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New Rx-8 owner in SoCal!

Old 04-16-2013, 09:52 PM
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Smile New Rx-8 owner in SoCal!

I bought my Rx-8 a few weeks ago, day one did an oil change. And got air pump changed through dealer warranty, regular 102k mileage. So far it's just been the funnest thing to drive. I commute to school, about 200 miles weekly. And a full tank does it. So I'm not unhappy about gas I bought a 5 quart bottle of oil and i believe it'll be me through the 3k miles. (refilling) Getting on and off free ramps is just amazing in this car fell full control of it . Torque isn't all there but still okay. Coming from a Turboed vehicle car does seem a bit under powered. Thinking of Cat Back and drop in k&n filter to change exhaust noise and hopefully a little MPG increase. Just thought I could share my opinion and possibly help future Rx-8 owners. Greetings to everyone.
Old 04-17-2013, 05:10 PM
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K&N is a no no, unless you like dirt and dust in the engine.
Get the AEM//Mazdaspeed intake.

oh also,

Welcome!
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Old 04-17-2013, 05:15 PM
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welcome to the forums.

check out the south bay team as they're pretty active
Old 04-17-2013, 05:23 PM
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welcome to the forums Rotary Fausto!
Where abouts in SoCal are you located? What kind of car did you have before?(you mentioned it was turbo'd, please don't see Dodge Neon..)
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Welcome and post pics...
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Nothing special about the car it's just the gray all oem everything hah. Well i figured if it's just a drop in k&n it wouldn't do harm. I mean people run k&n typhoons, aha. Previous car was an Eclipse GST. I modded it, 3in turbo exhaust, Evo turbo, boost controller ported o2 housings, manifold, all sorts of stuff. Was hanging in with the big bad Evo's. I am near the Inland Empire, of SoCal. Thanks for the welcome!
Old 04-20-2013, 08:02 PM
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Eh, the filtering of the K&N filter is pretty terrible, plus the oil likes to be sucked onto the MAF.
Just my two cents, there is some thread around here that goes into detail about it.
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