View Full Version : Making fast turns w/very low gas


JeRKy 8 Owner
12-27-2003, 06:04 PM
I heard from someone w/an Rx7 that if you take a corner at 75 mph or more when you haveless than 1/4 tankof gas left that the gas can slosh and starve the rotary and could badlydamage the engine. Can thisalso be a problem for the RENESIS or is it only an Rx7 issue?

syntrix
12-28-2003, 08:34 AM
Jerky, do a search; there are some topics like this, but I'm too lazy to search right now for you.

It can happen in an RX8, a pinto, an Audi, etc etc etc.....

I had it happen at extremely long G's (ie, a long sweeping corner at high speed) on the track.

No damage here, as the ecu can detect low/no fuel pressure and compensate to protect things ;)

Just remember that this was on the TRACK, and it was one particular corner that you would never replicate on any stretch of public road.

I've pushed my 8 on the streets a bit in some "long" city corners with the fuel light on and nothing has happened.