i'm trying to like the RX-8...i really am...but IMO it's fucking disgusting.

 

im going off the motor trend article from a couple months and it said 05 ot 06 model i agree i don't thik mazda will try to release a car with that much power but i bet they want one that can keep up iwth there old car

 

There have been a lot of rags that have had articles and pictures of "the new RX-7." Not one of them has proven to be true.

 

I really like the mazdaspeed version...but I agree that the looks of the normal rx8 are subpar at best.

 

the RX8 looks "overstyled" to me...whereas the RX7 was just simple and beautiful

 

As long as the good 'ole 13B is still in production, I really don't care what it comes in. That's why I like the RX-8, it's performance is just icing on the cake.

 

i think thats a mr2 foo

 

perhaps he's refering to the first picture posted by booty.

 

The Mazdaspeed RX-8 you see in these pictures is a show car that was released in Japan where Mazdaspeed sells parts as dealer accessory items. The silver car was built as a showcase for these parts, one of them being the body kit. As for what dealers have to say about a Mazdaspeed version of the car similar to the Mazdaspeed Protege or Miata, I would take that with a grain of salt because they don't know shit.

RX-8 chassis code is SE3P, not FE3S.

As for a turbo on the RX-8, that would require a fair bit of tweaking because of the high compression ratio it runs. Rotaries are more sensitive to detonation than piston engines so to slap a turbo on the Renesis motor would be a risky proposition without a very finely dialed in ECU. I'm not familiar with how exactly the RX-8 ECU works and whether it runs speed density or mass airflow, but the FD ECU is speed density and it's not even very good at running the stock motor. Engine computers have gotten a lot more powerful in the 11 years since the FD came out though so maybe speed density could work to run a turbo RX-8.

A new RX-7 would not come out until a Miata replacement is released. The new Miata will likely be built on a shortened version of the RX-8 platform and with an inline four instead of a rotary. Not much of a chance of them changing it from MX-5 to RX-5.

Oh and I figure since I have driven both cars pretty extensively I will say they are both fun, but different. The 8 is very liveable as a daily driver and I wouldn't be worried about reliability since it's normally aspirated. The FD gave the rotary a bad name and that was mainly due to its underpowered ECU. The FD on the other hand does not feel as light on its feet at low speeds as the 8 mainly because there is a bunch more weight to all of its controls. But the powerband is way wider, the revs build insanely quick with the turbos and the limits are higher. Both cars are still very enjoyable.

 

if you tune the NOS timing, youll be running 9s :eek3: