Gitfiddle

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Grats man! I think i drove around with a perma-smile for about 6 months after I bought mine.

I'd recommend learning how to rev-match, it's friendlier on your tranny (essentially when you go to downshift the revs jump up automatically, all you're doing is pressing in the clutch then tapping the gas pedal to where the revs will be after you downshift, then you shift and let out the clutch)
After you have rev matching down then try to do some heel-toe to feel like a race car driver It's the same thing as rev matching but typically when you slow down for a turn you downshift, so heel-toe is just when you're hitting your brake for a turn, you roll your foot over and tap the gas pedal at the same time to revmatch for a downshift.

Granted I wouldn't start practicing these until you have regular shifting down. And then I wouldn't do either of these in traffic until you really have them down, it'd probably be a easy way to cause an accident . But just something to keep in mind if you ever want to try and track your car in the future.

But yeah man I'd love to see the car in person.

Silver6

Yea we got to see this thing in person. Sounds like you got a really good deal

..::FueL::..

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Well just let me know if you wanna get together sometime. I have to actually go take some photos. Classes have been rough lately so I have had no time to get the pics haha sucks. I have been finding myself worrying about my 8 on occasion bc of how pretty it looks haha. Usually I have never had to worry about that sort of thing. But ya I'd Love to show you guys. Just let me know.

GitFiddle thx man for the tips on shifting. I will def wait to try those but I would like to do so haha.

SIlver6 I just saw your post of you selling your car . Are you just needing the cash or are you going to buy another car?

Anyway, hope you guys are having a wonderful days of classes. My classes for today are 1 lab from 1:30-4:20. Thats about it so not too bad. But I have to do transport phenomena homework . So hope you guys have a good one.

Pce

FuEL

HWK11

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wow.. theres suddenly a lot of rx8 members in purdue. i saw gitfiddle's car once. i drive the black rx8. everything stock for now

Silver6

Yeah I need to buysomething cheaper. I was expecting to graduate this semester but my advisor screwed me over so now I have to go the entire year. So I am buying a car like 4k cheaper or so for now so I don't have to be so tight on money. I am in no rush to sell it though. It's at a competetive price but it might not sell for awhile. So you guys are probably stuck with me for awhile yet. HWK yeah I've been seeing RX8's like crazy this year.

Gitfiddle

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nice! we got another club member. sup hwk, you a purdue student also?

Silver6

ah gitfiddle you have failed to view the second post. He is partly the reason i started this thread because his car kept being parked near mine in the parking garage lol

Gitfiddle

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ehhh yeah, sounds familiar, I'm just extremely horrible at paying attention most times.

Silver6

That's a nice rx8 you have there gitfiddle

Gitfiddle

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Hah was wondering if that was you behind me.

Silver6

Haha yea that was me. I was just getting back from the weekend

..::FueL::..

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Whatup Fellas!!

Ok ok so I would like to get together sometime this week if you would like lol. When would be good with you guys?

GitFiddle I apologize for not getting back to you monday. I totally forgot you called me Sat or Sun lol. I apologize a million bro.

Let me know when is good for you dudes.

My classes are not too bad the next few days. Pce

FuEL

Gitfiddle

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It's cool man. And tues and thurs are my hell days. Other then that I'm good for whenever.

Silver6

Mon through Thurs I have class until at least 520. Mon and wed often goes over. But Fri I'm out by 12 so I'm down for anything after class

Gitfiddle

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So I found a link for this on the evolv chicago website, I'm totally gonna do that this weekend.

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-s...-required.html

..::FueL::..

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Ok fellas,

So get this alright...This has been bothering me for the past week or so. Last week I decided t go to my buddies house at home and spend a weekend home. We are going to Ft Wayne from Decatur, and this guy rolls up in his queer looking Chevy Cobalt SS. Now first of all, it's one thing to buy a Chevy Cobalt for the mere and practical purposes of using it to drive, Ohhhh no!! this guy totally thinks his car is the **** and everything. So as you know he sees my nice shiny blue RX-8 as being a awesome car to race (keep in mind, its almost dark).

At first I see him in my rear view mirror, and he goes by like a regular car would on a interstate Highway. Then he decides to downshift to where we come to a light. So they guy and I are stopped at the light. As soon as it turns green we start off slow. Then he upshifts then immediately downshifts to where we are parallel with each other. Now by this point I know exactly what the dipshit was up to, but he did not honk 3 times or nothing but then just takes off and floors it. So then as he is pulling away from me. I got pissed and thought this guy thinks he's all that.

