ok so ive had my rx8 for about 3 weeks now(black 04 AT) and i love it, and im new to the entire automotive world lol. im wondering how ridiculous the idea is of tryin to upgrade from the 4 speed AT to the newer 6 speed AT. or even to a 6 speed MT but that seems like it would be WAY to much work. i dunno just thinkin out loud...well not out..you know.

 

It would probably be easier, cheaper, and more reliable just to trade your car in on a newer AT.

 

Better worth it to trade it in instead.

 

What he said.

 

only problem there is i still owe a ton on this thing, hadnt even made my first payment yet

 

Just keep it then. An RX-8 is an RX-8.. Enjoy.

 

Well in that case you can't afford installing the AT anyways.

 

This needs to be a sticky.

I'm serious.

 

hey at least the thread title warned you

 

+1

 

yeah sorry guys, i was just wondering, wasnt expecting much out of it. i love this car anyway. to bad i got hit in a parking lot today . anyone got a right side oem fender vent they wanna give me lol

 

The thing with the OLD 4AT is, that its not just the tranny, but it is also the engine. So if you put a 6MT in, it wouldn't do anything for you.

 

Every one every where will tell you to trade it or get FI blah blah. Now money talks and bullshit walks so if you want to swap for more big power down the line. But some or few will swap out. What you can swap, LS1, RX-7 someone right now in FL is doing this to there MT, 1 or 2JZ, SR20DET, R32. Thats all I know of for now. Yes it will run the same as doing the MT But there are some extra things you'll need to add; rebuild the rear to hanld the extra TQ and HP. Some chick did this to her car in the Modified July 2007. If you get a chance pick that back issue up. Its worth it. If not let me know I'll **** scan it for ya. Then when you take it to a show you can tellem all about it

 

Well there seems to be a lot of people buying AT out there. I would enjoy it until next summer, save a bit of money while making payments (if you can), and then sell it next year. For sure somebody who doesn't drive AT and just wants a cool car will buy it.

 

Hi, I am tajabaho1, I am telling u personal experience, trade in unless you know how to do it yourself and have all the parts, do a trade in, or either just not do it yet, eat, pay your rent, and manage to get those electricity and water bills payed

 

I've driven my 2004 AT (first at my dealership) for over four years, including laps on Virginia International Raceway in driving school. The car's handling and brakes could make good use of more gears and power, but it gives satisfaction as is. The best place to be is in second at around 5,000 rpm -- 53 mph -- to 7,500 redline -- almost 80. If you need to keep accelerating, dropping into third puts you around 5,000 again. Of course, I'm talking about using the paddles or shifter lever to choose gears manually. Don't expect to beat out performance cars that are trying to out-accelerate you, but you can have some fun. It cruises adequately at revs down to 2,000, but you need to double that or more to see action.

Mitch Strickler