Take a look at these. This is what I run, one of the best tires I have come across IMO of course. excellent dry weather tire and pretty decent in the rain. Since it does not rain or snow much here it is not really my concern.

http://www.onlinetires.com/products/...55+95w+bw.html

Actually that is not a bad price on those either.

 

lololol. i wouldnt put hankooks on my lawn mower

 

V12's are sick track/daily tires!

Have you read the reviews on them?

 

yes. and ive also worked 3 summers at discount tire. i can tell you hankooks are cheap korean POS tires. regardless of reviews. which are usually written by unintelligible people anyway. go online anywhere and ill bet you can find rave reviews for the turbonator and tornado intake things too.

 

I have had quite a few sets of Hankooks and have auto-crossed the **** out of them without an issue. Oh, I wouldn't trust Discount Tire to ever touch my ride again after I watched them scratch a rim (dropped on it's face) on my Maxima and then try deny it to my face.

 

yeah that can happen. management is different at every store. some are honest and some are shitbags.

 

This is where my real lack of knowledge on tires will show, but why do people not follow the standard tire spec for the rim? whats the advantage/disadvantage of doing that?

 

Wider tires generally equals more grip and allows you to get the power to the ground.

If you only have 190 whp and running 265/35/18 you actually lose power.

This explains it a bit

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=330790

 

It's called a plus one size. The first number is the width of the tire, while the second number is the height in terms of a percentage to the width.

It just gives you a wider tire for more lateral grip in the turns.

 

Hi all, moved down here back in August from Virginia (just outside Washington D.C.), finally settled in for the most part in the upper Garland area.
Been following the thread some, figured I'd announce that I was around, let everyone know there was another RX8 out there constantly having problems with an owner that for whatever reason kept investing money in it.

Figured you might get a kick out of this: brought my 8 in to the dealership after Thanksgiving since I was fairly confident the battery had kicked the bucket, told them to run the tests, and they asked if I wanted a compression test done (free of charge).

Since I went through a mess about 6 months ago where the compression tests gave poor results and prompted me buying a new starter, engine cleaning, new spark plugs, and coils, I figured sure, why not validate throwing close to a grand into the thing.

They call me back, tell me the battery is shot, compression is still low with a battery, want to hold it over night.

Next day, another call which essentially amounts to "you get a new engine under warranty."

Of course, while they're holding my 8 waiting for the engine to come in I've been given a rental, the Mazda5.

So yeah, I go in for a new battery, come out with a new engine, and in the meantime am stuck driving a minivan.

 

...........Are you complaining about this?...You got a free compression test, and you're receiving a free engine under warranty...I would be thanking the rotary gods right about now.....

 

A reman is hardly an Engine :P

 

That's as silly as saying a rotary isn't an engine.... (original S1 engines all have the same issues as reman engines, therefore if a reman isn't an engine, then neither is the original)

 

Wow, Thomas...you didn't bash me like DC...I feel loved...lol

 

Coulda been worse. Coulda been an Aveo.

 

Mazda remans sucks. When mine was torn down by pineapple racing it was determined that the housing reused by Mazda were below spec and should not have been reused. That is why i went with a factory 2008 motor with 5,000 miles on it and had them rebuild that.

Oh, BTW I'm boosted I can't wait for the tune to be finished and the break in period to be over.

 

I received exactly
the same treatment.

 

The parameters they use for "acceptable" wear is pretty bad, that's why I said that.

Not all remans are the same but 3mm of chrome flake on the housings is acceptable in the Mazda rebuild FSM. I'm sure a few 5mm or more have slipped in. Once it starts flaking there is no stopping it.

So in theory your reman within 10,000 miles or more could be back to the same crappy compression.

 

+987654321

Lol... just a few of the reasons why ive had 6 engines between 2 RX8's...

 

I don't bash people that are right :P

(Note: I am an equal opportunity basher, so just because you didn't get one today, doesn't mean you wont get one tomorrow :P)

 

Regardless, my point was that its still an engine. Crappy engines? Maybe. But engines none the less.

 

Yes its an engine, just the like the one he is replacing is an engine.

Useless, but still an engine.

 

Hey...at least it's a free crappy engine...My reman has nearly 50k miles, and it's still going strong.

 

Yeah my first one lasted 75k, the second lasted 30k. It's hit or miss, a few people had remans dead on arrival.

 

Tisk, Tisk. Look what you started lol...