How often do you beep?
03-11-2004, 07:44 PM
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Originally posted by JoeRX8ter
Thanks, after the description I just have to see it.
Thanks, after the description I just have to see it.
http://theswamp.com/rx8/pop.wmv
Grab it in the next couple of days before I take it off...
-Sean
03-11-2004, 07:57 PM
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Originally posted by G8rboy
I found it and uploaded it to my server. Here's the video tribute to the durability of the rotary:
http://theswamp.com/rx8/pop.wmv
Grab it in the next couple of days before I take it off...
-Sean
I found it and uploaded it to my server. Here's the video tribute to the durability of the rotary:
http://theswamp.com/rx8/pop.wmv
Grab it in the next couple of days before I take it off...
-Sean
03-11-2004, 08:31 PM
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twice since i owned it...
once today after reading this thread. wife was with me. she asked is that ok??? I said "sure, that is why the beep is a pleasant sound" she said, "Cool" as in cool i wanna do that too.
see my other thread Search "woman trouble"
once today after reading this thread. wife was with me. she asked is that ok??? I said "sure, that is why the beep is a pleasant sound" she said, "Cool" as in cool i wanna do that too.
see my other thread Search "woman trouble"
03-12-2004, 02:43 AM
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to be of no consquence?!
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Pardon my naivette, but why would it be a good thing to redline it, this is my first rotary and frankly, I have always known it to be bad, please educate this dumb Canadian hillbilly, hehe
03-14-2004, 03:12 AM
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Originally posted by Inconsequential
Pardon my naivette, but why would it be a good thing to redline it, this is my first rotary and frankly, I have always known it to be bad, please educate this dumb Canadian hillbilly, hehe
Pardon my naivette, but why would it be a good thing to redline it, this is my first rotary and frankly, I have always known it to be bad, please educate this dumb Canadian hillbilly, hehe
03-14-2004, 04:14 AM
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Originally posted by Sue Esponte
Someone posted a link to an exhaust clip that showed the tach of the 8 as the driver shifted it from 1st to 3rd. When the driver redlined third the car was going ~90mph!! I'd have to imagine it's hard to redline anything more than 1st and 2nd on a daily basis...unless you have a lot of long open roads around you.
I'd "hit it" as often as possible! :D
-Eric
Someone posted a link to an exhaust clip that showed the tach of the 8 as the driver shifted it from 1st to 3rd. When the driver redlined third the car was going ~90mph!! I'd have to imagine it's hard to redline anything more than 1st and 2nd on a daily basis...unless you have a lot of long open roads around you.
I'd "hit it" as often as possible! :D
-Eric
03-14-2004, 08:52 AM
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Originally posted by DemonRX-8
Well I hit it . . . twice today!
That could get addicting!! Now I gotta do it again to see the blue light.
Well I hit it . . . twice today!
That could get addicting!! Now I gotta do it again to see the blue light.
03-14-2004, 11:08 PM
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In the 8 I like to beep when i can. I took my v-8 piston to 9000 no beep :-(
(specially tuned chevy 350 will go to 10,000 if needed). I like getting in rpm wars with other cars, small town full with people that don't know what a rotary is, needless to say I always win. hehe
(specially tuned chevy 350 will go to 10,000 if needed). I like getting in rpm wars with other cars, small town full with people that don't know what a rotary is, needless to say I always win. hehe
05-08-2004, 12:52 AM
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I'm a new RX-8 owner here and I've just reached 1600 miles on her. Tonight I beeped her for the first time. What a heart pounding moment that was. At one point while showing off to the local "Fast and Furious" wannabe crowd I accedintally reached 10,000 RPM. I thought the motor was a done for.
Do I have anything to worry about running the engine at 10,000 on accident?
Do I have anything to worry about running the engine at 10,000 on accident?
05-08-2004, 04:14 PM
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The Revl imiter is at 9350rpm. I go there all the time. In my FB and FC which used to have a rev limiter I would hit 10000rpm, but not often. I was not woried ablut the engine but was concerned about the flywheel. I belive this is the reason for the 9000rpm redline. I have been told the engine is stable to around 13000 rpm at which point harmonics start to damage the engine.
John
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05-10-2004, 01:18 AM
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Only twice! I must be harder on my 8 then I thought. But I just cant help it! I love this car , just hope it holds together.
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