@micheandmikey]

Damn, that's one cool little ripper!!! I love it when people actually KNOW they're own vehicles, it makes such a difference!

[@Slingshotgixxer]

Back in highschool a friend had a RX 3 , he would side step the clutch at redline and do amazing posi burnouts , it was a wicked little car , till the seals wore out in the rotors and we had to push start it all the time , ahhh the 80"s :0)

[@ZEPRATGERNODT]

Reminds me of the Abel Ibarra days and his RX2 back when us youngsters were street racing Etiwanda and Ontario streets in the late 80’s early 90’s.

[@DavidNeyens]

Love the chunky Mustang/Camaro style of the RX-3

[@KyleP133]

I love the new filming location for this one. Hope to see more of that for cars like this!

[@AutotopiaLA]

Love going up that canyon!

[@diegom3250]

Best thing I’ve seen in a while! Thank you!

[@dtheguy]

This car is badass, and you know it’s even cooler ?, The fact that we all find the same thing to be just as cool.

[@jakeblack4095]

Very true! End of the day we are all car guys/builders. Don't know why some people feel the need to put their own family down

[@joaquinpaul8205]

Hear hear

[@shaunfogarty5744]

Cool!! An import!!! Hot rodding knows no national boundaries.

[@clutchcarabelli8054]

I'm like an old big block guy but these are some of my absolute favorite episodes

[@Ooops-e2n]

That mini cooler in the back is nice. It gets hot out on the track

[@mortenhansen3455]

The first car I remember my Father had, was one of these. Hilarious to see this guy go all out on it! Pret-y bad-ass!

[@DavidNeyens]

Simply awesome production!

[@observationsincars5083]

High rpm goodness🔥

[@AkinaSpeedStarsAE86]

this is such a bad ass color scheme

[@vahidvahidnia1643]

Your videos just get better and better. Seriously impressive!

[@jtheglin1640]

Love cars like this definitely do more if possible

[@johnny_6T8]

Rode aside that thing 3/2018 up the 605 fwy(SoCal). Being an rotary enthusiast, i was just in awe over it. Had black rims back then. What a piece!👍👍👍

[@t.c.worley5528]

Love it! Great variety to these build videos. Thanks for sharing!

[@jrmotorsports5532]

Absolutely amazing car! Love this build. 20B engines sound so good.

[@G6odyX]

Dual exhaust is crazy

[@spdcrzy]

This is peak 70s IMSA/JTCC and I love it. It's also TERRIFYING. But appreciate the fact that the man kept REAL FAT SIDEWALLS!

[@Willy3Sticks]

Im a Airplane mechanic and a guy at the local airfield has a twin propeller plane with 2 - 13B Wankel engines It's wild sounding!

[@krubee416]

Don’t like rotaries or the RX3 BUT I appreciate what this guy built and have to give it a thumbs up cause this build was HARD. Enjoyed every second of this one cause as you said…cool is cool

[@hoonaticbloggs5402]

He didn’t build it, his mechanic did.

[@krubee416]

@@hoonaticbloggs5402 seriously? By your definition then NOBODY builds a car they just install parts that companies made. C’mon man

[@frankhernandez6524]

He didn’t build it physically himself but his money convinced that mechanic to make it happen.

[@AutotopiaLA]

Cool is cool my friend. Glad you agree here

[@michaelw1412]

I had a. Rx3 stockish 12a . 81 rx7 peripheral Port 13b and a rotary pickup stock 13b. People would ask ask me what my daily was to save fuel..I'd show them a picture of the Titanic. Fun cars though.

[@panamericaco]

Finally something different! Always loved any car with mirrors on the front fenders

[@christophermisiano5769]

The best channel on KZbin

[@AutotopiaLA]

Thank you 👊

[@octane_addict_autos]

That’s a very unique ride! Good on the autotopia la crew and Sean for tracking this one down! Very cool guys

[@frankhernandez6524]

What a car. They don’t make them like this anymore.

[@DavidNeyens]

Love the IMSA vibe

[@AutotopiaLA]

Me too

[@CameySaurusRex]

Badass little driver! Looks like sumn you'd see at a time attack event. I do wonder how that would perform at Willow Springs or even Laguna Seca.

[@kentbeitel9966]

This is literally like my dream spec rx3! A boosted 3 rotor with a 6 speed dog box and 8.8 rear end 👌🔥 pure perfection ( the only thing I would change is the livery. I would do British racing green with gold bbs lm’s.)

