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jbanyard1994

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Hello guys,

I am new here, so not 100% sure if this is the right place for this post. But I was just wondering about your opinions on the RX-8.

I enjoy to plant my foot (Taking off from lights and such) and hit 100 as quick as possible. But I've read a few places RX-8 apparently don't like that?

What are your opinions on the RX-8? I personally think it looks good, inside and out and has a good acceleration (For stock)

If you are an RX-8 owner or recently were, what did you think of it?

If not an RX-8, what's a car close to the same, (Price, speed, looks etc)

Thanks in advance for any help. :)

-Justin

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Hank Scorpio Grand Master

Hank Scorpio

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Seeing as this is a Skyline forum, I doubt there will be alot of opinions on the RX8. The seem to be an ok car, but if I was to go a rotary then I'd go for an RX7, as there is nothing quite like the kick of a turbo :thumbsup:

You cut me real deep just now Paul.

As the resident rotary owner here I'm sure the guys wouldn't mind me pointing you towards http://www.perthrotary.com/ and http://www.ausrotary.com/ where you will no doubt get more help then from the RB boys.

Personally as far as RX's go I prefer FD and FC RX-7s. But a dumped RX-8 with a big brisgeport or even a crazy peripheral port would be pretty killer to see driving Perth's streets ;)

GTR-34A Mentor

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If I could give any advice from having mine I would say stay away from them..

The series ones have a missing oil injector toward the centre of the housing from memory and are notorious for blowing up if not driven 100% correctly... Some after 40k Kms... You have to allow ample warming up time, do not rev it too hard until oil temp is right up ie 20mins or so... And you have to make sure you red line it often to blow out any oil residue left inside the engine, also keep an eye and top up oil every 3 tanks of fuel or so... And it aint cheap at about 100 for 5l.. All this for a mere 170 extremely peaky kw (no much there until about 5k rpm)....

Having said all this it was a very nice car to drive, an incredible chassis... Mine was stock and sat perfectly through the bends, better than the gtr, well better than my gtr with stock suspension anyway... The engine really just let it down unfortunately...

And if your into straight line speed, there nothing short from putting a turbo kit on to the stock engine for decent power which will just increase engine issues (hi comp engine and turbo don't mix ha).. And cost approx 10-20k depending on what u do... So with that in mind I sold mine and put the money I would have spent turboing the car and bought a gtr!

Just my opinions anyways....

Hanaldo Grand Master

Hanaldo

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You have to allow ample warming up time, do not rev it too hard until oil temp is right up ie 20mins or so... And you have to make sure you red line it often to blow out any oil residue left inside the engine, also keep an eye and top up oil every 3 tanks of fuel or so... And it aint cheap at about 100 for 5l.. All this for a mere 170 extremely peaky kw (no much there until about 5k rpm)....

Haha, sooo pretty much exactly the same as any high performance motor? :P

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RX7 FD and RX8 have 50/50 weight split, double wishbone suspension.

Rx8 is a bit dull without a the turbo charger.

RX7 FD is an awesome car, has the weight balance, double wishboan (alloy arms not steel like on RX8), and turbo torque.

The best thing about the rotary engine is how cheap they are to rebuild/refresh.

Here is some footage from Wanneroo raceway where we run a RX7 FD

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