I loved my rx8. Picked mine up non running for $900. Had a blown motor but found someone in Orlando who rebuilt it for $1200 in 1 day. So all in $2100. Car had perfect leather interior and handled like a Porsche. Sold it after beating on it every weekend for $4500.
Definitely didn't have much potential at all it was a sports car with a unreliable motor in it the only way that the Mazda would have been reliable if it got the speed 3 motor that's about it@@korosumyself
The reason they died out is because rotary engines need to be modified to run on two stroke oil and E85 to run reliability. See the below video for indepth details. ruclips.net/video/BwM6JJYPzkM/видео.htmlsi=f4c3n7ANGQ33Mgx1
I deffo wanna buy one someday, as a sort of side project I think a lot of people sadly simply don't know how to drive these cars (you *have* to drive with higher revs to keep the engine oiled up well and use the correct oils) so a lot of them die way too fast (usually at the 100'000 km mark)
RX8s had such a great chassis shame the engines just do not last. perfect cars for a lot of engine swaps i really want another set of oem RX8 5 spoke wheels
Man there's hardly ever any RX-8s at the yards around me so I see you as really lucky. When one did show up at a local yard I did luck out as I pulled some Megan Racing coilovers off of it. I gotta put a clutch in mines before I can start driving it though.
my fucking dreamcar, I love this so much. Can't wait to move to a different house so I'll have space to work on this car. Currently driving a Hyundai Kona Electric for work but your RX8 looks like a beauty bro!
When I lived in Arlington Texas I found a shop that can throw a used tire on my s13 for like 25 bucks a pop. For situations like that where you just need to move it, I think that would be your cheapest option.
@@angry9901 I wonder how that engine would work in a RWD setup... I know they make a lot of kits to make the K24 function in the RWD "sitting up" config.
Nice video. Yeah rotary engines known for have to be rebuild every 100 000 km/62137 miles. Didn't know about clutch pedal. It's such a shame these cars are pretty cool. They all should be bought for dirty cheap and swapped some cheap piston engines. Something that is still cheap but undesirable.
The reason rotary engines are unreliable is because their design requires a different oiling method and fuel. See the below video for a more indepth details. ruclips.net/video/BwM6JJYPzkM/видео.htmlsi=f4c3n7ANGQ33Mgx1
yo, ive been looking for a 2nd gen prelude in a junkyard near me to pull some parts i need and im right outside dallas, if you dont mind what yard is that?
Rotary engines can be made to run reliably if they are modified to run on E85 premixed with 2 stroke oil. See the below video for more indepth details about it. ruclips.net/video/BwM6JJYPzkM/видео.htmlsi=f4c3n7ANGQ33Mgx1
Hey did removing the steering wheel and re centering it cause any problems? Just replaced the steering rack on my integra and I’m facing the same problem haha
I loved my rx8. Picked mine up non running for $900. Had a blown motor but found someone in Orlando who rebuilt it for $1200 in 1 day. So all in $2100. Car had perfect leather interior and handled like a Porsche. Sold it after beating on it every weekend for $4500.
That sounds like a dream I'd have honestly
it's a shame Mazda dropped the ball on the RX-8, the platform isn't terrible but it just couldn't deliver on the hype.
definitely. underwhelming but still lots of potential
Definitely didn't have much potential at all it was a sports car with a unreliable motor in it the only way that the Mazda would have been reliable if it got the speed 3 motor that's about it@@korosumyself
Send Mazda an email and tell them to make the RX 9
that rx8 needs an alignment badly
Left hand down very badly. Has it been up a gutter?
I got one for my first car it runs fine 😊 no dash lights and just saved it from the junkyard this year.
I hate that these things died out. Those Renesis engines just couldn't hold up. 😢
The reason they died out is because rotary engines need to be modified to run on two stroke oil and E85 to run reliability. See the below video for indepth details. ruclips.net/video/BwM6JJYPzkM/видео.htmlsi=f4c3n7ANGQ33Mgx1
I deffo wanna buy one someday, as a sort of side project
I think a lot of people sadly simply don't know how to drive these cars (you *have* to drive with higher revs to keep the engine oiled up well and use the correct oils) so a lot of them die way too fast (usually at the 100'000 km mark)
Rx8 no Bueno... I recommend doing a motor swap with a 2jz😊
RX8s had such a great chassis shame the engines just do not last. perfect cars for a lot of engine swaps
i really want another set of oem RX8 5 spoke wheels
Man there's hardly ever any RX-8s at the yards around me so I see you as really lucky. When one did show up at a local yard I did luck out as I pulled some Megan Racing coilovers off of it. I gotta put a clutch in mines before I can start driving it though.
my fucking dreamcar, I love this so much. Can't wait to move to a different house so I'll have space to work on this car. Currently driving a Hyundai Kona Electric for work but your RX8 looks like a beauty bro!
That 280ZX is what brought me to your RUclips channel lol
When I lived in Arlington Texas I found a shop that can throw a used tire on my s13 for like 25 bucks a pop. For situations like that where you just need to move it, I think that would be your cheapest option.
More rx8 content! 👍
Picked mine up for $500 and sticking a K24 in it 😅 make it reliable. B13 hard to find, that would been the only other option for it.
What about Mazdas MZR motor?
@@angry9901 I wonder how that engine would work in a RWD setup... I know they make a lot of kits to make the K24 function in the RWD "sitting up" config.
Love the rx8
Nice video. Yeah rotary engines known for have to be rebuild every 100 000 km/62137 miles. Didn't know about clutch pedal. It's such a shame these cars are pretty cool. They all should be bought for dirty cheap and swapped some cheap piston engines. Something that is still cheap but undesirable.
buy em cheap and swap em out after you're done abusing it lol!
Get some power tools, it’s helpful at the junkyards
At 3:37 is that a white Pontiac fiero
more rx8 please
Enjoyed this.
Im glad! got more coming!
Kswap time
Like I said Big homie. I'm and I will always be a Chevy man. But I dig the f+&#@k out of watching your videos.
Rx8 nice car it was in Tokyo drift neelas drift car
love ur videos dude ❤❤❤❤
Thanks man means a lot to me!
😂😂😂 never had anny real problems so far with my Rx 8
Lucky! haha
Why take two when you can take four!
Not sure if anyone else asked this already, but where's the z31 from years ago lol
Sitting in my driveway lol. Doesn’t run at the moment but after I get rid of a couple of these cars I got I’ll be tackling the z31 last
At the pump premix the fuel
This channel is going to blow heavy
I miss the RX7 they were so reliable
yeahhhhhh no
they had lots of problems too
The reason rotary engines are unreliable is because their design requires a different oiling method and fuel. See the below video for a more indepth details.
ruclips.net/video/BwM6JJYPzkM/видео.htmlsi=f4c3n7ANGQ33Mgx1
RX-7s, No.
RX-8s, maybe.
yo, ive been looking for a 2nd gen prelude in a junkyard near me to pull some parts i need and im right outside dallas, if you dont mind what yard is that?
nice video
Thank you!
Kswap it, don’t look back
Rotary engines can be made to run reliably if they are modified to run on E85 premixed with 2 stroke oil. See the below video for more indepth details about it.
ruclips.net/video/BwM6JJYPzkM/видео.htmlsi=f4c3n7ANGQ33Mgx1
Hey did removing the steering wheel and re centering it cause any problems? Just replaced the steering rack on my integra and I’m facing the same problem haha
whats up? as far as I remember yeah i just had to unbolt the wheel then reinstall it with it properly aligned no issues
Go back and get all the interior pieces that are missing or fuc@$%%up on yours.
damn ur tracking is a mile out lol
Ls swap it