[@jacobdice2440]

Watched this the day of your bands gig, rock the show!

[@beamsupreme993]

I really love that this is like a period correct racecar style. looks awesome.

[@jakeblack4095]

Dude that is a cool build! Thanks for opening my eyes to something that isn't your typical V8 hot rod. The sounds of that is music super unique! Badd ass! Thanks man

[@DanDan_and_the_boys]

Y’all need to get in touch with Rob Dahm and his 4 rotor rx7 or his 3 rotor .

[@2dirkjan]

I like this a lot Shawn. Something different and a amazing build. Here in Europe they are rare also.

[@SSMOTORSPORTS]

That whine tho🔥

[@AutotopiaLA]

Cool ride

[@carllourenznaidoo2470]

❤ the JDM cars need so much more

[@ProjectDefi]

I LOVE THOSE WHEELS. IM building a badass datsun. want to come to Nicaragua when its finished

[@benwalker740]

So so so cool. Love that noise.

[@l67skidz18]

As usual great content & to the guy who owns the RX3 that is a wicked build & thanks I love to see great track car's/street car's 😊

[@jamesmarze9850]

Coolest sounding car on the channel thus far.....

[@andrewpipitone1572]

This car is definitly cool. I like old muscle cars as well but these and the Datsons 280 are cool. This car is wild.

[@whome5810]

Ported 20B Turbo RX3, that is a little weapon!

[@jtjt3823]

Sick car

[@ewm416]

Nice to see something different.

[@fwevw1]

What a weapon ! Well done !

[@ericdrinnan5814]

This channel is all over spectrum, awesome work LA crew!

[@legend7ify]

......................G'day Sean, I'm a big block fan, my motorcycle has an S&S 124cu", it's a tractor and I love it. SPUTH box, Andrews 5sp gears; Yes it has the straight-cut whine, but who hears that? Not me. The frame is McPhereson NZ. I built it in 2008. I'm 82, thinking about a truck with a built "crate". Love the channel mate. That Mazda is wild/mad; Love that someone did it, AND drives it to enjoy. Lots of wild/mad cars in my "neck of the woods" Cheers and God bless from Queensland, Australia, Malcolm.

[@guidorollard2944]

82 years old? Still the need for speed? 👍👍

[@1928ModelA1931]

Cool little car. There is absolutely nothing like driving a souped up Rotary. Years ago a friend had an early '73 RX-3 with a later much modified RX-7 twin rotor engine that had been raced at the late Westwood Raceway in Coquitlam BC Canada in the 1970s and '80s. He told me that I had to drive it. He told me to wind it out until the shift light came on. We were on Hwy 1 in the BC lower mainland. Few cars that day (a long time ago) so I started out and when I felt I had the right RPM I went to shift. My pal brushed my hand away and said "not until the light comes on" I was sure I was going to break the car but I complied. When the light came on I shifted to 2nd. Same deal, "not until the light" and so I did as told. This all happened very quickly. Once into 3rd I finally looked at the speedo. 125 MPH. Good gawd! I had another gear to go. No need for a 5 spd. here. I have no idea what the top end of that car was but when you figure the shift light came on at over 12k rpm it was likely to go airborne before ever finding out.

[@adamcook1426]

If only old mate gave it some go, drove like a nanny

[@johnnygeorgopoulos4072]

Worse than.....he never once went more than half throttle, and never once took it over probably 6k. Like I said in my own separate comment, should've just built an NA Bridgeport 12A if he was going to act like this and be scared to drive his own car....at least it would've sounded better than a turbo, completely muffled 20B at 3.5k RPM 🙄

[@AutotopiaLA]

Yeah, would’ve been nice to actually feel what it can do

[@hungryalien]

with only 245 rear? he wont get any grip at all. but should be fun to be in hehehhe

[@lukiw7044]

I love sound of rotor engine. Great episode. Greetings

[@WhiteManXRP]

smooth as silk... love it

[@AkinaSpeedStarsAE86]

Actually sounds alot better than the normal rotory engines

[@jameswaterhouse-brown6646]

The best looking rotary.

[@mcleod_aka_doom1961]

This ones my favorite

[@sickjohnson]

Super-freaking-cool 3 rotor!!!!

[@Trussme96]

I love the sound of a 3 rotor. It's like an inline 6 but even smoother

[@oonwing]

😮😮😮😮 Love the merch!!!

[@NateSmith87]

That ride is sick. Real life hot wheels.

