kaoman

thought some of you guys might find this interesting. this is from the april issue:






i think it's safe to say mazda engineered the car pretty well. besides a greddy, you arent going to make this car much faster, just louder. i think i'll leave my car stock:

Moostafa29

Saw that awhile ago, I wasn't suprised, but at least they aren't overstating their claims.

Skythe

I learned something very valuable from this article. I didn't know that rotaries were notorious for breaking down. I should head the advice of this article and go trade in my baby. So all of you on this forum are full of ****, because Import Tuner is > all. And here I was under the impression that "drivers dont' kill rotaries, poor tuners do." Thank you all for misleading me, and I will be in the Steve bearing earthy sacrifices to it, on my porcelain shrine.

lazi

who mislead you? your the one who bought the car. you should have done the research on the car before you bought. don't put your crap onto others on your mislead judgement. wtf are you looking for in this car? if you expect crazy hp on bolt ons its not gonna happen on most cars man. and rotaries notorious for breaking down? haha its how you take care of it. dude get your facts straight before ranting

FABRO

Exactly, don't get mad at us because you didn't do your research before you bought the car. In the end you were the one who made the ultimate decision not us.

NgoRX8

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You are funny! Many rotaries are poorly tuned such as those modded FDs, and that is where they got the bad rep from. tuning is essential with rotaries, heck we are still trying to tuned ours better right now. But you need to take care of every freakin car. Where in the world have you been living. "You need to take care of the car." we'll... not you. go trade the 8 in. Don't blame your buying the car on us. Blame it on your idiotic sense of car knowledge. You do not know anything about a rotary. Go get a civic. They will not break down.

BRGREEN8

^ ditto, go get a civic. it'll not only save you gas money, but you can stomp on the gas pedal, get the race car feel. all WITHOUT SPEEDING BECAUSE ITS SO DAMN SLOW. on second thought, VTEC might be too much for you to handle, you should get a GEO METRO instead.

therm8

Import tuner has idiots writing those articles, btw.

They have no idea what they're talking about, most of the time, and obviously their research team is non-existant.

Examples: Rotary engines are notorious for breaking down...
The Rx-8 is the 4th generation of RX vehicle...
24% drivetrain loss...vice overated by the factory...

The magazine is almost worthless. And not just because of this article, but the general ricer attitude of most of their writing.

XDEEDUBBX

the only one that made any sense at import tuner was gary castillo but he no longer works there..haha

Moostafa29

For the most part IT has gone downhill fast. I really used to appreciate their articles, models, and content, but I'm not too impressed anymore. Only good tuner mag is Modified. As far as the jackass above, why would you blame your problems on us? The constant advice you get here is tune, tune, tune, so where did we lead you wrong? You read one article from a subpar magazine and you are ready to trade your car in? I hope you are kidding. Wait till Mugatu sees this...that should be good for a one liner.

murix

Guys, it is called sarcasm. Learn it. Skythe is using quite a bit of it here and I find it funny.

Skythe

Thanks. I was reading through the responses and then I felt like this
respectively, in that order.

Perhaps I shouldn't shoot for sarcasm when people are reading in the wee hours of the morning. I seem to have caused a couple of people to catch that forum-woody that compels peeps to be so rough with their text.


PS: Does anyone else think that readhead on Mythbusters is cute as hell.

PPS: There should be a Mythbusters episode for the RX-8...the myth? "Teh RX-8 is teh slow." I think it would be very informative.

Ole Spiff

Something else it shows is Racing Beat is very honest about the performance numbers for their mods.

rx808boi

Well obviously wouldnt know a real car if it hit you in the *****!!! i tell you right now go trade in your 8 in might be better for you actually better for the car cuz it deserves a better driver and tuner. all i know from my exprerience owning this car is that the SE has potential that is better then most tuner cars ive seen. right now the car is still young is in the process of making it better. guys has already surpass the 300rwhp mark on the renesis motor and gone beyond with motor swaps like having a 13B-REW or a 20B motor swap. now with a Honda Civic the only way to make that car fast is to either do a motor swap or go boost. theres only a limited of import cars that you can actually push the stock motor to the limits and beyond but most of the time it leads to motor swaps. so please guy change your maxi pad and stop putting your PMS on us RX8 tuners

DOMINION

Skythe, The RX-8 is nothing like the RX's of the past or the RX-7. Just do some "Searching" and youll see. Its a grat car and I dont think Mazda is going to stop with the "Rotor" thing anytime soon. All kinds of people told me dont get the car its just going to fall a part. Well that what I thought when I went to GM. I said to my self:"Cool car but in the end its going to be ****." But just like "Lazi" said:"Your the one who bought the car" and thats how I feel. This is my car and I will never sell that dam thing for as long as I live. I plan on getting a RX-7 too and other cars. If I dont like it or them. I'll sell the dam things get a different ones. Its just like that.

dmp

I wonder what flash the test car was on?

Nemesis8

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I thought all cars had to be on the R flash per the latest Recall heat shield campaign.

murix

What? Did you know sarcasm means joking? As in, he was joking?

Skythe

I am still scratching my head on this one......I'm glad you understand. I really don't know what to say. I almost feel compelled to have my PR agent issue a statement on my behalf. This is almost as bad as that "Chocolate City" thing Nagin said. What would Stewie do in a situation like this? He understands being misunderstood. Like when they were being filmed by camera crews......

"It wasn't even about the eggs, really. Frankly, I like the yolks. I have no problem. There's always been a lot of tension between Lois and me. And it's not so much that I want to *do bunny-ears for emphasis*"kill her", it's just, I want her not to be alive anymore. I sometimes wonder if all women are this difficult. And then I think to myself, 'My God wouldn't it be marvelous if i turned out to be a homosexual?'"

I'm having a moment like that.

Ajax

I actually got the sarcasm.
Anyway, yes, that article was so worthless it was unbelieavable.
Well wait, the technical data was useful, but the author was a freaking moron.

The only unreliable rotary was the FD because of improper heat management and a complicated twin sequential turbo system coupled with buyers who are unaware of how to properly maintain a turbocharged vehicle let alone a twin sequential turbocharged system.

Jedi54

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Got the sarcasm, great post!

I knew those writers were full of **** when said, "most of our time was spent uninstalling the bumper..." WTF?! A blind gorilla with no arms could take off our front bumper in under 15 minutes!

Tools required: 10mm socket, phillips head screw driver, oh and HALF a brain would be useful as well...

dmp

Right - but remember - they are Journalists...NOT armless blind Gorillas. :D

Animagix

over the course of a year of ownership, i found my 8 is more reliable than my previous 2k Audi A4 v6.

Skythe

******* great, I will be using this one in the near future. Thanks for the props on my post.

dannobre

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I stopped posting sarcastic threads on this forum.....too many people with there heads up there *ss just don't get it