please help me.. looking to covert my 05 rx8 to a manual
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please help me.. looking to covert my 05 rx8 to a manual
i have a 05 rx8 auto and i wanna covert it to a manual. what do i need to do this and how much am i looking at in parts and machaniac. another question is would i need to change my engine completely to get it to the stock 238 horsepower or can i just do something to the same engine like chip it. just to put it out there my car stock is 197 horses
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I know this isnt the answer you want hear, but sell the auto and buy a MT. The hit your going to take on trade in an purchasing the MT 8 will be less than the conversion.
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yeah I woud try to sell it your self instead of trading the hit u might take willl be less that the money and pain in the a%^ u will have trying to convert
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I assume you could turbocharge it but with the rev limiter on the automatic it kind of defeats the purpose, unless you got a turbo that provides good boost at low RPM...other than that upgrading the intake and exhaust might help a little bit.
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Your engine also cannot make the same HP as the 6-speed, it has two less ports. I have been around this board since 2004 and I know of no member that has done this. That is because of what redpit10 said. Your only other option to get more power out of your 4-port is to leave it AT and add a Turbo / SC
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He's as bad as Can
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if ur loooking for a drag car i would find something with some torque liek some old school muscle it is not meant to drag without quite a bit of money invested even then i don't think it's a 10 second car or anything
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well just to have fun with my car installing a greedy turbo and/ or exhaust intake and other mods will my rx8 auto be ok to keep. i love it only cause its a shinka and love the color
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If you wanted a drag car you should not have gotten an RX-8 much less an automatic version.
If you have the cash for it consider swapping in a 20B engine, that'll run you 10K at least but you'll make 350HP easily, and from what I've heard those ONLY come in automatic without significant modification.
If you have the cash for it consider swapping in a 20B engine, that'll run you 10K at least but you'll make 350HP easily, and from what I've heard those ONLY come in automatic without significant modification.
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i have a 05 rx8 auto and i wanna covert it to a manual. what do i need to do this and how much am i looking at in parts and machaniac. another question is would i need to change my engine completely to get it to the stock 238 horsepower or can i just do something to the same engine like chip it. just to put it out there my car stock is 197 horses
1. Remove rev limiter with ECU flash. Cobb AP can do it. Hymee and EFIDude should be able to in the future.
2. Get Automatic Transmission Cooler or BHR radiator with built in AT Cooler.
3. Change AT fluid to high performance one like Redline.
4. Go FI. Turbo or Supercharger.
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Wow, just wow. Some of the questions on here lately are just, wow! Not trying to be a *** here, but you really should have done your research on the car first. Go buy yourself a nice cheap 1G or 2G DSM.