BORROW THAT H/ENGINE?

In October of 2008, Mazda shipped a fleet of Mazda Hydrogen-powered RX-8’s to Norway under a program called "HyNor". That was the first time that the HE RX-8's were shipped outside Japan and is part of what Mazda Program Manager Ashihiro Kashiwagi calls “the next stage” in the development of the hydrogen program. This agreement will provide Mazda with valuable information and practical experience that they will utilize to develop the program.  
 
That got us thinking. What if we can get a hold of some of those used engines to use for racing at the Lemons? After thinking real hard, we decided that Mr. Kashiwagi will be receiving a well-crafted piece of correspondence from us in the future. We are working on a spiel right now that includes borrowing the engine because we have a $500 spending limit on the car. While doing that, we'll also have to distract him long enough so he doesn't notice that the engine will be running around a track full of jalopies and road unworthy machines driven by second rate drivers - and that his engine may accidentally morph into useless scrap metal.

Well, as you may have already discerned, we at “Hydrolac” are the best at what we do. Right guys?
 
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HONDA FC HYDROGEN CONCEPT

There are currently two ways to power cars using hydrogen. One approach uses hydrogen as the fuel in a combustion engine. Mazda took this direction and is currently developing the rotary engine to burn both gasoline and hydrogen. The other approach uses hydrogen to power fuel-cells. Recent pictures taken at the LA Auto Show gives us a glimpse of a new Honda Supercar that is powered by hydrogen fuel-cells called the FC Sport Concept. Since it is a concept car, neither economy nor performance claims were made. But I suspect that will be just a matter of time as the engineers and designers continue to work on this car and dial it in. Honda has a very long and proud heritage of developing cars for use on and off the race track. 

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