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WhatsArules?

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« on: January 04, 2006, 08:37:00 PM »
Well, as a side time project (when i get money), I'm thinking of spruceing up a Mazda RX-8, new hood, new trunk, prolly keeping the body the same, some small interor mods, and some under the hood mods.

But im wondering is whats wrong with the mazda stright from the factory?

Anyone got any pics of some?
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2006, 04:51:00 AM »
What?  


Google image search.
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WhatsArules?

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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2006, 05:56:00 PM »
What are you talking about?
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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2006, 06:38:00 PM »
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WhatsArules?

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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2006, 08:35:00 PM »
I was just looking for images as a side question, im just wondering, whats structurly wrong with it from the factory, for instance, bad intake, headers, piston rings, chassie is weak, so forth
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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2006, 02:10:00 PM »
That's a new and expensive car.  How are you just going to "spruce it up?"

This is dumbtagious.
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WhatsArules?

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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2006, 02:36:00 PM »
You dont know anything about cars... you prolly think ford is good quality. Let someone who knows what there talking about post
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WhatsArules?

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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2006, 07:40:00 PM »
QUOTE(anticrap1234 @ Jan 8 2006, 02:36 AM) View Post

dont start bashing ford now. What do you plan on adding to ur rx8 a 5 foot tall spoiler and a carbon fiber hood maybe?  A giant flame vinly hmm. Dont forget what company started it all

Shows what you know  tongue.gif Ford didn't start cars, cars were around 1880's and before, but on subject, ya carbon fiber hood, and a new trunk with some kind of wing, upgraded suspension, interior tweaks, because im a big guy, then some under the hood stuff, which is what i want to know about, what are the structural flaws?
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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2006, 07:45:00 PM »
shows what you know, FORD started MASS PRODUCING CARS before anyone else started. BTW MAZDA IS OWNED BY FORD muhaha.gif
http://www.ford.com/en/default.htm
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2006, 09:43:00 AM »
QUOTE(anticrap1234 @ Jan 8 2006, 04:01 PM) View Post

thats what i was saying.
 
If your gonna do stuff to your car dont make it one of those rice burners with horrible sounding loud exhaust and a giant wing. Just get a nice hood and a small wing.

this=gay
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Yeah right dude! "das da pimpest ride i'd ever sawed! dont dis it its PIMP"

/sarcasm

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WhatsArules?

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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2006, 10:52:00 AM »
I aint one of those rice fucks that just put the cosmetics on, like you need to know, but they are good cars none the less, better than anything chevy is making right now, besides the SSR. Just froget this thread.

QUOTE(brutalsun @ Jan 8 2006, 03:52 AM) View Post

shows what you know, FORD started MASS PRODUCING CARS before anyone else started. BTW MAZDA IS OWNED BY FORD muhaha.gif
http://www.ford.com/en/default.htm

Shows all the more you know, yes ford owns the name, but the parts and what not are made over sea's, ford plants just put them togather here in america
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2006, 11:34:00 AM »
QUOTE(WhatsArules? @ Jan 6 2006, 04:43 PM) View Post

You dont know anything about cars... you prolly think ford is good quality. Let someone who knows what there talking about post




well if you seem to know so much about cars, then why are you asking what some problems are with the rx8?
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2006, 12:14:00 PM »
I wrote this big bitchy thread about the RX8 2 nights ago, but was drunk and couldnt manage hitting the reply button....  rolleyes.gif

In any case this thread has sort of degraded IMO from the original post. I don't see anything that needs to be done to the hood and trunk on that car. The issues I see with it are as follows.
4 Doors: While more conveninent I suppose a true sports car does not need 4 doors as things like that add weight to the car and reduce the car's overall stiffness.
No TQ: Why they don't have a turbo version of this thing out yet I don't know. Seems like it needs one.

My biggest question would be reliability. You're attacking the quality of Ford when it owns Mazda.... And yes there are plenty of cars shared between the 2 companies and plenty of parts that find their way into both Mazdas and Fords. They are not totally seperate car companies with one's build quality and engineering not effecting the other.

Add to that that the RX8 is a rotary engine and they are to date, not known to last as long as the average piston engine. While I realize the Renesis engine has newer technology and improvements such as the upgrades to the apex seals, until I start seeing these things lasting 200K Im not sold. Frankly if everything could be designed in factory to never break there'd be no exploding pintos or crankwalk in DSMs.

And as far as it goes I'd consider a Ford Mustang along side an RX8. And I'd probably look at a Pontiac GTO. Not every domestic built car is horrible.

Bear in mind I'm not knocking the RX8. I like it quite a bit and merely wish it were a 2 door car.
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« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2006, 01:18:00 PM »
yea seriously, unless your really into racing and stuff theres no point unless you like the look. IMO carbon fiber is ugly, and looks dirty from a distance.
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« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2006, 06:06:00 PM »
I just wanted to say,

In my Job, I do a lot of driving of new cars, everything from a mazda 3 to chevy express vans, so I know what I'm talking about when it comes to cars (Don't know much about engine/performance, however).

I've driven RX-8's and I do have to say they are a good, fast car. However, Mazdas ARE NOT as built good as other Japanese car companies. Like Honda, Toyota, or Nissan.

For Example: Open and shut a rx-8 door, you can hear the plastic give a little. Dosen't sound right. Now open and shut a altima/camry/accord door, you don't hear any part of the door give. Thats the way a car should be.

I would drive a Mazda, however, Since Ford took over Mazda, their build quality has gone down.

Just don't make fun of a company and say another company is so much better, if the "better" company is made by the "crappy" company. Thats just dumb.

Its like saying "The 2007 Chevy Tahoe is sweet man, but the GMC Sierra is crap man"

Guess what? GM owns or is a large shareholder in a lot of car companies. Chevy Aveos share almost everything as the Suzuki Aerio uses. Look at a Isuzu truck and you will see it uses EVERYTHING a Chevy Colorado or a GMC Canyon uses. Subaru engines are used is Saabs.


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