My fingers are crossed!!! However, I do smell something funny.

- Irish

 

here is the pic of the white 2005 in ouha hawaii with aftermarket rims with cloth seat for $34,500

 

On a purely strategic level, I think mazda would find it hard to pitch a twin turbo rotary if the current naturally aspirated Rx8 is reasonably thirsty already. If anything, they would be trying to improve efficiency further and improve fuel economy. Turbocharging would propell them in the other direction. And with increasing fuel costs, I just can't see it happening

 

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chuck

 

his e.mail paulchico@hotmail.com hehe

 

kinda on topic, i have a rx8 and am not on the list on bad gas mileage. i usually get ~ 21mpg. 15% city rest interstate. the worst i have got was 18mpg. just after i hit 600 miles and drove the **** out of it.

the brakes are amazing, if you go fast you must slow down.

??? i drove a 78 rx7 about 750 miles and remember getting about 15 mpg. no big deal it was 78 and gas was cheap.

also got to drive the first year twin turbo for about 75 miles, all ugly. great car, wait really great car.

what kinda mileage did the last gen of the rx7 twin turbo get???

beers

 

10- 15 in the city at best i had two 3rd gens twins , never cared about mpg.when the turbo's kicked in watch out.

 

Guys don't talk turbos...moderators close the threads...especially if you know what you are talking about, 9100RPM

 

hope so

 

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And my mom told me my wife would do anything I asked her too once we got married. I got OWND.

 

Perhaps we can push Mazda towards a hybrid electric/turbo. Economy and speed on tap? Naaaaaa!

 

 

Turbochargers aren't going to hurt gas mileage that much. The point of turbochargers are to use a smaller more fuel efficient engine but be able to have morepower when needed. In the case of the RX-8 in your regular driving you will see little diference in fuel economy with a factory turbo vs. the stock naturaly aspirated engine. If you are driving it hard and on boost a lot you will see a decrease in fuel economy.

 

yes, dealers are always full of ****. so your post was pointless lol.

 

Smells like good mojo. The guy's in Iowa talking to a dealer in Hawaii.

That's some good ****.

-Mr. Wigggles

 

My 93 with 350RWHP gets better gas mileage than the 8, as long as I'm not going to crazy. Turbos increase a motors efficency by harnesing the energy lost through heat and volumetric expansion. Reliability is the deciding factor, not gas mileage.

 

Oh, and I gotta call bs. With the advances made in singles, Mazda would never again use a twin setup. Small, efficent single turbos spool damn near as fast, are far more reliable, weigh less, and more importantly, are cheaper to produce. Twins are for V-Configuration piston motors. No need for a twin on a Renny. Although a set of BNR stage 3's running sequential would be interesting.

 

Sad young man, very sad.