Mazda MX-3 rear steering - do all models have it?

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>tfw my old friend back in 2006-2008 dumped money into a mx-3, use to drag race it

>tfw it was sold in 2010
>tfw 2010 was 7 years ago

There is a 600 HP Honda Motor mx3 out there

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>>17329636

Sounds like it got blow'd up. Looks nice though.

>>17329610
>passive rear steer
what is this?

>>17329636
MX-3 with a few simple mods?

I thought only the Jap MX-6 had the RWS feature.

sounds likes a technicians nightmare.

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>>17330500

Copying from Wikipedia, but that's about the only source, everything else is just a copy or rehash:


> For the rear suspension of the MX-3, Mazda used its proprietary Twin-Trapezoidal Link (TTL) technology, delivering benefits associated with active four-wheel steering systems while lighter and less mechanically complicated.

> Twin-Trapezoidal Link technology has been used on a range of other Mazda vehicles before and since the MX-3.

Anyone?

>>17331132
On paper, it seems like a perfect mechanic. Unfortunately, I've never gotten to experience it, and I don't see it as an active feature for cars today.

But, from everything I heard about it when I had my standard steering MX-6, it seemed like in a worst case scenario, it had a fail safe that would return the rear wheels to a static & straight position, while allowing the front to turn as your would normally experience.

I can only imagine it doesn't actually work like that, or else we'd see a lot more on the road.

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This looks like a manual, it has diagrams of rear suspension in it on pages 661-671, you guys are smarter than me. Pic related.

http://www.teameunos.com/downloads/cars/eunos_30x/manuals/mx3_manual.pdf

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Another page from the manual. These are the most telling.

Also a thread by a guy about replacing bushings on the TTL: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=51806

>>17330496
>>17331132
>>17330467
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>>17331346
http://www.mazda-motors.com/news/four-wheel-steering-demystified/

I only smimmed it, but it looks like it just adjusts the toe angle. I was hoping it would be like tractors 4 wheel steering, that could be fun.