Brilliant_06

Hi,

I was wondering what the differences were between the automatic and manual model Renesis engines in the vehicles that came with 6 speed autos instead of 4 speed. I am in the process of learning about the rotary engine and I was wondering why the manual version has a higher red line than the auto version. Do the autos not rev as high to save stress on the engine or is there another reason for the lower red line?

Galen Darkmoon

I believe that all MT cars have the 6 port renesis and the older 4 spd autos had a 4 port engine in them while the newer 6 spd autos use the same 6 port engine as the MT 's. The autos redline at a lower rpm as the tranny can't take the higher revs.

CarAndDriver

Let your fingers do the walking---SEARCH.

snizzle

Torque converter couldn't handle the 9K rpm redline regardless of 4/6 port. MT has no torque converter (b/c of clutch) thus it does not have that limitation.

laythor

quoted for truth

dmorales

Auto's should not even been considered when buying an Rx-8...enough said
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snizzle

The post reply button should not even be considered when posting comments like that.

saturn

RX-8 w/ DSG FTW!!!!

N rider89

that would be very cool.