RX-8

[Johnny]

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

[dub-c]

rx8's are not my style. sorry to say.

[7Tim]

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.

[AusTexRex]

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.

[7Tim]

yea what he said...

[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.

[black rocket]

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.

[AusTexRex]

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!"