Fiat 124 Coupe Race Car with Rotary 20B engine HD

The car was built to compete in a seemingly relaxed series known as the CAMS NSW Motor Race Championship. Why a Fiat 124 body? Well, Joe has raced Fiats his whole life and it’s what he’s known for. Plus, nobody really expects to hear a screaming rotary under the Italian body. You have to look pretty hard to see the three-rotor, peripheral ported 20B motor under the windshield. I couldn’t even tell it was a 20B; I had to ask the driver and builder, Joe Said, for further information. As it turns out, I probably couldn’t have bumped into a friendlier and more eager person than Joe to talk about his creation. The series has a pretty open rulebook, but it does have a limit as to how far back the engine can be mounted, which is approximately no further than halfway back the distance of the wheelbase. I think you can probably guess that anything else isn’t going to upset the organisers too much. It’s only when you look inside the car that you get a proper appreciation for how far rearward the motor has been mounted; it practically lives in the cabin with the driver. The car makes somewhere north of 400hp with a hard-cut rev limit of 10,200rpm. The whole car has been designed and built by Joe himself; he confesses to having quite a passion for engineering and design. It certainly was a big surprise to come across this creation, and something I had to share with you, despite the lack of time and detail to delve further into what is a fascinating race car.