Resist the Urge to SHIFT: Mazda RX8 POV Drive in 4K
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This is the correct way to drive a Mazda RX8 to get the most enjoyment from this car. It may not have a lot of power at low RPM, but there is an easy solution to that: rev it high and resist the urge to shift. I hope you guys enjoyed this POV filmed on the GoPro Hero 7 Black with #hypersmooth.
DISCLAIMER:
I do not encourage reckless driving in any way. Please obey all traffic laws. I know these roads very well. For some reason my speedometer isn't working properly, the top speed I went was around 35mph :)
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Extremely new to the RX8 and I am glad that we as manual drivers can have no guilt red lining these fragile rockets!
Not really fragile if you warm them up properly and premix and change oil every 3k miles. Pretty damn reliable, especially because you can beat them to 9k rpms all day
I recently sold my RX8 to my cousin, since I had a new baby and didn’t have the time for the extra car anymore… this brought me back to the fun joyrides I used to have. Thanks for sharing!
Thats the beauty of mazdas you can race around and go zoom zoom and have all the fun the want using the full range of multiple gears and really wrap em out and still your not breaking the speed limit. They are the funnest cars in the worlds to drive on the regular street in my opinion. I drive my mazdaspeed 3 all over Texas with a big smile on
Part of why I love my 8th gen, it revs past 8000 and the gears are too short for me to really speed all that much
One of the best underappreciated cars around. Mazdas are awesome!
Buying an Rx8 finally after 12 years of wanting one. It’s a copper colored one
Jivjav Mik what’s wrong with it
SnipeYouFromMars for a 1000 probably everything
I hope youre driving manual girl.
Screw you now I'm jealous! No, but seriously good for you :)
definitely not a good daily either lol
Shift at the beep. Nice. You clearly know how to drive an RX.
Nice video! And props for slowing down for the horses.
Oops, on a second watch through I notice that they weren't horses. :D
The RX-8 was my first car and will always have a special place in my heart. What a brilliant car. Light, nimble, surprisingly fast, surprisingly practical and spacious, and best of all revs to the highest heaven! As long as you take care of it and always keep it topped off with oil an RX-8 will be your best friend.
In general, is the RX-8 a good first car? I keep hearing bad reviews about how it's unreliable for an everyday first car but I just can't get it out of my head! Its stunning and seems so fun.
@@Olgierdkaa it's good but I also heard it gets "negative" reviews because the people that type these are not taking care of them like they should.
the fuel gauge is already on 🤣🤣
this is great, absolutely how this car was made to be driven, im just amazed how you did all this with no cel, owned mine for a year now and had about 2 days where i had no cel
Have a e82 now but I miss my rx8 all the time. Proper driver car 🔥
Cannot wait to get this car. Still looking for the right one...
Resist the shift. Ignore the warning, it's juat a suggestion. Great advice! What a great road for this video.
RX8 2004
No, what he meant by the title is that you have to resist the urge to shift and wait for the car to tell you when to shift.
Most people shift in low RPM's which is not good for the engine and it's one of the reasons these cars have a bad reputation.
The sound is not a warning, it's the opposite actually, the car tells you it's the perfect time to shift.
Tip for next time put a mic by the exhaust and overlay to pov footage do we can hear the car better and not just wind noise from the window and no real exhaust sound
So 3rd gear tops at bout 85mph, not bad. My Honda in 3rd was at 104, h22 w/b16 trans and head.. to give high compression but something about these RX8s have me glued, I think it's that redline and unique rotary
And in third gear your rpms match exactly the speed you are going. 85 mph at 8500 rpms.
Great cars. Just gotta look after em. Love mine to bits.
Still my favorite car to drive. 3 blue R3s and 5 S1s two of them are shinkas. I love rx8s
My guy save some R3s for the rest of us ☹️ I can’t find one!!!
@@tyfreeman16 copart baby if I see more they are all for you.
Nice strong pull from the engine, well done.
What did you do to fix the 2nd gear grind
It was okay but maybe a night run would allow less traffic and more aggressive turns. Seems like you know your car very well. But if you want crazy views you'll have to get more aggressive with those back roads. People crave madness.
Brawndo gots what people crave!
It's got electrolytes...
@@787brx8 I like the way you think.
I'm still trying to find an RX-8
try autotempest
@@tokirak I've looked in the past but I haven't tried there in a while
@@jivjav100 how much?
