Rotaries are designed to burn oil. How is checking oil not easy

 

check the oil in the dark under the hot hood of a rx8, and come back to me on that one.

 

Flashlight + not being a pussy = teh win :thumbup: :fawk:

 

no, seriously, have u done this on a rx8 before? its not about being a pussy or anything, its just not your standard honda where the dipstick is right in front of you and the oil filler cap is easily accessed.

 

It's in the back, right?

 

ha you have never been in a rx-8 best thing about the car is the handleing there power well lets say that shit dosent have any power. also TRD just came out with the supercharge for the TC :boink:

http://www.trdusa.com/tcsupercharger.asp

 

And yet it's still FWD with an econobox interior. Not up there with real sports cars.

 

and the rx-8 is?

 

for that $$, i'd get a 02-03 330Ci/i.

 

I love that question, "Do you know how to work on rotaries?" It's the same as any other RWD car until you take apart the actual engine block. I don't know many people that take apart the engine of a two year old car. As for the time to improve the engine, the 8 is about as powerful as you can make an N/A 13B and have it pass current emissions standards. It is not that hard to make a balls-out 300hp N/A 13B, but it will never pass emissions. Similarly, it is very possible to make a 30mpg rotary but then it would be "underpowered" and "no fun."
Two is too many? :eh:
Running an RE car hard will result in about one quart per thousand miles. Keep in mind, Honda DOHC VTEC cars can do the same (S2k's and new Civic Si's love to drink oil.) Average consumption in my '7 is about 3/4 quart per thousand miles, my damn Mitsubishi chokes down more then that. It is good practice to check the oil level of any car at the gas station, every fill-up. That's usually printed in the owner's manual.