New to RX8 world
Hey all I just bought an '04 RX8 with 14000 miles on it. It's definatly a fun car to drive. I've only had the car for about 5 day but I noticed if I keep the RPM's about 3500 I get better gas mileage. Is this right or is it just me. I drove 8 miles and my gas dropped one little line on the guage....(that was keepin the RPM's in the 2000's. Then I drove 26miles keepin the RPM's about 3500 and I just used a little bit more then I did driving the 8 miles. Thank for your help
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congrats dude, i bet you got a killer deal on it. this car just dosnt tend to get very good mileage anyways, I suggest you just open her up and have fun with it. Theres nothing like reving at 8000+rpm with this buttery smooth engine.
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welcome to the club. What color you get? 6spd/AT? I wouldn't take those small lines for anything as the needle moves differently throughout the entire gauge. I can usually do 110-160 miles depending on how I drive per half of tank though.
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The rotary has additional ports that open up at different RPMs on the 6SPD manual. The first happens around 3600RPM and the final around 6500RPM. These aren't exact numbers though.
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good job
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Mine is an 04 IT's yellow and a 6 speed. I also have a question about gas. I don't have an owner's manual but I looked at one at the dealer from another 8. It reccomends 91 octane and I've ran 93 since I got it but is it ok to run 87 octane or should I not. I've researched everywhere and I've heard some people had problems with pinging but others didn't have any. What do you guys think?
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Ok I'll prob try it tonight. I do know lots about it I've researched them for 2 months before I got it I was just double checking. I know as much about them as I do a piston engine. I'll give it a whirl and see what I get from it.
P.S. I did search I already told you that. I've read both good and bad things about 87 octane. |
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