So to make a long story short (keep in mind I totally understand how the mechanics work in both cars) the SS basically had more torque but when I decided to race him, he really did not having anything on me. Eventually I would have overtook him in the long run by top speed. These cars just have torque. Not to mention, I had 2 other passengers (-30 hp) in my car. So my thoughts were how much of a PS the SS really are.

So later on, from my mechanical/engineering knowledge, kicked in and I know that first of all when it comes between this match

A. Chevy Cobalt comes with 1. Supercharged Engine (2.0L engine with 205 hp)
2. Turbocharged Engine (2.0L engine with 260 hp)
3. Naturally Aspirated Engine (2.4L engine 170 hp)

B. Mazda RX-8: well we all know the specs of our cars

Why the **** would you first of all talk about or even try to combine the 2 when one has a Supercharger/Turbocharger in it vs a car that does not (RX8)? Of course the car has more torque than the RX-8 because it has the bolt-on in the first place.

If I were to tune up my ECU with a Hypertech Meter, not only would I increase the power by 70 hp (which I advise you guys to do before putting on any bolt ons) but also add a Supercharger/Turbocharger on my car right now, my car would literally blow that little POS Cobalt out of the water.

So why the hell, do I see all these guys on youtube/web talking **** about how there little Chevy Cobalt SS beat an RX-8? So the end result was, he took off fast from me, then I got on it after he was a car length ahead of me and I still caught up to him. As a matter of fact, when he slowed down, my car was going 127 mph and I never saw him again lol. Funny ****

Sorry lol I do not mean this to be a heated debate or anything but rather just a way of sort of talking about our cars freely. Any of your thoughts are as always appreciated.

Tomorrow by the way I might be doing nothing, so if you would like to get together sometime, I am open to anything. Hope you guys are having a good weekend. Pce

FuEL

Gitfiddle

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Haha get used to it.. I've had from mini-vans all the way to corvettes doing that to me, sometimes I play and just hit the gas for a second but most the time I ignore them since I can't afford any tickets .

Tomorrow sounds good, hit me up. I'm gonna be wrenching on my car all day today. Got a long list of fun stuff... oil change, blacking my emblems, gonna take off my bumper and black out my grills and do some electrical work and figure out why my UVs aren't working. Give me a call if you want to come over and have a beer, I can put you to work :D.

Silver6

Ok saw two rx8s in memorial mall today. I saw a blue and a black one. First fuel you bought a blue one right? Was that you driving around the circle?

Second hwk I know you have a black one but It's been awhile since I've seen it. Were you parked in memorial mall today?

..::FueL::..

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Hey!

I actually only have been travelling down 26, but I did not pull into the memorial mall. So my car is kind of unique, my gas cap is Stainless steel looking so not sure. But ya mine is blue. I need to show you guys finally lol. Let me know what you are up to this weekend. Hope all is well

FuEL

Gitfiddle

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Im gonna be taking off to Dayton Ohio tomorrow morning for a rotary meet/drifting/drag racing/car show thing

Silver6

So unfortunately my RX8 is gone now. It sold this weekend. I now have an MR2. I miss the smooth quiet revs already... The mr2 has a bigger turbo, running 14 lbs of boost, and no cat. So once it hits boost it's loud as ****. But it is also fast as **** so it's a trade off. Unfortunately I never even got to show you guys it before it was gone.

Gitfiddle

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A little piece of me just died inside ... Jk Haha grats man, I bet that little car is a blast to drive.

Silver6

haha yea sorry. I couldn't resist the torque.. it was calling my name. It's running approx 265whp and prob a little more torque. For half the price of my rx8. I couldn't resist.

Silver6

Whoever has the red R3 on campus don't think you got away with no one noticing... I saw you stall it out on campus today .

..::FueL::..

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Hey Silver6!

I think I saw your MR2. Is it black with rims that have red pin striping on them? I noticed it also has a aftermarket exhaust. I passed you by and was staring a little. You probably thought I was a creepy bastard if that was you lol.

To GitFiddle. How have you been TJ? I have been laying low because money is getting short lol. I have to wait until next semester for some good stuff to happen. Whats new to both of you?

Anyway let me know. Hope you both are having a good one. Pce