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Old 04-07-2008 | 04:20 PM
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for most people, what kinda car is that??wtf is a rotary???is it fast?
Old 04-07-2008 | 04:38 PM
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Because cops pull you over for no apparent reason... & always remembers your car...
They have a reason - it goes something like this ........
Old 04-07-2008 | 04:39 PM
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I hear you, not many people know what it is. Had some guy telling me the car had about 400 HP under the hood. I just smiled. I like the fact that the car is relatively rare.

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for most people, what kinda car is that??wtf is a rotary???is it fast?
Old 04-08-2008 | 03:23 PM
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Whats bora? oh wait...

Originally Posted by delhi
I can certainly attest to that! Just a few weeks ago I came across a decked out Jetta that had an identity crisis because the trunk badge reads Bora. It saw me pulled next to it on the road and then proceeded to dropping a gear or two to get away. What ensued was massive blue grey smoke emitting from it's tailpipe likely from ruptured seal or coolant leak into the engine. Yup. I got smoked. Had to go back and wash off the film of oil.
How do you know I got identity crisis too? I've changed that to BORA as well! 1st Mod! LOL

I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P

Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?

Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!

Thanks x 1000
Old 04-08-2008 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Kafka
How do you know I got identity crisis too? I've changed that to BORA as well! 1st Mod! LOL

I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P

Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?

Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!

Thanks x 1000
Don't hijack someone else's thread with your own off topic question.

Search for that answer. You really think you're the only on here that's ever asked that???
Old 04-08-2008 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Kafka
How do you know I got identity crisis too? I've changed that to BORA as well! 1st Mod! LOL

I don't race rx-8, I just get ahead of them and check out their mazdaspeed bumper...if they got one I will wave, if not I will just speed away 'cause thats the look I love :P

Anyways, can anyone answer me this question? What is the best NA mod for Rx-8 so far(with a 2k - 3k budget) ? What is the improvement?

Since Canada has tons of oil sand, I could care less about fuel economy haha...Global warming FTW!

Thanks x 1000
intake, exhaust, mazport ingition solution, and accessport tuning....
Old 04-08-2008 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by dozer
intake, exhaust, mazport ingition solution, and accessport tuning....
Thanks...to keep this "in"-topic, I think one of the reason rx-8 are not popular is because of the fact that it has Torque of I4, Horsepower about a V6, and MPG of a V8 :P
Old 04-08-2008 | 05:12 PM
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^^^

The C6 vette is rated at 16/26 mpg which is better than anything I've seen in my 8. Then again, you have to drive like tool to get those numbers, but it's nice to know that those numbers are achievable if desired.
Old 04-08-2008 | 06:13 PM
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oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me
Old 04-08-2008 | 06:20 PM
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^^^^

If you say so. RX-7 Club is #29 and they haven't built one for about a decade.
Old 04-09-2008 | 12:08 AM
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oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me
Yeah, that's not bad Zoom. But you guys don't really have much competition... For instance I could go to probably 10 different active WRX forums when I had mine. It's good that you don't have much compeition though, keeps most owners in the same place and it's a good forum so there's no real need for several choices.
Old 04-09-2008 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
oh i dont know. i think the premise is wrong. check bigboards http://www.big-boards.com/kw/brands/ 67th in car boards seems pretty popular to me
I don't know if I feel so good about that 67th place when there is a Ford Probe board ranked at 34th and I can't recall seeing one on the road in over a year. I'm not saying they aren't out there but they have become very scarce.
Old 04-10-2008 | 11:00 PM
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I've known 9 people with Miatas. Of those 9, 5 were gay men, 2 were women, and none of them bought the car because of handling or any type of performance. They wanted a cute affordable car with a droptop... The other few were autocrossers that wanted something competitive that could be a fun weekend car as well.
man, you sure know a lot of gay men...
Old 04-10-2008 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Kafka
My 1.8T is reaching 180,000km soon, and even tho I know I can still smoke a rx8 on a straight line, my heart keep asking me to consider it...
My last car was a Neuspeed chipped 1.8T Passat, the only thing it smoked was my wallet to keep it running...
Old 04-11-2008 | 02:33 AM
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man, you sure know a lot of gay men...
Actually I do... I've been the token straight guy at many jobs I've had through the years. Any issues with that? Do you want to make out?
Old 04-11-2008 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by 9291150
My last car was a Neuspeed chipped 1.8T Passat, the only thing it smoked was my wallet to keep it running...
Dude, neuspeed = no speed...its the worst chip you can get!
Old 04-11-2008 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by superglue
^^^^

If you say so. RX-7 Club is #29 and they haven't built one for about a decade.
Originally Posted by Hornet
I don't know if I feel so good about that 67th place when there is a Ford Probe board ranked at 34th and I can't recall seeing one on the road in over a year. I'm not saying they aren't out there but they have become very scarce.

now think about the rankings in terms of how many cars are/were actually produced.

less than 900k rx-7s and well south of that for RX-8. will millions of each of those other models like the probe. i was never a fan of the probe but they are a fanatic group. many former probe owners on this forum and now rx-8 owners
Old 04-11-2008 | 10:18 AM
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Mazda recently manufactured their Two-Millionth rotary engine.

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Old 04-11-2008 | 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Ike
Actually I do... I've been the token straight guy at many jobs I've had through the years. Any issues with that? Do you want to make out?
I'm flattered by the offer, but I'll pass.

Now back to this Miata = gay thing. Among the many car and bike communities that I've been exposed to - from muscle cars to exotics to imports to sportbikes and Harleys - miata owners had the least "issues" of all of 'em. They weren't trying to prove anything, never benchraced, instead they drove the most and raced the most.

I remember it was often Vette owners - especially the little pathetic Gino types who upgraded from their IROCs - who would call 'em gay little cars. And obviously Evo owners too...go figure
Old 04-11-2008 | 10:45 AM
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I love being rare....

I love that I see...

50 Hondas
25 Eclipses
10 Nissans
7 Mustangs
Before I see..

2 RX-8s (If I'm out most of the day)
1 RX-8 (If I'm really lucky)
0 Rx-8's (at all...because I'm the one driving it)....
Old 04-11-2008 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Kafka
Dude, neuspeed = no speed...its the worst chip you can get!
I got Neuspeed after trying other 1.8Ts with different chips, since it maintained some decent driveability. Anyways, you sound like one of the types who worship the 1.8T...so there's no talking sense to ya.
Old 04-11-2008 | 10:52 AM
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They're not that popular because people are stupid and don't know a good thing when it slaps them in the face!

But really, let's be honest - there are faster, cheaper, more fuel efficient cars out there, as much as we might not like it, that's the truth. But that isn't what the 8 is about. There's just something intangible about this car that I love - and it's something that most people simply don't get. So, to the average person, why would you pay more up front and more at the pump for a car that you just don't understand?

Of course, there are tangibles too - the handling, the feeling you get from revving to 9,000, how unbelievable the shift action is...I could go on, but I just don't think most people really get this car.
Old 04-11-2008 | 11:12 AM
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So Nascar is popular in the US. But everybody in the rest of the world thinks it's run by folks who mate with vegetables (thanks JC!).

Like fine wine, the rx-8 is not for everyone only to the discerning driver. That's why everyone drinks cheap store bought shiraz and beer.
Old 04-11-2008 | 01:08 PM
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Let's not drag cheap beer into this discussion and say things we can't take back! :D
Old 04-11-2008 | 01:16 PM
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I'll have to agree, the cheap beer was a low blow!


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