Mazda buying their RX8 cars back??
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It's been 5 days since I've been in front of a computer, but I remember reading something somewhere that the RX-8's ECU is set to run rich for a certain number of miles, so the engine can't be abused too much during break-in? probably BS :dunno:
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Originally posted by LX4CYL
It's been 5 days since I've been in front of a computer, but I remember reading something somewhere that the RX-8's ECU is set to run rich for a certain number of miles, so the engine can't be abused too much during break-in? probably BS :dunno:
It's been 5 days since I've been in front of a computer, but I remember reading something somewhere that the RX-8's ECU is set to run rich for a certain number of miles, so the engine can't be abused too much during break-in? probably BS :dunno:
also the theory about why the power is down is that was the reason the cars were in port for so long, the japanese cars currently don't have any kind of recall on them for a power shortage and they've been released and worked on a bit longer, so either way we know that the RX-EVOLV was capable of 280hp, with the exact same engine, so the fuel maps are very open to some more aggressive tuning (as the cost of emissions though)
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I think it's nice. My cuz picked his up recently and he's been breaking it in slowly.
I saw a silver one with the Mazdaspeed kit in Japan like the one Beav has in his sig. A huge headturner!
I saw a silver one with the Mazdaspeed kit in Japan like the one Beav has in his sig. A huge headturner!
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I followed a red one this afternoon after lunch for a few minutes... I was gonna rev on him... but it was some older guy and we were at a turn signal :rick:
I could say I raced one, y0!... and lost... hard...
I could say I raced one, y0!... and lost... hard...
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Originally posted by White[Pony]
I followed a red one this afternoon after lunch for a few minutes... I was gonna rev on him... but it was some older guy and we were at a turn signal :rick:
I could say I raced one, y0!... and lost... hard...
I followed a red one this afternoon after lunch for a few minutes... I was gonna rev on him... but it was some older guy and we were at a turn signal :rick:
I could say I raced one, y0!... and lost... hard...
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ill bet its a hell of a lot faster than a 95 civic.
anyway, people on the mazdatech board have been talking about the recall. seems a little far fetched, ill believe it when i see it.
anyway, people on the mazdatech board have been talking about the recall. seems a little far fetched, ill believe it when i see it.
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Originally posted by Fujiwara Takumi
ill bet its a hell of a lot faster than a 95 civic.
anyway, people on the mazdatech board have been talking about the recall. seems a little far fetched, ill believe it when i see it.
ill bet its a hell of a lot faster than a 95 civic.
anyway, people on the mazdatech board have been talking about the recall. seems a little far fetched, ill believe it when i see it.
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http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.p...347&perpage=50
And yeah, mazdausa.com now says 238 hp for the 6-speed and 197 hp for the automatic. You gotta give it to them for handling it so quickly as opposed to the few months that it took for the Miata when it had this problem or the even longer time it took for Ford to deal with the SVT Cobra. This took what, like a week tops?
Oh, and it is entirely possible that the motors are simply down on power because they have a long break-in period. Supposedly the tolerances are a lot tighter than on the old 13b and they're designed to take a long time for the apex seals to fully seat against the rotor housings. I'd like to see a dyno of an RX-8 with say 10,000 or so miles on it, once someone actually puts that kind of mileage on one.
And yeah, mazdausa.com now says 238 hp for the 6-speed and 197 hp for the automatic. You gotta give it to them for handling it so quickly as opposed to the few months that it took for the Miata when it had this problem or the even longer time it took for Ford to deal with the SVT Cobra. This took what, like a week tops?
Oh, and it is entirely possible that the motors are simply down on power because they have a long break-in period. Supposedly the tolerances are a lot tighter than on the old 13b and they're designed to take a long time for the apex seals to fully seat against the rotor housings. I'd like to see a dyno of an RX-8 with say 10,000 or so miles on it, once someone actually puts that kind of mileage on one.
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I heard the power drain is mostly due to emissions-standards. The Japanese-spec cars, which have been sale for almost 6 months now, are still rated at the original 250hp. There have been no reports from Japan about cars running lower than claimed-hp ratings.
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Originally posted by LX4CYL
It's been 5 days since I've been in front of a computer, but I remember reading something somewhere that the RX-8's ECU is set to run rich for a certain number of miles, so the engine can't be abused too much during break-in? probably BS :dunno:
It's been 5 days since I've been in front of a computer, but I remember reading something somewhere that the RX-8's ECU is set to run rich for a certain number of miles, so the engine can't be abused too much during break-in? probably BS :dunno: