[coleco]

is he having a laugh? whats a RS.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-MAZDA-MX-5-RS-RARE-160bhp_W0QQitemZ150431770489QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item23066ea779

Steve

Ah found it, bet still expensive. Mind you i like the speakers.

 

[Howies5]

whats the point of this thread?

 

[coleco]

I did not know what a RS was.

 

[stevebloxxy]

Well ?4000 might be a bit steep but ?3000 would be attractive. Is he having a laugh? Probably not. The Rs is a rare beastie and is a cracking drive, Bilsteins and 6 speed box and a few other tweeks. I had one of these in last year and I can tell you that they are a properly quick car, head and shoulders above your average 1.8. Very under-rated car.

 

[miles]

Eyes left

The wheels are wrong and it does look to be ridding a little high for an RS

As always it's a spec level rather than a limited edition.

 

[thewildblue]

The mk2 RS are only 145 bhp instead of the 160bhp as they dont have the VVT engines. I got all excited when I thought the one I had bought had 160bhp but after alot of web browsing I found it doesnt and is in fact 145.....

 

[miles]

The mk2 RS are only 145 bhp instead of the 160bhp as they dont have the VVT engines. I got all excited when I thought the one I had bought had 160bhp but after alot of web browsing I found it doesnt and is in fact 145.....

Yep was going to add that the 160 figure is only for the MK2.5 RS/Mazdaspeed. Were the VVT has been tuned for power rather than emissions.

 

[Motorhead]

I wonder what the private plate is worth?

 

[The Crow]

Looks like a tidy example.

Owning an RS myself and having had three MK2 RS's in the last few years it is at the correct ride height for a RS mk2.

Got say the price is a little high at ?4k but if the the reserve is nearer three two fifty then it looks OK.

 

[elduce]

The mk2 RS are only 145 bhp instead of the 160bhp as they dont have the VVT engines. I got all excited when I thought the one I had bought had 160bhp but after alot of web browsing I found it doesnt and is in fact 145.....

Yep was going to add that the 160 figure is only for the MK2.5 RS/Mazdaspeed. Were the VVT has been tuned for power rather than emissions.
[/quote]

The Mazdaspeed lost the VVT in favour of the BP4W engine from the 1999-2000 Mk 2s, didn't it?

http://949racing.com/mazdaspeedmiataintakecam.aspx

 

[miles]

The mk2 RS are only 145 bhp instead of the 160bhp as they dont have the VVT engines. I got all excited when I thought the one I had bought had 160bhp but after alot of web browsing I found it doesnt and is in fact 145.....

Yep was going to add that the 160 figure is only for the MK2.5 RS/Mazdaspeed. Were the VVT has been tuned for power rather than emissions.
[/quote]

The Mazdaspeed lost the VVT in favour of the BP4W engine from the 1999-2000 Mk 2s, didn't it?

http://949racing.com/mazdaspeedmiataintakecam.aspx
[/quote]

There was a JDM Mazdaspeed MK2.5 uber rare and normally aspirated (Dandy Cars had one a while back) rather than the US/Oz Market "mazdaspeed" turbo, Which did indeed use the 4W with the addition of the JDM cam (which is fitted to RSs).

 

[Sara]

I still prefer mine

I had no idea i was buying an RS when i bought mine, i just liked the look of it

 

[Ian-PDT]

The mk2 RS are only 145 bhp instead of the 160bhp as they dont have the VVT engines. I got all excited when I thought the one I had bought had 160bhp but after alot of web browsing I found it doesnt and is in fact 145.....

Yep was going to add that the 160 figure is only for the MK2.5 RS/Mazdaspeed. Were the VVT has been tuned for power rather than emissions.
[/quote]

The Mazdaspeed lost the VVT in favour of the BP4W engine from the 1999-2000 Mk 2s, didn't it?

http://949racing.com/mazdaspeedmiataintakecam.aspx
[/quote]

There was a JDM Mazdaspeed MK2.5 uber rare and normally aspirated (Dandy Cars had one a while back) rather than the US/Oz Market "mazdaspeed" turbo, Which did indeed use the 4W with the addition of the JDM cam (which is fitted to RSs).
[/quote]

It was this one ...

Does the RS have 160 Bhp, I don't think so but it is quicker than the standard 1.8

 

[thewildblue]

http://www.japanvehicles.com/newcars/mazda/Roadster/main.htm

Quite good to look at the different specs for the JDM NB 2.5.

 

[AndyMk2]

Does the RS have 160 Bhp, I don't think so but it is quicker than the standard 1.8

Yes it does but not the Mk2 RS or Mk1 RS-Ltd, only the facelift version with the unrestricted S-VT engine as Miles has already stated