army_rx8

Twinturbo2800 the greddy oil catch can thingy basicly traps blow back gas and water from the oil and seperates it from the good stuff. Basicly it makes sure only oil gets into your engine to be used for cooling/lubrication; i think it is supposed to help in the longevity of your engine, not sure how much it really helps though..but it does help a lill' and it is a nice dress up to your engine bay. That is my understanding of it. haha sorry fo rthe wishy washy terms but it is late..and i didn't feel like expanding my vocab.


althought i could've sworn it was supposed to be mounted up and not on it's side..but i've never used one. I'll probable pick one up before i get a turbo..haha which at this rate will be a long time.

Tirminyl

Their Type S model is their high-end model (next to Mazdaspeed): Mazda News Site - Japan's site You may use babel fish to help translate.

As far as the gauges...why are they not needed? Do you really need a tachometer or useless oil temp gauge that comes stock with the car? People purchase gauges because they want to monitor their car better. I didn't know you had to live in the US to monitor your car. Thankfully, I live in the US so I have a good reason to use a boost gauge.

Feras

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whats that bulbous blue and white thing in front of the vents/head unit? some sort of new mp3 player?

errant

police34, please do a lil homework before you go sprouting off. In Japan (home of the RX-8) the high end ie, 250ps model is denoted as a type-S. Pardon me for being frank, but comments such as these don't help address the image of the typically ignorant American- which I'm sure the majority of people on this board aren't (ignorant that is)

And if you realise that ambient temperatures in Singapore do get pretty warm- just like I'd imagine they'd do in Tampa where you are, you'd do yourself a favour by getting similar gauges, especially if you intend to track it (like some of us do, instead of the supermarket run or simply posing next to it).

The oil and water/coolant temps do climb a fair bit.. and you'd be surprised if you're coming from the non-FI, piston engined world.

Jump120MPH

I like these gauges.

Neon

Thanks Errant, dont lie to Police34 though....

Police34, the gauges simply tell me the time...I am into GMTs and Zones.

Type S means Super Model. Its for fun, realli. Theres no such thing....PEACE.

Nemesis8

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I still like YOUR gauges :p

Tirminyl

They still look good hehe.

BlueFrenzy

Looks interesting. I still find it very weird to have your signal stalk on the right vs on the left. Ha ha ... it's like being in the mirror world.

Cattywampus

OK. 1st of all nobody said there wasn't a Type S model for the 8. I asked if there was. So don't call someone ignorant without checking your statement 1st. The gauges that come with the car do the same thing as the ones that don't. Here annoying kids use them to make their car seem like it is fast. Type s, gauges,V-TEC, Bodykits, etc. is all marketing. It dos nothing for the car. That is why I said that. If h likes all his gauges then ok.

Cattywampus

I apologize for saying that remark about you car. I see these kids around here with 10 gauge in thei car and they are all pointless. I didn't mean to offend you at all. When I said you might need them if you were in America is because of the mph change. I didn't notice where you were from. Again sorry

HERO

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I have to admit, I really like how the guages look. Then again, I also have to admit how good your avatar pic looks as well :D

Nemesis8

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Those are the gauges I was referring to early on also...

rotten42

That is weird...the car is right hand drive but they had the parking brake between the driver and the shifter......that has to be a annoying.

errant

rotten42: again from another perspective, the rx-8 was designed as a RHD drive car
(that's how they drive in Japan). so.... they must have put the brake there for a reason, and the reason is handbrake turns/initiating drifts! much easier to do so when the handbrake is closer to you than on the other side.

I drive RHD and with the parking brake down, it basically 'becomes' part of the transmission tunnel and doesn't intrude at all.