presequel

well, even a manual rx8 won't be an evo.

Spinning Sushi

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Hey, do you have pics of your car? For some reason, I have a feeling that there's a lot of bling and chrome on it....

Spinning Sushi

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What the hell are you talking about? RX-8's are the fastest known entities to mankind! Besides the Mazdaspeed 8.... The Mazdaspeed 8's so amazing that no one have seen it yet... only the worthy can lay its eyes on it.

mdw1000

My AT is so fast that it looks slow. Kind of like when the 6 million dollar man would run.

But mac is right, I do really enjoy my 4AT with the 4.77 gear. The 4.77 gear definitely makes it more fun to drive.

mdw1000

In addition to that you could do what I did - listen to your buddies and take your car to a track day. You'll have a whole new appreciation for your car then. The stuff it can do when you have a good instructor that shows you when/how to push it is pretty amazing, at least to me. As I told the guys, I definitely had some "crap, I didn't know the car could do that" moments. Heck, even with 15 years of experience racing high horsepower cars, towards the end of the weekend the instructor said "I'm gonna have to try one of these out sometime..."

rx8phase1

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i want to put a mazda speed cold air intake but i've heard that in putting an intake i'll lose the little torque i have is this true?

llzjayarzll

screw the intake and get the autobahn kit lol ^^

tajabaho1

bodykit>intake
bodykit price>intake price

pf100

Sell your auto and get a manual.

If you want the ultimate track day car for the price, then nothing can touch an Evo, even the WRX STi is not better on the track. If you have a little more cash, then a Lotus Exige is the way to go.

If you don't believe it, then check out the timesheets from a recent track day. The Evos and WRX STis are fairly close in time to Corvettes and Porsches, whereas the RX8 is nowhere close to the times of any of the cars I listed.

Or you could sell your car. Get an old truck to use as a hauler, and get a shifter kart or an older formula car. Nothing is better than a purpose built race machine without all the extra weight of street equipment.

tajabaho1

I did have an evo8, my mom says it looks like her sentra on the inside, I couldn't live with the comment.

btw, I dont care about track......as a matter of fact, I don't care about....anything

RotaryP7

*AT 8 til' tha day I dIe!*

Socket7

The correct answer is "Yeah, but it's not as pretty as you. Hop in and I'll give you a ride"

tajabaho1

your life span is at least another 30-40 years, are you sure?

Silver_Surfer

This is how we wecomw new members?

Spinning Sushi

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I was positive The AT's are pretty fast from my personal experience.

RotaryP7

Well, maybe 8 til' my young years.. Or w/e..

mmad

what are those buttons in the middle console?

Spinning Sushi

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Those are buttons to engage the warp drive.










JK! They're the controls for the navigation equipped RX-8's. I wish I had that... I regret not buying it.

mmad

that would be awesome if the rx8 had a warp drive

rx8phase1

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lol it's the seat warmer button and the button for the navi

c41250n

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as long as you like it, thatz all it matters!

ys2003

I find the RX-8 drives well with a 6-speed auto. This auto has the manu-matic with the steering-mounted buttons for changing gears, which gives you some control on which gear you want to stay. It is only 35 HP difference between the manual and automatic version. It is likely the auto-equipped RX-8 may last longer than the manual RX-8 because you can spin the rotary engine over 9000 RPM while the auto version keep you around 7000 RPM (less wear and tear).

Phil's 8

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I've read more BS about a/ts in this thread than in all the other threads combined. An a/t is as slow as you make it. An a/t will never be the equal of a m/t but you can improve it. If you want to talk a/t then see the a/t section of the forum and you will see the mods that are available to the a/t. Last comment is FI your a/t and you will find the car Mazda should have built. Come to SSX and see the mods that are available and the 8s that did not just talk about lack of power but did something about it.

tajabaho1

I'm telling ju dude, 6spd ats aren't slow at all, they are just underated....

Cody Red

well regardless, this guy is 'ef you see tea' unless he goes FI to get the the power he thought he had to begin with.

just go upgrade your shocks and whoop some b-stock *** at your local autocross.

p.s. Welcome!