rx7freddie

alot of people are dumbasses and never owned a rotory or even know that u have to brake in the motor that really gos for any motor . 3rd person i talked to about there rx8 was yesterday a lady at my job shes like i here your into rotorys i just got a rx 8 its so fast . then i said so u broke in the motor already and shes like whats that . so i told her and she got pissed and said mazda never told me about braking it in . she had went to about 7k rpm and for the frist 1,000miles u should stay under 4k .

Psylence

Drive around under 4k everywhere?

You do realize that bogging down a motor is a lot worse during a "break in period" right?

cruzdreamer

Not a good way to state your opinion. If someone was not told about it...especially by the dealer, than it's not really her fault. I would think most people would want to find out more about a rotary engine if they are buying one, but if the dealer just says it's more efficient and yadda, yadda yadda than maybe she does not realize all that is entailed with this engine. I have learned a lot about this engine here and in the magazine...outside of that the dealer did not say much to me either. It's a unique engine and I am still not fully sure what is normal for it. When it totally shakes and vibrates my car likes it's going to blow up....now that does not sound normal or part of waiting for it to warm up 100% or breaking it in! Be kind...I know it's hard when you think they should find out more about it! I agree with that.

rx7freddie

all im saying is brake in your new car befor u go crazy it gos for any car. that is new even wit my friends wrx that he got they told him stay under 4k for the frist 1,000 miles .

cruzdreamer

I hear ya...you are so right......but a few that I guess just like it for it's looks, etc may not know enough unless they have been told! I think everyone on this forum knows!!!

Literatii

Break in period info is on page 4-7 of the Owner's manual. Both the manual and my dealer say there is no orthodox break-in period for the 8.

There is a reference to driving under 7000rpm in the first 1000km, but that reference refers to driving <7000rpm for "extended periods of time".

Gord96BRG

My RX-8 doesn't have any brakes on the motor. However, I did follow the owner's manual guidelines for break-in of my engine, as pointed out by Literatii. I don't know where you get a generic requirement to "keep it under 4K for 1000 miles", because that's not necessary for the RX-8 or any car these days. As Psylence noted, that's probably worse for an engine than a proper break-in procedure would be.

There's quite a few break-in requirements threads already taken place here; maybe do a search for them and see what we've discussed about this before.

Regards,
Gordon

matt

a lot is two words.

dumbasses is not a word

it's BREAK not brake.

their not there.

are not here.

I not i

what's not whats

goes not gos

rotaries not rotorys

she's not shes

first not frist

Mazda not mazda

DRx

LOL Matt, you took the words right out of my mouth.

Nice one

RX8Lover

I thought this thread was started by a 10 year old.

matt

According to his profile, he's 20 (July 23, 1983)

I guess public education has really turned downwards.

RX8Lover

it seams taht some kids spended to much time focusssing on cars and less time on there skoolwurk. or maybee they just neededed to consintrate on theyre tieping skills also.

jonalan

wurd

wakeech

*scoff* i'm 20, thanks very much. :p

if we're gonna be sticklers about spelling, it's "w3rd" on the internet :p

matt

I said that with so much love...How can you take offense?