View Full Version : 350 hp RX-8


7to8
11-25-2006, 07:59 PM
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/203910/fast_furious_bids_for_star_cars.html

SayNoToPistons
11-25-2006, 08:20 PM
Disgusting.

"Get the drift? Due to licensing rules, the film’s modified cars such as this RX-8 can’t stay in the US, but can be imported here."

^ ? More info on that?



I Wonder what happened here:
along with a blown 350bhp Mazda RX-8

dillsrotary
11-25-2006, 08:21 PM
def not 350hp, def not "soup up" either. i wouldn't mind the Z though.

mysql101
11-25-2006, 08:22 PM
didn't they have a poorly tuned greddy kit on the rx-8?

I thought they had issues getting it to move.

Raptor2k
11-25-2006, 08:54 PM
Get a bodykit and paint job less traumatizing than that, along with a Mazsport turbo, all for less.

Red_X8
11-25-2006, 09:58 PM
Meh, that color makes me gag, and the turbo kit on it is the out of the box greddy kit, some great publicity for Greddy huh?

BigOLundh
11-25-2006, 10:16 PM
why did they even bother turbocharing the car for the movie? Might as well have just stuck a fake intercooler down there and a NOS Purge Kit.

-hS

DontHateThe8
11-25-2006, 10:32 PM
in the actual dvd description of the car, they claimed that they originally wanted it to be stock, but then needed it to drift some, so they had to turbo it. i think it also claimed the kit was custom? not out of the box greddy?

The Mighty Red
11-25-2006, 11:51 PM
"Get the drift? Due to licensing rules, the film’s modified cars such as this RX-8 can’t stay in the US, but can be imported here."

^ ? More info on that?

Can't stay in the US but can be sent "here" - the UK....
Don't know how true that is... but that's what they say.. so ok.

tiltmode43
11-26-2006, 12:04 AM
Another falacy - it says its the first time the fatf cars are available to the public - one of the beater evos from 2f2f was for sale at a shop down the street.

painter1
11-26-2006, 12:58 AM
^yeah I heard that "malcom" from malcom in the middle bought the vw in the first FandF. I saw the rx-7 for sale on ebay too. :icon_bs:

BigOLundh
11-26-2006, 01:05 AM
Can't stay in the US but can be sent "here" - the UK....
Don't know how true that is... but that's what they say.. so ok.I think that is just because of the steering wheel. The company selling it probably doesnt know jack shit about how to import a car into the US.

-hS

Raptor2k
11-26-2006, 01:40 AM
^yeah I heard that "malcom" from malcom in the middle bought the vw in the first FandF. I saw the rx-7 for sale on ebay too. :icon_bs:

Frankie Muniz is a douchebag. I'm glad he's done with acting, at least for now. Annoying 'actor' and I hope that his Clippers' only historical moment will be getting to the 2nd round of the playoffs.

KhanMotorsport
11-26-2006, 11:31 AM
Frankie Muniz is a douchebag. I'm glad he's done with acting, at least for now. Annoying 'actor' and I hope that his Clippers' only historical moment will be getting to the 2nd round of the playoffs.

is that malcom from malcom in the middle or reese? i thought that show was pretty good.

RotaryP7
11-26-2006, 11:57 AM
I never liked it..

mahuna
12-15-2006, 07:25 AM
didn't they have a poorly tuned greddy kit on the rx-8?

I thought they had issues getting it to move.

your right they did.......and for what ever reason it acually came up with less hp then befor they put it on. i have some friends that worked on the movie and they just couldnt get it working right and the car did what they needed the car to do,so it wasnt that important to put to much effort into the 8.

i know they imported quite a few cars from japan to los angeles and maybe that has something to do with them not being able to legaly sell some of the cars here in the states. Probably has to do with various restrictions that the u.s. has on the cars that can legaly drive here, like emisions and what not.

MazsportScott
12-15-2006, 08:20 AM
your right they did.......and for what ever reason it acually came up with less hp then befor they put it on. i have some friends that worked on the movie and they just couldnt get it working right and the car did what they needed the car to do,so it wasnt that important to put to much effort into the 8.

i know they imported quite a few cars from japan to los angeles and maybe that has something to do with them not being able to legaly sell some of the cars here in the states. Probably has to do with various restrictions that the u.s. has on the cars that can legaly drive here, like emisions and what not.
That's a shame, wish they would have called :wavey: