2009 RX8
04-25-2008, 02:07 AM
#42
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 5,448
Re: 2009 RX8
ford doesnt touch the rotary branch of mazda. sorry guys, any ford comment is irrelivent.
o, and no rx8 will be factory turbo. its ment to be a platform for the 13b renesis.
the mazda rx9 will be a 16g turbo.
god you guys are idiots.
o, and no rx8 will be factory turbo. its ment to be a platform for the 13b renesis.
the mazda rx9 will be a 16g turbo.
god you guys are idiots.
04-25-2008, 02:09 AM
#43
1.0 BAR
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 536
Re: 2009 RX8
Originally Posted by TorganFM
It's more that America hasn't liked turbo 4cyl versions of cars when there is a V8 version, such is the case for the 84 to 87 mustang. They tried to market something more fuel efficient with similar peak power and it failed.. why? Daily driving torque. If they put a V8 in an Evo or something and sold it here it would definitely outsell the 4cyl turbo version.
Btw cornfuzed you're a moron, in case no one's told you before. If I were Ford I wouldn't "like" turbos either when I have a perfectly viable V8 platform that could be made more fuel efficient (like what Chevy did) and would sell more units than a turbo 4.
I can understand why the RX8 is 2 door with the ****** half doors though... "4 doors" are more marketable than 2 doors. But the lack of turbo (or even a NA 3 rotor 20B) doesn't make a damn bit of sense.
Btw cornfuzed you're a moron, in case no one's told you before. If I were Ford I wouldn't "like" turbos either when I have a perfectly viable V8 platform that could be made more fuel efficient (like what Chevy did) and would sell more units than a turbo 4.
I can understand why the RX8 is 2 door with the ****** half doors though... "4 doors" are more marketable than 2 doors. But the lack of turbo (or even a NA 3 rotor 20B) doesn't make a damn bit of sense.
they are replacing the 5.4L and 4.6L v8's with 3.0-3.8L v6's with twin turbo's making 310-450hp
and the v6's are being replaced by turbo 4's making 210-280hp
if you read you would know that not only dose ford love turbo's but they are going to turbo everything even the new lincoln is supposed to have a 400-450hp twin turbo v6 in it
as for torque being the winning factor of na v8's over turbo 4's, thats bullshit in low boost configurations with small quick spolling turbo's they have monster torque
04-25-2008, 10:30 AM
#47
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Join Date: May 2005
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Re: 2009 RX8
Originally Posted by N/A mike
i thought he got banned already
04-25-2008, 02:26 PM
#48
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 5,322
Re: 2009 RX8
The first one looked really cool when it first came out. The second one doesn't get the same reaction. An improvement, but not a great one.
Friend's bro bought one brand new. Was burning oil like a mother after only a year or so. Traded it in for a new Mustang GT
Friend's bro bought one brand new. Was burning oil like a mother after only a year or so. Traded it in for a new Mustang GT