[@steveshort4623]

As much as I like v8 muscle cars I also like Mazda rotaries this one is awesome. An Aussie fan

[@hungryalien]

those decals must have added another 250hp! hehe awesome rotary sound 🤩

[@jfvanaken3761]

Insane but totally awesome... great build

[@jean-rochdion4898]

look like a clean car straight out from "Mad Max"..... and it sound like one!!! crazy nice!!

[@patrickhale2270]

My favorite Rx model and year! Love it!!!!

[@MegaJessejames91]

The drivetrain noise sounds like a freaking jetsons car when it goes by and thats rad

[@Epsonblade]

"Nail it nail it nail it nail it" - camera guys lol... The wheels on that thing are sweet.

[@LittleSweed]

The first car my step dad owned was a 1974 RX3 in amazing dark green, 18 years ago did he find a 1976 RX4 in mint condition it even had the factory rubber on the wheels and ~25k km on the odometer he got the car for ~1400€, 8years ago did his house burn down to the ground and he had to sell the RX4 so he sold it to a Norwegian guy for ~25000€ which he still heavily regrets, so I tried to find him a new one which is almost impossible here in Sweden but I found him a I think it was a 1976 Green RX5 Coupé that he fell in love with it had better suspension a ported engine and some really nice rims almost like the ones in this clip. In the summer of 2019 did he have a stroke on the way to a car show and crashed the car luckily the car was well insured and they were going to fix it and now did the luck ran out because the car got stolen from the body shop that was going to fix it and the car hasn't been seen since then.

[@chrislovett6120]

That’s a beautiful car and set up to drive, love it

[@alialtubaikh6449]

This car was famous in my days from 1973 to 1985 these Mazda has three engines rx 3,rx5 ,rx 7 939 rotory that car is crazy in road ,and car be big challenge to z240 z 260 z280 And th Datsun 180bbb 160 b ,140 b

[@grimaman]

Wicked car!!!!....full street go kart ..

[@MrGarycoww]

That's just sick 🔥

[@timmehnz]

this is sick have always loved rx2's and rx3's!

[@maya00795]

Soooo sick.......... Awesome shawn........ Greetings from india🇮🇳🤠🤠🤩🤩🙌🤘🏻

[@rich90388]

Sounds good. I love it

[@natei.3859]

Sounds awesome

[@ERPASSASSIN]

Very cool car not something you see on the regular love everything about it 👍

[@stevecollins199]

Cool vid and car!,,,,,,, never even seen one before!

[@wrighty338]

This is right up my street, for me these 70's mazda coupe's are like a rotary mustang. Id swap my supra for a 1st gen RX4

[@robertrishel3685]

Perfection! In every way!!!

[@motocrossman18]

Wow, 1:45 is a nice time at Autoclub, nice.

[@josedelgado1940]

This right here is real!!! I subscribed!!! RX3 --- 20B? Im watching!!

[@mg_streetkandi]

You gotta know how to drive that car..Always love the variety..Good Review!!..👍🏾🏁

[@neilwesley3516]

Thank you Mr. Shaun.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@corriegillett2536]

So awesome to see the motor of my people on the channel, also Sean the reason this car has that deeper tone is partially the exhaust and turbo but mostly due to it being a 20B (triple rotor) rather than a 12A or 13B (twin rotor), the extra rotor really dramatically changes both the sound and delivery of power. Yes before someone comments the quad rotors sound more like the twin rotor motors but that’s a more nuanced conversation for another time👍

[@victorrivera2612]

You’re going to film my build one day…

[@MrGarycoww]

Sounds like a star wars pod racer 😎

[@johnnygeorgopoulos4072]

Finally, some rotors!!!! AND an RX3 at that 👌🏻 besides the FB RX7 (probably my favorite) and FD RX7 (extremely close 2nd, possibly tie), the RX3/Savanna is in close contender with those.... unless it's a 20B powered RX3/Savanna Sports Wagon.... I'm taking that over anything all day every day 👌🏻 Edit: if this was in one color with the black flares and spoilers and such (sorry, and some better wheels, don't know who made them, but the appearance doesn't fit, it needs some SSR'S, Work's, Devil's, Watanabe's, old Panasonic's, Bridgestone's, Hoshino's, Hayashi's, OG Enkei or Weds or Advan's... something like that)....it would look so damn good.... don't care for the fake livery at all....but, it's not mine, if it was, it'd be quickly spray painted flat black or wrapped 😅

[@doctranate]

One of the best cars you've had on the channel yet! Got a sub outta me!