@@BedjamRivera 1500 negotiable 929 417 6261
@@jivjav100 I'll hit you up in the morning
for a moment i thought it said "DRIFT". i got excited haha.. what are your thoughts on drifting a RX8? Japanda
ive done it, but to do it properly you need an angle kit
future drift video?@@JapandaTuning
@@JapandaTuning do you have an LSD on your car?
@@isaac4273 Comes stock with an LSD
@@JapandaTuning ohhhh I see, thanks for clarifying that!
Hey! I’m fan of this car. So it’s gonna be my first car. What do you think? Give me some advice pls.
for a first car I would recommend something with a better record of reliability, so something other than an RX-8.
Sean Flaherty Thanks.
KMPZ Ok
Everyday Friday Why?
You should check out rx8club.com, they have a LOT of very useful information. As for the basics, well:
1) Check the ignition coils and spark plugs constantly, and replace them if necessary
2) you MUST NEVER let it overheat, get aftermarket gauges if possible to monitor the temperature, because the stock gauge is pretty much useless. Once the needle starts moving, your engine will likely be screwed by then
3) stay on top of oil maintenance, you should change the oil and filter every 3000-5500 miles depending on your driving style
4) let it warm up for a couple minutes before driving, again, aftermarket gauges are a good idea, you can drive the car without letting it warm up before, but don't rev it past 3000 rpm until operational temperature
5) rev the car to redline {9000 rpm or higher} whenever you run the car to avoid carbon residue, why would you drive a rotary below 4000rpm anyways? 😂
6) add 2 stroke oil into your gas tank when you get fuel, the oil-fuel ratio depends on your car, if you delete the cat, or get a midpipe, add about 8 ounces, if not, then about 4
7) get 10w40 semi-synthetic oil, although the graduation varies depending on your climate, and keep a bottle in your trunk in case you need more
.... And I think that's it haha. Hope this was helpful!
Thing revs so high all you need is 1-2-3 lol, looks mighty fun to drive and you did a good job sir
The gears I use the most are 2-3-6. 2 for low speed cruising and acceleration, 3 for getting beyond freeway speeds and 6 for general cruising. Second gear reaches 61 MPH.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the rev range has nothing to do with how many gears you need to reach a certain speed. You can have a car with more torque across the rev range, but a lower rev limit, and a longer final drive beacuse of the extra torque. And it will accelerate similarly to the car having a higher rev limit
Ugh, can't wait to have my baby back!!!!!
Blown apex ? 😔 same
Good video, always love a nice POV drive. Your hand language, and steering inputs suggest you are really timid while driving spirited at such low speeds.
Smooth your inputs, relax your grip, and try steering the wheel in one consistent motion, rather then notchy or back and for like motions. Practice your rev matching and heel-toe.
Id like to see you making more Mods on your RX-8 and Driving as well, but pls fix your "Engine Coolant level Warning" :D that red Light makes me go insame :D or is your Sensor broken?
my sensor is broken and to replace it, you have to replace the entire reservoir which is a lot of $$$. I have been driving with this light on since I bought the car in 2015 so I am used to it by now. I just have to check my coolant level regularly.
@@JapandaTuning well, yeah i know how shitty this Sensor is to replace :) and it is expensive ^^ but cant you get some aftermarket stuff with a new sensor? :/ ive seen alot lately in my friends cars im a RX-8 Owner too ;) and cant wait until summer arrives to repair and drive my 8 again :3 need a new Clutch :D
japanda how many miles u got in ur RX-8
Hope you get that speedometer fixed ;)
Dude I've been on those roads, are you still in the area??
I assume the car was warm before you ripped on it?
it better
Yes, you can see the temp gauge in the middle.
Oh FFS, 14 years of RUclips and people still make these comments 🙄
I have this car RX 8 and I love it !!
What impress me is those rpm’s into 3rd and 4th with no grinding lo
Awesome video! That's how you're supposed to drive that car on those roads. I have a 2009 R3 with upgrades, I know how you feel.
What's it like as a daily and long journey type , as have a van at the moment but looking to sell and get myself an R3
Worth the wait 🤤
Im bout buy one, but ppl help me out. What's better or diff between S1 and S2, I like the S1 bc it looks better IMHO but the r3 obviously is the gem 💎 of the RX8s but kinda pricey? What do u all prefer?
Engine brake at high rpm is not strong on these cars?
