Rotarygod and Brillo's Sevenstock 9 blog
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From: Houston
Originally Posted by Jedi54
RG: so what was reason that Mazda scrapped that supercharger idea. Looks like A LOT of work was put into it just to have it end up collecting dust...
Originally Posted by Japan8
Not by much grasshopper.
Not for fun, but for *work* I've done translation and interpretation. I work in major (like fortune 500 major) firms in Tokyo... most are almost entirely Japanese. I also have 5 years worth of Japanese language studies under my belt inaddtion to my years spent living and working in Japan. Trust me... there is a BIG difference between being conversational and fluent in Japanese.
You can learn to say "see spot run" level of language within about a year. But you sure as hell won't be able to talk about politics or any deep level of discussion, much less watch the Japanese news. Talking to a senior engineer at Mazda POLITELY in APPROPRIATE Japanese isn't doable in year... maybe with intensive immersion studies you could after two years... but then that goes back to "eat, sleep and ****" Japanese.
Not for fun, but for *work* I've done translation and interpretation. I work in major (like fortune 500 major) firms in Tokyo... most are almost entirely Japanese. I also have 5 years worth of Japanese language studies under my belt inaddtion to my years spent living and working in Japan. Trust me... there is a BIG difference between being conversational and fluent in Japanese.
You can learn to say "see spot run" level of language within about a year. But you sure as hell won't be able to talk about politics or any deep level of discussion, much less watch the Japanese news. Talking to a senior engineer at Mazda POLITELY in APPROPRIATE Japanese isn't doable in year... maybe with intensive immersion studies you could after two years... but then that goes back to "eat, sleep and ****" Japanese.
Originally Posted by rotarygod
For all of the people who weren't there, yes Mantis (Betsey) is cute! 
why didnt I go to SS9 
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Originally Posted by Renesis_8
I say speedsource should merge with Mazdaspeed lol.
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Hey guys! Great pics and comments on the turbos. Keep in mind these are complete kits with the fuel pump upgrade and fuel injectors as well....
did any of you get a picture of our cars with the flags and tent? I was sooooo busy at the event that I didnt get a chance to take a pic of the booth...
anyone?
it was nice meeting the yappers of the site in person
the dyno time with Slavearm and the turbo type 1 was well worth it. It was a conservative tune and we stopped at 335 RWHP which was at 12psi if i remember correctly. there is another thread under major HP with more details.....
we want to thank Dave at Rotorheads, Nick at Rotor Reliability, Greg at Stuttgart Performance and Cam at Pettit Racing for helping us along the way with this whole trip.
It was very exciting to get across the country to meet more rx8club.com members....
did any of you get a picture of our cars with the flags and tent? I was sooooo busy at the event that I didnt get a chance to take a pic of the booth...
anyone?
it was nice meeting the yappers of the site in person
the dyno time with Slavearm and the turbo type 1 was well worth it. It was a conservative tune and we stopped at 335 RWHP which was at 12psi if i remember correctly. there is another thread under major HP with more details.....
we want to thank Dave at Rotorheads, Nick at Rotor Reliability, Greg at Stuttgart Performance and Cam at Pettit Racing for helping us along the way with this whole trip.
It was very exciting to get across the country to meet more rx8club.com members....
i just looked at your avatar for the first time. Space Ghost owns!
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
It's funny you should say that. Speedsource designs many of the products for the RX-8 that are sold under the Mazdaspeed name!
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Originally Posted by bern
Why don't you guys just gather up all of your penny's and see if you can pay me off to tell you everything I know!! 
-Bern
-Bern
guys the 2 people in the RB photo so far unidentified are James- next to mantis, thats her man- and Clayton behind me- long time rotary guy who you all my know from here and elsewhere as Vaughnc.
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hey Japan8- keep an eye on th enext few issues of RX-7 magazine. If you see pics from 7stock/Racing Beat look for one of a turbo'd exhaust manifold for a Renesis. I was holding it when they took the pic
It was another FI project those crazy MNAO guys were up to. It was one the Blue Car that there are pics of around here somewhere from last year.
It was another FI project those crazy MNAO guys were up to. It was one the Blue Car that there are pics of around here somewhere from last year.
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Originally Posted by rotary crazy
I have pennies, where do I send them?
is the info going to be good?
is the info going to be good?
BERN: You want answers?
RX8 CLUB PEEPS: We think we're entitled.
BERN: You want answers?!
RX8 CLUB PEEPS: We want the truth!
BERN: You can't handle the truth!
Save your money...
BTW, I gave Z44 one of my inside contacts for him to get info up in the Pacific Northwest
-Bern
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
We'll just have to come after you and beat it out of you then Berny! Unless I'm driving a Prius, your 52 hp isn't getting away!!!
-Bern
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grrrr. i am not a happy man
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html...icle&sid=44170
its nearly insulting for him to have mentioned a sema announcemnt in front of rotorheads when it was about this
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html...icle&sid=44170
its nearly insulting for him to have mentioned a sema announcemnt in front of rotorheads when it was about this
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Originally Posted by zoom44
grrrr. i am not a happy man
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/interest-rx-8-mazdaspeed-prototype-front-bumper-101385/page3/
its nearly insulting for him to have mentioned a sema announcemnt in front of rotorheads when it was about this
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/interest-rx-8-mazdaspeed-prototype-front-bumper-101385/page3/
its nearly insulting for him to have mentioned a sema announcemnt in front of rotorheads when it was about this
what am I not seeing there!?!?!? Someone is making a copy of the PROTOTYPE Spoiler?!?!-Bern
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no grrr i fixed the link- dotn know how i did that.
here it is again - the correct one
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html...icle&sid=44170
here it is again - the correct one
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html...icle&sid=44170
