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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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rb is anti jdm anyway, what is this nonexistant horsepower you speak of
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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Lol.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by xl2oGel2x
Jedi I has the tray...but not the bolts, washers, and grommets that go along with it cause those are in use.
you also have my airbox assembly
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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i know i do lol
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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i installed a pa system in my friends s13 today lol ***** funn i wanna get on it and holla at hoes at the track lol
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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Sorry guys rx8 x power = fail I wish they put a turbo on it from the factory. There would be a lot more support for the car had they started at a better starting point.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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rx8 is gay lol
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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lol @ orng1

You should really check out our "News n' Media" section

in all honesty i feel that mazda wasn't looking for 'support' or 'approval' by any means when they came out with this car. Sure more power would've been great but every vehicle has it's drawbacks. People can always add more power - but to have our handling out of the box at the price it's at is fine by me. You can only improve the handles so much before you realize that your power output is probably not going to match it's ability to put it to the ground efficiently.

but i mean, to accurately describe a point of view shared by most of the rx8 community - you should definitely check out what a lot of credited people have been saying for years...it's a matter of just 'getting it'

btw, have you ever driven one?? if not...you should try it - prefferably in a turn...
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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LOL yeah I know the 8 drives great, have you tried out the MS3 yet? Those handle well too. Oh wait the MSP best handling FWD ever of it's time then recently beat out by the MS3. Mazda did their homework there but they added the turbos to the car to get them out of the hole after that sharp curve. Not so well for the MSP but a lot better for the MS3. The MS3 is a beast, great handling car and a LOT of power. A lot of cars dyno 260+ hp stock with just a factory Mazdaspeed intake.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:05 AM
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Mazda needed to get away from the turbo'd rotaries due to all the issues the FD had. It would have been SUICIDE of them to release a turbo'd RX8.

I can see it with the 1.6L but the 1.3 had to prove itself in NA form first.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:24 AM
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Well I can deal with a car that doesn't get great fuel economy if it makes great power. If it doesn't make great power then there needs to be great fuel economy. I have gotten over 40mpg on my Protege and it put down over 240whp. That seems like a nice balance to me. :D
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:33 AM
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Jedi I have the rubber things on my tray.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:55 AM
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w00t i got a 2nd job today so i just ordered my piano black VooDoo shift **** =D
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:02 AM
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Oh I don't mean to come of as an RX8 hater but I really feel that Mazda should have put a turbo on this car. It learned a lesson on the 7 and should have put an extra qt or so capacity of oil just for the squirters. That and bigger coolers would go well to make the car a real contender the way the FD was.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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fanbois lol
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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i farted and it stinks real bad
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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i see that power seems to be the main gripe...
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by HomicidalApple
w00t i got a 2nd job today so i just ordered my piano black VooDoo shift **** =D
******... I cant even find one job.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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I'm bored.... Where can I get plexi glass??
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:12 AM
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i haz plexi glass but its seriously like over a quarter inch thick idk oh to even cut it lol
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:14 AM
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P.S. horsepower is not everything, unless your a dyno queen. For me its all about power to weight ratio and handling. The 8 does pretty well in those departments.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:16 AM
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its all about looks nuff said lol 8 wins there
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by shadycrew31
******... I cant even find one job.
I got my job at kohls before they even opened the location, i had to go through these intense group interviews and somehow landed a job and now this 2nd one is an overnight job at a doggy daycare, my best friends gf has worked their over a year so she got me hooked up.

But now ill have to work 9:30pm-7am and then drive straight from their to Kohls to work some more so ill be completly drained and ahve no social life really...
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Lol mike.... Where'd you get yours??
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Yea well I need at least $17 an hour to even consider a job so there goes that plan.
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