View Full Version : RX-8:How to impress your car geek friends


Zonker04
10-06-2003, 09:52 PM
OK, I love the popular thread about what we like about the RX-8. I thought I'd start a new one that's a little more specific. We're not talkin here about cupholders or vanity mirrors. We're talkin high tech, cutting edge or just down-right cool engineering features. I thought I'd start a bullet list then others can copy and paste it and keep making it longer. Corrections welcome of course:

Carbon fiber drive shaft
HID self-leveling headlights
Drive-by wire throttle
Low-profile oil pan with baffles
9,000 RPM redline with 8,500 RPM buzzer
Renesis engine
Forged suspension members
Hollow front sway bar
Limited slip differential [type?]
Lightweight flywheel
Variable-length intake manifold
Freeflow exhaust system
Cold air intake [??]

There; that's just a start. I know the brochure, articles and web site list a lot of these features, but I'm equally sure that there are more to be listed than one could readily learn from the popular literature. I'd love to learn (and appreciate) more. Thanks.

English
10-06-2003, 10:13 PM
Your geek friends will love the Vulcanized Rubber tires.
......Live long and prosper--Spock

P00Man
10-06-2003, 10:19 PM
its a Tochigi-Fuji torque sensing LSD


pre-loaded rear suspension
light-weight flywheel
10k on the tach w/ fuel cut-out, car doesnt stop or blow up or anything, just stops accelerating, meaning you can cruise at 10 grand
direct linkage tranny and stick
self-adjusting hydraulic clutch
solid steel backbone (tranny tunnel, the console that goes all the way back
super-rigid chassis
sliding brakes or whatever they are called

a lot of this is somewhere where people used to talk about the things that are just "right"

list should go on
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strong bad
10-07-2003, 12:56 AM
Originally posted by Zonker04
OK, I love the popular thread about what we like about the RX-8. I thought I'd start a new one that's a little more specific. We're not talkin here about cupholders or vanity mirrors. We're talkin high tech, cutting edge or just down-right cool engineering features. I thought I'd start a bullet list then others can copy and paste it and keep making it longer. Corrections welcome of course:

Carbon fiber drive shaft
HID self-leveling headlights
Drive-by wire throttle
Low-profile oil pan with baffles
9,000 RPM redline with 8,500 RPM buzzer
Renesis engine
Forged suspension members
Hollow front sway bar
Limited slip differential [type?]
Lightweight flywheel
Variable-length intake manifold
Freeflow exhaust system
[X]Cold air intake [??]

No CAI stock...

pyrospawn
10-07-2003, 01:14 AM
50/50 distribution

milo
10-07-2003, 01:46 AM
Chick Magnets
Head Snappers
Jaw Droppers
What the's

milo

canzoomer
10-07-2003, 05:41 AM
Mid engine design ( the engine is behind the front wheels)
Huge brakes
Rear view mirror with auto-dimming
8 air bags
18" wheels
powered self-leveling headlights

ninedeep
10-07-2003, 08:48 AM
Specifics on the engine:

13B - 2 Chamber Rotary Engine
1.3L making 238HP
Compression Ratio 10.0:1

Others:

Free style doors!
999-MPH Digital Speedometer!:eek:

mikeb
10-07-2003, 02:23 PM
damn
we have 8 airbags