My brother owns 3 rx8 and im hoping to buy one from him, Everyone says its a bad car in return I say dumbases cant take care of it (probably shouldnt have to that to my dad) CAUSE I GOT YEETED OUT THE HOUSE still gonna work hard try to learn as much as possible about it buy it and enjoy having it and also my neighbors gonna hate me cause the one I want is a straight pipe lol
Straight pipes are LOUD and smell a bit bad. I mean, straight pipes are always loud but at 9.5k RPM it's **VERY LOUD!!!** You won't be able to rip it on the freeway without everyone in China knowing you are here.
The sound of the ultimate Japanese rotary… 😅😅😅😅
This car has crazy good handling.
What is handling
I miss my rx8😢
What happened to it
@@cocoproductions3645 we know what happened 😢
Did you go from cold start and start driving??
He probably warmed it up before. Knowing him
that quarter tank of gas turned this into a $25 video 😂
Mods of the car?
Just went and seen my rx8 in the shop at my local Mazda dealer my rear calipers are locked up yay lmao there goes a few hundred, bastards gave me a 2019 kia soul for a loaner shits weak.
I mean, I drive my parents' 2013 KIA Soul with the 2.0 and it makes 155 BHP 165 Trq, it has decent low speed acceleration for an econobox. It's freeway speeds are sub-par, but it's not really designed for long term freeway speeds. It's a city car, and it's an amazing city car at that! Also, it's no performance car.
no rev-matching on downshifts...
husq varna i was thinking the same thing it caught my eye immediately, on the canyons i go to, heal toe and rev matching are necessary to learn if you really wanna drive it well.
Yeah there was an attempt, I'm just not very good at it yet
Japanda Tuning i learned by doing it constantly just daily driving, anywhere i went, i was also afraid of doing it cause i sucked at it but in a few weeks it became second nature, so keep doing it you’ll get it in no time!
LivinLegend213 rev matching should be a necessity no matter what. It’s not just a technique to help with better driving. Not rev matching on down shifts is very hard on your transmission. Engineering explained has a very good video on this
MPH or KMH ???? i can't see it...
Hes driving on left side so probably mph insane
What are those wooshing noises from?
What are your temps running at while you’re running and gunning?
76 degrees ambient, track day, really pushing hard with a stock radiator and oil coolers I see about 215 degrees F for water temp and around 210 for oil temp. That's about the highest you'd wanna go with these stock renesis'
@@PeterArmour thanks for the reply! sheesh, thats getting warm eh?? haha I was curious because ive done a ton of cooling mods on mine and wanted to compare spirited driving temps!! I use celsius lol (sorry) mine never gets past 90 degrees now even while redlining and ripping it hard. I guess my mods are working! haha
Is the coolant light normal I’m tryna figure out if I need more coolant or something it’s not always on it just blinks at times when at high rpm
Adrxan Ruxz mine stays on as well. It’s a glitch. You gotta replace that whole wire
wait wat i be shifting at 3 because my car does a weird whine
Red coolant icon like half of the rx8s xD
I need help from all the rotary community I just got an rx8 that smokes white smoke like crazy how can I diagnose if I need to do major repairs
Theseus that’s most likely cracked apex seals, are you getting proper compression? If not then yes it’s most likely the seals
Theseus and that’s a total engine rebuild! Have fun :)
That engine has a blown coolant seal and will need a rebuild
@@amicloud_yt yes, there is. If the compression is good and you can confirm what you are seeing is a bluish haze that stays rather level (indicating oil burning) and not a whitish green haze that rises fast and dissepates (coolant or a ton of water), some fool may have just dumped a ton of 2-stroke mix in the tank and left it. I went to look at an RX-8, and it smelled like cheap 2 stroke oil. It was emitted a fair amount of smoke, but the oil in the engine was proper synthetic. I wanted to take a fuel sample to be sure, but I never did get it. Engine seemed fine on it, but everything else around the engine wasn't fine.
Those are some really nice driving roads! Jealous!
Mph or kph?
Best video
awww Love it!
Release it now 🤦🏽♀️
Well I literally just filmed it today so I was planning on releasing it next Friday anyways, but I wanted to try out this youtube premiere thing haha
@@JapandaTuning what's so funny? this is so dumb and mindless. literally just upload instead of waiting for a week for pretty much no reason what so ever. this is so stupid honestly... I hope u don't get angry and u actually decide to consider what I'm trying to say here.
