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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 03:49 AM
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TX New Rx8! Need Help!!

Ok well its not reallyy new its an. North american 04 haha butt anyways I'm tryin to learn as much as I cam about my car so that I won't screw it up.
I got some questions

Should I do a motor swap? Because I hear that the stock motors aren't any good?
Wat motor even comes in the stock rx8? Ha
If so wat motor should I drop so that I won't have any problems and how hard will it be?
Should I stick to rotary?
Wat motor oil should I use for the stock motor?
How can I keep the stock motor from messin up like a lot of these cars in america?

And ill probly have more questions later

Thanks
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:23 AM
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have your flame retardant ready? because you're about to be flamed!

motor swap? only if yours has problems
renesis 13b is the stock motor
what motor? unless you want to pay an arm and a leg in conversions, go with a stock rebuild/reman
motor oil? these things don't even use oil dude.
the number 1 rotary engine killer is carbon build up (and turbos), so do regular fuel system cleaning about every 10k miles and red line it at least a couple times a week.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:24 AM
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He's most likely a troll..................don't play.
If not a troll, then he needs to quit typing and read.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:29 AM
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so you bought hte car and dont even know what motor you have in it. Search through the sticky threads on here and if you want to do an engine swap teh second after you buy it well then sir you have just failed because 1) the motor is actually really good and capable of high horsepower if thats what your after 2) conversions are ridiculously expensive
and by the way your grammar is terrible
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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Bro..

You might have heard all of this stuff about the 8, but ANYONE would know better than to buy a car if they arent sure about whether or not the engine is "good" and if it should be "replaced"..

Makes me wonder why you bought it in the first place?

As for your questions, rotarykillz answered them, and spare yourself the flaming and do some reading..

PS. Welcome to the board!
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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what a retard.

Go die. seriously.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 10:04 AM
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what a retard.

Go die. seriously.
I concur.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Mazurfer
He's most likely a troll..................don't play.
If not a troll, then he needs to quit typing and read.

actually mazurfer is probably right and we dont need to be encouraging this
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by robbv
Ok well its not reallyy new its an. North american 04 haha butt anyways I'm tryin to learn as much as I cam about my car so that I won't screw it up.
I got some questions

Should I do a motor swap? Because I hear that the stock motors aren't any good?
Wat motor even comes in the stock rx8? Ha
If so wat motor should I drop so that I won't have any problems and how hard will it be?
Stoja 3-Phase AC 60 kW STOJA motor

http://evalbum.com/2711

It will be hard.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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im gonna forget this thread happened....

and i concur with nycgps
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Nubo
Stoja 3-Phase AC 60 kW STOJA motor

http://evalbum.com/2711

It will be hard.

Weird. Never saw that before.
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Old Nov 19, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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I saw this thread yesterday, I came back to see some real flamin, disappointed.
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Old Nov 19, 2009 | 02:58 PM
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yeah cause the first flash had like NO oil being injectecd....and i still think with the newest flash its still not enough...but my premix should take care of that
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