Hey everyone,

Names Josiah. New guy down here in Christiansburg, VA. After spending most of my time working and building Mitsubishi's; I decided to take a different path and venture into the world of the rotary. I have several friends who are rotary-heads. Most owning either an FC or an FD. Pending the results of the compression test, I am looking to pick up a 07' GT. Since it's appears everything is going to go well. I decided to make a intro thread.

Car currently has 20k on it. Been looking at the specs thread and pretty sure it has every option that was available minus any mazdaspeed parts. Car does have a few goodies with it already. Greddy front/rear strut bars and Injen intake. I am thinking the car has some sort of aftermarket clutch, but not positive. As much as I would love to throw the 3076R I have leftover from my last car on it. I am going to take a different route for now. Figured if the engine is still covered by Mazda's extended warranty might as well keep it. I am going to stick with suspension and wheels/tires, setting the car up autox/track as I have several autox events near by and VIR/Summit Point in easy driving distance.

Been going thru every FAQ need to know thread I could come across to educate myself on the Wankel and how to better take of the car. Only immediate mod I'm considering at this moment is the turboxs CBE and test pipe. As much as I love the HKS Hi power, the single just doesn't look right to me.

Anyways here are some pictures of the car at the dealership. It's dirty from all the pollen but will be detailed before I take ownership.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...-13-52_273.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...-14-20_189.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...-14-35_746.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-14-52_73.jpg

 

Pictures are small. Anyway, welcome to the club.

 

Oops crap. Wrong link.

 

 

photobucket has a direct img link for forums and such. so that the pics are actually posted

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WELCOME TO THE ADDICTION!

 

I apologize for that. Ill fix the links when i get home.

 

no need to apologize

 

Well dealership took the car to get the compression test done today. Waiting on a few more things. Should be able to pick up the car tomorrow or Thursday.

 

Compression came back with excellent numbers and as of today I took ownership.

 

^Happy motoring

 

Congrats on the sweet ride!

 

Thanks. Can't wait to take her out and get a better feel for the handling this weekend.

 

hey,

if you dont mind me asking, (you can also pm if your more comfortable that way)

what did you pay for car? and im assuming it has the GT package, but if not what package/options it is?

asking because i am 21 and just graduated college, and am finally ready to buy my first car with my own money and am looking for an rx8 almost execatly like what you just bought! #hopeful

thanks!, and congrats on your new RX8, looks sweet!

 

I paid 18K for my car. Its is a GT and has all options that I can tell from the specs sheet.