2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
That is great you got to keep the sky too!!! SkyBaby
Nice new ride
Yeah I am keeping the Sky for now. The new ride is a little more family friendly with 2 seats in the back.
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2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
Very Nice!!! Does this Mazda have a rotary Engine???
__________________ "Jessica" '08 Redline Bluestone Automatic 08/10/07 Order Date 09/11/07 Picked Up 04/03/09 PAID IN FULL 04/18/09 TITLE IN HAND 17 Time Trophy Winner
Very Nice!!! Does this Mazda have a rotary Engine???
YESSSSS
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2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
How does it perform??..Is it better then a piston engine???.That was the main reason I didn't but the RX-8...No offense... Nice Neighborhood BTW!
__________________ "Jessica" '08 Redline Bluestone Automatic 08/10/07 Order Date 09/11/07 Picked Up 04/03/09 PAID IN FULL 04/18/09 TITLE IN HAND 17 Time Trophy Winner
Rotary engines can put out some serious HP, but they are heavy compared to piston engines. That RX8 engine is a similar weight to a V6.
I personally love Rotary engines. Been a fan back all the way to 1985 when my brother got his
RX7 - GSL SE
I am also a huge fan of the RX-8.
More Sports Car than Sedan, but enough room to be useable as a 4 person car.
Love the Suicide Doors.
Nice Pickup Are-Ex-Eight
Elff...I was just curious....I took it out for a test drive and we liked it...It just wasn't for me....how big is the trunk?
__________________ "Jessica" '08 Redline Bluestone Automatic 08/10/07 Order Date 09/11/07 Picked Up 04/03/09 PAID IN FULL 04/18/09 TITLE IN HAND 17 Time Trophy Winner
Beats me
Storage space has never been something I am concerned about with Cars.
The Rx-8 has a back seat
That means it has at least 3 times the storage space of a sky.
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How does it perform??..Is it better then a piston engine???.That was the main reason I didn't but the RX-8...No offense... Nice Neighborhood BTW!
It outperforms any piston engine vehicle I have driven. The sound it makes at 9k rpms (the redline) is amazing.
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2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
Rotary engines can put out some serious HP, but they are heavy compared to piston engines. That RX8 engine is a similar weight to a V6.
I personally love Rotary engines. Been a fan back all the way to 1985 when my brother got his
RX7 - GSL SE
I am also a huge fan of the RX-8.
More Sports Car than Sedan, but enough room to be useable as a 4 person car.
Love the Suicide Doors.
Nice Pickup Are-Ex-Eight
Yeah I love the RX-8. The engine is in the neighborhood of 300 lbs, compared to a typical V6 of 400 so it's not heavy really.
The HP output isn't amazing due to the low torque but is made up by the fact that the RPM's redline at 9000.
HP = Torque X RPM/5200 (I think?)
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2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
Elff...I was just curious....I took it out for a test drive and we liked it...It just wasn't for me....how big is the trunk?
Respectable trunk, I'll post a pic tomorrow.
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2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
Cool, so this is the "practical" car of the household.. Very Nice and Good Luck!
__________________ "Jessica" '08 Redline Bluestone Automatic 08/10/07 Order Date 09/11/07 Picked Up 04/03/09 PAID IN FULL 04/18/09 TITLE IN HAND 17 Time Trophy Winner
Cool, so this is the "practical" car of the household.. Very Nice and Good Luck!
Haha, no the practical car is the Pontiac Torrent Crossover
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2008 Black Onyx Red Line Tan Interior/Black Top Current Mods:
Custom Illuminated WindRestrictor
Smoked Clear Corners
Stubby Antenna Future Mods:
Upgraded Sub Woofer
Rebadged with Opel GT
Custom 5 Gal Keg Holder with Stage 3 Intercoolers
How does it perform??..Is it better then a piston engine???.That was the main reason I didn't but the RX-8...No offense... Nice Neighborhood BTW!
The Wankel makes HP via RPM, and delivers torque to wheels (in the literal sense) via gearing. RX-8 can perform very well. Just gotta keep the RPMs high. Also, it has one of the best sorted chassis around; arguable the best at the price.
A bit of trivia: The kappa's LNF is the highest specific output engine GM has ever put in a production vehicle: 130HP/Liter. The RX-8 delivers 178 HP/Liter. Hence, from the standpoint of delivering power from displacement, the RX-8 not only exceeds the LNF but is way up on the chart (could be number 1). Of course, that's one of the things about a Wankel, and I think it actually results in adjustments for rotary engines in some competition events; smaller displacement rotaries are classed with higher displacement pistons.
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YESSSSS
The correct answer is:
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__________________ 2008 Redline
Black Onyx
Black/Red Leather
Monsoon 6 Disc Spoiler
French Transmission
Born July 2007
Snagged 8/31/07
Belle? That's my car
Alizée? That's my avatar
Me? Forty something male skydriver
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Nice Neighborhood BTW!
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