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Old 06-05-2004, 05:53 PM   #21
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well first of all what are u ganna do with the car... are u ganna autocross it or sumthing? bc if u do.. i duno if u wanna try that... bc there was on here in wichita...it did ok.. but if u throw in a 3rd gen would maby dominate..i duno never seen a 3rd gen autocross.. but anyways are u just looking in on a nice daily driver or are u ganna do something big
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Old 07-01-2004, 07:57 AM   #22
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rx8's are not my style. sorry to say.


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Old 07-02-2004, 11:38 PM   #23
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mazda was having problems with the reduced exhaust heat created by a turbo, ruining the efficiency of the cat converters. A turbo RX-8 just would not pass emissions, period, which is why some people think that they will supercharge it soon.
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Old 07-03-2004, 03:18 AM   #24
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They also had the turbo placed near the front of the engine bay, so the exhaust piping had lots of time to lose heat before the cats.
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Old 07-04-2004, 05:12 AM   #25
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yea what he said...
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Old 07-04-2004, 06:55 AM   #26
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Mazdaspeed has been working on a model that has the conventional placing for the turbo and such. The original RX-8 setup is just another example of retarded Mazda engineering. Kinda like having a coolant pipe in your Upper Intake be two inches long and nearly impossible to replace correctly.
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Old 08-05-2004, 05:21 PM   #27
 
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Originally Posted by AusTexRex
Mazdaspeed has been working on a model that has the conventional placing for the turbo and such. The original RX-8 setup is just another example of retarded Mazda engineering. Kinda like having a coolant pipe in your Upper Intake be two inches long and nearly impossible to replace correctly.
So true. I think their engineers design it so most people just can't work on it with out them "special tools" and very tiny hands and long arms.


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Old 08-06-2004, 02:27 AM   #28
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God knows they did that to my car. "Hmm, we need coolant to this part of the block... Why don't we put in a 90 degree bent rubber hose thats 2 inches long?" "because that would be retarded and hard to work on" "exactly!"
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