Friend of mine asked me if i knew much about the rx8 ans as it happens i know feck all. So does anyone on here know much about them? All i know is there quite cheap for what they are

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cherry p1.....SOLD (regreting this)
blaze p2.....why did i buy this SOLD
Black p3

Ask Phil

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Nothing to see here

No pros at all, they are a truely terrible car, oh and slow.

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Team Nile 6
Team: 40.2 MPG
5 x a 306 owner!
currently abusing type r's in a town near you ™
I truely live for the 306 ®
Build date: 29th October 1997 Wednesday's car
midweek madness

i've never heard anyone with anything positive to say about the rotary engines, EVER. except phil, and i think that was only because he used one as a door wedge and it worked well in that environment

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Tell him if hes going to go rotary, go RX7. And I'm not just saying that because of my most recent purchase

The RX8 engine was their attempt at "improvement" but as usual they just created more problems with this already high maintenance engine.

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Ex Bianca 6 Owner R.I.P

Mazda RX7 FD3s - Daily...

LS7. That is all. Again.

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Nothing to see here

I drove one on GT5 and it handled awesome! Like all real car enthusiast, I only go by what cars are like on GT and not what they are like in real life.

My mate is like this, but with Forza haha

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Red Rallye - Rolling "restoration"

Wishbone Polybushes available

I owned and ran one for three years (not 'just had a shot in a mates one'. A few misconceptions to clear up here...they are a lot faster than a 306 both in terms of torque and top speed. They do use oil but Mazda recommend one litre per 1000 miles which worked out for me at two 5 litre canisters a year...or about 40 quid...so not exactly a bank breaker!

As Phil said, they like their coil packs/leads and spark plugs but again, I found it cheaper to have mine shipped over from California than to buy local. They are heavy on petrol but if you find that a problem you really shouldn't be buying one....or even asking about them.

On the serious side, I bought mine with 25k on the clock and ran it to just shy of 60k when it slowly started loosing power. I tried changing the coil packs & plugs as recommended by the RX8 forum but this made no difference. I took it to Mazda for a compression test which revealed the worst.....low compression in both halves of the engine. I was lucky to sell mine but it does seem to be a major problem with the rotary engine around the 60K mile mark, so beware if your friend is in the market to buy one.

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1999 GTi-6 (china blue)
1999 Rallye (black)

Well I can write pages about the RX8s, as I just dug into these myself quite well. See here:

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=285103


(engine rebuild pics at page 9. - bought it with engine failure)


And I can only second what Phil said. Problem is usual drivers know feck all about how they should use and treat a rotary.

-If you start the engine DO NOT turn it off until it's warm.
-Premix the fuel with 2T oil
-replace the thermal pellet inside the eccentric shaft to allow oil get into the rotors under 60°C
-forget what Mazda says with 0w40 and other silly water like oils. Only use 10w40 semi-synthetic good brand oil
-redline it at least once a month
-buy it with a f**ked engine for pennies, and rebuild it yourself from less than 800 quid

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VTS
best 60' : 2.272
best 1/8 ET : 9.375 @ 74.42mph
best 1/4 ET: 14.603 @ 97.047mph

Team Trackday™

Have to agree with a few people, I drove a high horse power one and was serverly disappointed (but at the time I owned an Rx-7) but a lot of people's blow up due to poor maintenance or lack of. My Rx-7 had done 85,000 without any problems and then slowly started using water. I rebuilt it myself (know my way around a set of spammers) and it was a piece of cake compared to a piston engine. Like a few other have said they drink fuel an eat plugs (which aren't cheap) and replacing the thermal pellet is a very good idea.

The Series 2 Renesis has 3 oil injectors, however, premix is still better.

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I think the high power RX8 is a good alternative to the Toyota GT86.

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VTS
best 60' : 2.272
best 1/8 ET : 9.375 @ 74.42mph
best 1/4 ET: 14.603 @ 97.047mph

Team Trackday™