mr2000x

Tyler Durden says "use soap"

He also says "how much do u know about yourself if u've never been in a fight"

Mr2000x says "don't be shy - share"

Hello and welcome to you all :p

This is a place to say something, anything about your rx8 auto.

Feel free to share any thought, you may have about your car.

Good points and bad points. How much u love it or hate it.

Problems you may of had or are worried u might have.

How good your car has been or hasn't been to you.

Or just something you would like to share with other rx8 4at owners.

Maybe a pic or 2. Feel free!

Questions, thoughts, comments - share a word with your fellow rx8-ers about your auto!

SimplexEffect

Well in the 4 months that I have had my AT RX8 bad things have happened. Things that were very expensive and NOT Covered Under Warranty.

#1. A week after I bought the car I had to buy a brand new transmission. $4,500

#2. 1 Month after picking it up from the New Transmission the car messed up again. It thought Reverse was Neutral, Neutral was Drive. Those were the only gears messed up. $1,200 for Labor.

They said both times I was abusing the car by Revving in Neutral and Dropping it into Drive.

What kind of stupid person would do that?

Anyways, I still own my 8 and I am proud to say that I do. Just Mazda Service is a b*tch to deal with.

Simplex

mr2000x

It breaks my heart to hear things like this, i've had mine (japanese import) now for over a year and never had a problem with the tranny!

Glad to hear everythings ok now and your still a proud owner.

I love this car and its great fun to drive

SimplexEffect

Well on a Few Good Notes...

#1. You get alot faster shift with the AT Trans then you would if you had a MT 8.

#2. MPH to Gears - 1st 45mph, 2nd 75 or 80mph, 3rd 115mph, 4th 125mph.

#3. 1st gear at 20mph roll off is enough to blow away some of my friends 320hp Mustang GT's.

The only reason 4th gear goes to 125 is because my 8 has a Governor.

Makes me mad on those nights you are out with a friend on the interstate and yall decide to go at it.

My friends Sentra SE-R Spec V is amazing for the 2710 lbs, 180hp, 180 lb ft tq, FWD, LSD, no Governor.

That things takes off. But I bet if I had the MT 8 I could keep up with him.

Anyways enough of topic discussion.

Even though I posted things I hate about the AT 8 there are also those things that I like about it.

mr2000x

i love this car, the paddle shifts are wicked!!

i've added a dvd,vcd mp3 anything on disc i'll show it player - in place of the dvd rom, so now i can watch movies on the go, although need to add a sub or 2 for low end!
That along with the 6cd changer and minidisc fits nicely as an addition for the auido visual side of the car!

Good news also, im hoping to add a supercharger, instead of the turbo i had in mind for this model so fingers crossed!

mr2000x

By the way i'm very curious to know:-

How many of you would install a tried and tested supercharger for your car?

Please let me know if you would consider this an option for your car !

SimplexEffect

As far as a SC or TC goes. I am all out for one on the AT 8.

If I cant get one to work on it. I will just have to trade my 8 in for the MT one.

As soon as I turn 18 (1 year 5 months) I am purchasing one and installing it asap.

kabir

I have a quick question for you AT owners. I've heard from somewhere that the auto doesnt rev up to 9500 like the MT can. what can the AT's rev up to? Im looking to buy one within the next month.

VelociRedBeast

8500..

mr2000x

mine changes or beeps (in semi-auto) at 7500.

markd

I thought it was 7000 rpms.

Also, this notion has been batted around in numerous threads, but is there really a 125mph governor on the A/T? I don't understand why Mazda would put one on there, considering the top speed is supposed to be 150. I also wonder if that's why acceleration seems excruciatingly slow above 100mph.

That aside, I don't really have any major complaints about my 8, aside from the lack of torque/acceleration and the fact that 2nd gear is really tall (I believe the auto tranny version would have benefited greatly from having five gears instead of four). Oh, and the constant nagging I get for buying a "sports" car with an auto tranny (I'm still trying to decide if the 8 is really a sports car).

mr2000x

Listen i know one thing this car is definately a sports car!

About the gears, i was wondering why we don't have 6 let alone 5!

Mines limited to 186kph i think that's around 115 mph odd, but that's understandable since mines an import from Japan and they restrict there by law!

But also mine can hit 186 in 3rd gear, so technically the whole of my 4th gear is cut off. Maybe they should of just sent me a 3 gear auto instead lol!
But jokes aside u can get rid of the limiter.

As for more power there should be a supercharger for this car very soon (fingers crossed) but there is already a turbo for this car which is tried and tested that gives u a boost which will make your auto, faster than the current stock 6-speed.
Although i will say this, i wanted this turbo for my car but would hault at the thought of a supercharger instead!

phrozenhandlez

lol.. no offense, but what made you guys want to get auto rather then mt?

Bankotsu

Well the auto is cheaper. Who cares if its auto or manual. It is still a RX-8.

mr2000x

Simple my rx8 friend

To play with the paddle shift.

How sweet to change a gear round a bend without a clutch! :D

To drive and make a sweet quick and smooth gear change with a flick of a paddle. :p

This is different class, even if it is slightly less powerful than the manual.

In my view this car rocks the manual! :p

I really should be asking u why the manual instead of the auto???

Bankotsu

How do I even respond to something like that?

txflash

I love my auto 8 and also have RB exhaust coming next week. I can't wait to hear the sound of it when i get it installed.

budebaker

I like the paddle shifters a lot but agree, we need another gear. There's a bit of a dead spot in 2nd if you are going around 30mph.

NgoRX8

iTrader: (1)

i love using those paddles, but after 3 hours spent at the dealers, my left paddle shifter doesn't always want to shift gears for me. i find myself reving to 6k a lot when i solely use that shifter. its not that great, so i find myself scared to jack up the paddles. anyone had this problem? its only my left paddle for up. everything else works wonderful.
BUT I STILL LOVE MY AUTO 8 :D

mr2000x

Budebaker your problems will be over soon enough, with the option of the supercharger (coming soon), which i must say has excited me a great deal! :D

But meanwhile I'm sure our Waco RX8-er will upload a pic or 2 and if were lucky a soundclip of the new exhaust.

Out of interest here, what other exhaust systems did u contemplate on b4 getting the rb and why the rb in the end?

Thanks

mr2000x

Here's my dvd play all cd unit and also a pic of the only problem i've had with this car after over a year now the sun visor falling apart and another of the new Jap sunvisor

txflash

mr2000x, i choose the rb exhaust because i believe they put out a great product and from the feedback of other rx8 owners that have installed this exhaust. Im sure i would be happy with Greddy or a Borla system, but the rb seems to really be what i am looking for in sound. I will try to work on some pics and possibly a sound/video clip if i can find someone to help me with that.

mr2000x

Cool, i was thinking of either getting the r magic titanium tip

coz that's just tuff for looks but sadly i can't seem to find a sound clip anywhere and i really want to hear this b4 i buy,

also the other exhaust that sounds amazing and looks very good is the re-amemiya and you can see this at the following link:

http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/rx_8/rx_8_2.html

or even better hear it here, in this rx8 run:-

http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/sound/

there's a few links there,

but this is the one the i think sounds the best: ＲＸ－８走行２

Enjoy :D

txflash

here is a link for the rb exhaust sound/video clip

http://www.rx8web.com/showthread.php?threadid=277

mr2000x

Hmm sounds very smooth, its like it's complementing the rx8 in a sophisticated way.

Interesting.

Any idea of power increase?

Thanks