RX-8:How to impress your car geek friends
10-06-2003, 09:52 PM
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RX-8:How to impress your car geek friends
OK, I love the popular thread about what we like about the RX-8. I thought I'd start a new one that's a little more specific. We're not talkin here about cupholders or vanity mirrors. We're talkin high tech, cutting edge or just down-right cool engineering features. I thought I'd start a bullet list then others can copy and paste it and keep making it longer. Corrections welcome of course:
- Carbon fiber drive shaft
- HID self-leveling headlights
- Drive-by wire throttle
- Low-profile oil pan with baffles
- 9,000 RPM redline with 8,500 RPM buzzer
- Renesis engine
- Forged suspension members
- Hollow front sway bar
- Limited slip differential [type?]
- Lightweight flywheel
- Variable-length intake manifold
- Freeflow exhaust system
- Cold air intake [??]
10-06-2003, 10:19 PM
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its a Tochigi-Fuji torque sensing LSD
pre-loaded rear suspension
light-weight flywheel
10k on the tach w/ fuel cut-out, car doesnt stop or blow up or anything, just stops accelerating, meaning you can cruise at 10 grand
direct linkage tranny and stick
self-adjusting hydraulic clutch
solid steel backbone (tranny tunnel, the console that goes all the way back
super-rigid chassis
sliding brakes or whatever they are called
a lot of this is somewhere where people used to talk about the things that are just "right"
list should go on
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ZX14 VS HAYABUSA
pre-loaded rear suspension
light-weight flywheel
10k on the tach w/ fuel cut-out, car doesnt stop or blow up or anything, just stops accelerating, meaning you can cruise at 10 grand
direct linkage tranny and stick
self-adjusting hydraulic clutch
solid steel backbone (tranny tunnel, the console that goes all the way back
super-rigid chassis
sliding brakes or whatever they are called
a lot of this is somewhere where people used to talk about the things that are just "right"
list should go on
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ZX14 VS HAYABUSA
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10-07-2003, 12:56 AM
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Re: RX-8:How to impress your car geek friends
Originally posted by Zonker04
OK, I love the popular thread about what we like about the RX-8. I thought I'd start a new one that's a little more specific. We're not talkin here about cupholders or vanity mirrors. We're talkin high tech, cutting edge or just down-right cool engineering features. I thought I'd start a bullet list then others can copy and paste it and keep making it longer. Corrections welcome of course:
OK, I love the popular thread about what we like about the RX-8. I thought I'd start a new one that's a little more specific. We're not talkin here about cupholders or vanity mirrors. We're talkin high tech, cutting edge or just down-right cool engineering features. I thought I'd start a bullet list then others can copy and paste it and keep making it longer. Corrections welcome of course:
- Carbon fiber drive shaft
- HID self-leveling headlights
- Drive-by wire throttle
- Low-profile oil pan with baffles
- 9,000 RPM redline with 8,500 RPM buzzer
- Renesis engine
- Forged suspension members
- Hollow front sway bar
- Limited slip differential [type?]
- Lightweight flywheel
- Variable-length intake manifold
- Freeflow exhaust system
[X]Cold air intake [??]
10-07-2003, 05:41 AM
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Mid engine design ( the engine is behind the front wheels)
Huge brakes
Rear view mirror with auto-dimming
8 air bags
18" wheels
powered self-leveling headlights
Huge brakes
Rear view mirror with auto-dimming
8 air bags
18" wheels
powered self-leveling headlights
10-07-2003, 08:48 AM
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Specifics on the engine:
13B - 2 Chamber Rotary Engine
1.3L making 238HP
Compression Ratio 10.0:1
Others:
Free style doors!
999-MPH Digital Speedometer!
13B - 2 Chamber Rotary Engine
1.3L making 238HP
Compression Ratio 10.0:1
Others:
Free style doors!
999-MPH Digital Speedometer!
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