Japanda Tuning its all good brother but I use to have a 09 R3 love the rx8 content
@@JapandaTuning This is gonna be awesome! I can't wait!
@@Just_Haider_ Ok let me explain my reasoning. Right now, I am on my winter break. I have 2 more weeks to make as many videos as possible before I go back to school, and I just uploaded a video a couple days ago. I need to spread out the uploads because I will not have any time to make videos from the end of January to the summer, and I would like to have videos uploading every week or so for you guys. Otherwise I upload them all right now and don't upload again until the summer...which isn't good for my youtube channel. I know you guys don't like it, but I hope that you can understand. I now know not to do these premieres again.
I CAN'T RESIST
ロータリー本当にいい音だなーw
You forgot the waiting for it to warm up for 10 minutes lol
it was already warm, you can see the water temperature gauge reading 180 degrees F at start up. Plenty warm to start ripping on it right away
@@PeterArmour ur right I didn’t see the gauge lol, I just saw him take off and 🚩🚩🚩🚩
I enjoyed the video man make more do a night time POV. Fuck the haters let then get offended by Ppl having fun behind the wheel who know how to drive a car.
sorry, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to close the windows.
Have you have to rebuild yet?
im trying to realise if its MPH or KMH
Mph
Anything i should know before buying a used mazda Rx8?
Dude...there's so much.
After learning some common issues, and the cost to fix said issues, I ended up on a 2 week long rabbit hole studying this car.
I ended up not getting one. I wanted it as a daily. I honestly dont want to spend the money on upkeep, maintenance, and catastrophic repairs if/when they happen.
Just do your homework. You'll either learn to love it as an owner, or learn to love it from afar like I did.
Because they don’t use enough fuel already
gotta add that oil sir
Wish my rx8 felt this sick
Velda auto?
@@benstevenz nah manny
Then there’s something wrong with your car aha
Oof, don't forget to lock the door
I would really love to have your car....but me broke lol
All the broken speedometers in america smh 🤔
Cars are easier to understand than people. what?
SpungBob check the description about his „broken speedometer“.
Cars are easier to understand than people. LOL it was a joke
fuel tank crying punching the air rn
Lmao @ the end
How hard is it to maintain a RX-8?
Not hard at all, just takes a bit of time
its not hard, but it is expensive.
Iam scared to Go over 3000rpm because my Car makes a winwinwinwinwin Sound. And These rx8 drivers Go 9000 rpm easy
😍😍😍😍😍
My EP3 Type R redlines at 8800 rpm on a non rotative engine and has 135k miles and no rebuilt needed 😜
no one cares
Joe The Jedi my comment is for the owner of the car not for some random guy with a stupid youtube name to answer with a totally useless comment
Type-R is good, if we talk about engines i think that Honda is rly better, rx-8 is a bit faster 6 vs 6.6 sec, but the main think is that rx-8 looks better
Edgar Kurm no one cares
Edgar Kurm the rx8 is 6,4 seconds, it has 31hp more than my type R but it weighs 100kg more... so it is equal i would say
Old lady in front just driving how she does every day and she is gaping him worse and worse every turn...hahahha.
No w that you can press a pedal you should learn how to drive
Keeping the revs at 7000rpm. I feel so bad for your RX-8...
Nice way to blow the engine, but man do they keep rev-ing...
It's a rotary... 9k is it's happy place...
Aiy?? That ping sound at 9000 is the limit and is begging for a change.
@@jamesmoore2706 trust me I own one of these they are fine with up to like 12k rpm with no issues... The limiting factor is the gearbox can't take 10+k rpm... You can hold the engine at 9k all day as long as it's cooled properly and the beep is because it's so smooth it's easy to forget to change
@@hannahcrawford9198 I own one also - an R3 and have done for two years reving like that to those levels constantly not only would drink my fuel quicker than I would a beer on a hot day but will not do your engine any good. Its exactly driving like that which causes issues to which then gave the RX-8 its rep.
Not saying you can't and yeah, I do on occasion to prevent carbon build up but constantly at those revs?
I'm happy you both wont drive my RX-8 :P
@@jamesmoore2706 I'll take the advice of rotary revs who provide my warranty and are one of the world's leading experts on rotaries :') of course it burns more fuel but this wasn't exactly an economy run.
Should learn to push steer rather than pull, you'll be smoother and feel the road better and reinforce yourself in the seat