dozer

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for most people, what kinda car is that??wtf is a rotary???is it fast?

Brettus

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They have a reason - it goes something like this ........

Raptor75

I hear you, not many people know what it is. Had some guy telling me the car had about 400 HP under the hood. I just smiled. I like the fact that the car is relatively rare.

Kafka

How do you know I got identity crisis too? I've changed that to BORA as well! 1st Mod! LOL

I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P

Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?

Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!

Thanks x 1000

superglue

Don't hijack someone else's thread with your own off topic question.

Search for that answer. You really think you're the only on here that's ever asked that???

dozer

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intake, exhaust, mazport ingition solution, and accessport tuning....

Kafka

Thanks...to keep this "in"-topic, I think one of the reason rx-8 are not popular is because of the fact that it has Torque of I4, Horsepower about a V6, and MPG of a V8 :P

superglue

^^^

The C6 vette is rated at 16/26 mpg which is better than anything I've seen in my 8. Then again, you have to drive like tool to get those numbers, but it's nice to know that those numbers are achievable if desired.

zoom44

oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me

superglue

^^^^

If you say so. RX-7 Club is #29 and they haven't built one for about a decade.

Ike

Yeah, that's not bad Zoom. But you guys don't really have much competition... For instance I could go to probably 10 different active WRX forums when I had mine. It's good that you don't have much compeition though, keeps most owners in the same place and it's a good forum so there's no real need for several choices.

Hornet

I don't know if I feel so good about that 67th place when there is a Ford Probe board ranked at 34th and I can't recall seeing one on the road in over a year. I'm not saying they aren't out there but they have become very scarce.

9291150

man, you sure know a lot of gay men...

9291150

My last car was a Neuspeed chipped 1.8T Passat, the only thing it smoked was my wallet to keep it running...

Ike

Actually I do... I've been the token straight guy at many jobs I've had through the years. Any issues with that? Do you want to make out?

Kafka

Dude, neuspeed = no speed...its the worst chip you can get!

zoom44

now think about the rankings in terms of how many cars are/were actually produced.

less than 900k rx-7s and well south of that for RX-8. will millions of each of those other models like the probe. i was never a fan of the probe but they are a fanatic group. many former probe owners on this forum and now rx-8 owners

StealthTL

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Mazda recently manufactured their Two-Millionth rotary engine.

S

9291150

I'm flattered by the offer, but I'll pass.

Now back to this Miata = gay thing. Among the many car and bike communities that I've been exposed to - from muscle cars to exotics to imports to sportbikes and Harleys - miata owners had the least "issues" of all of 'em. They weren't trying to prove anything, never benchraced, instead they drove the most and raced the most.

I remember it was often Vette owners - especially the little pathetic Gino types who upgraded from their IROCs - who would call 'em gay little cars. And obviously Evo owners too...go figure

Bumble_Bee

I love being rare....

I love that I see...

50 Hondas
25 Eclipses
10 Nissans
7 Mustangs
Before I see..

2 RX-8s (If I'm out most of the day)
1 RX-8 (If I'm really lucky)
0 Rx-8's (at all...because I'm the one driving it)....

9291150

I got Neuspeed after trying other 1.8Ts with different chips, since it maintained some decent driveability. Anyways, you sound like one of the types who worship the 1.8T...so there's no talking sense to ya.

YeahYeahYouWere

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They're not that popular because people are stupid and don't know a good thing when it slaps them in the face!

But really, let's be honest - there are faster, cheaper, more fuel efficient cars out there, as much as we might not like it, that's the truth. But that isn't what the 8 is about. There's just something intangible about this car that I love - and it's something that most people simply don't get. So, to the average person, why would you pay more up front and more at the pump for a car that you just don't understand?

Of course, there are tangibles too - the handling, the feeling you get from revving to 9,000, how unbelievable the shift action is...I could go on, but I just don't think most people really get this car.

delhi

So Nascar is popular in the US. But everybody in the rest of the world thinks it's run by folks who mate with vegetables (thanks JC!).

Like fine wine, the rx-8 is not for everyone only to the discerning driver. That's why everyone drinks cheap store bought shiraz and beer.

YeahYeahYouWere

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Let's not drag cheap beer into this discussion and say things we can't take back! :D

CyberPitz

I'll have to agree, the cheap beer was a low blow!