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Old Feb 9, 2004 | 01:42 AM
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i'm retarded, the other post was supposed to say "RX-8" not "RX-7"



so, motor trend says it will be supercharged while road & track says it will either be supercharged or hydraulicly turbocharged...



if they use forced induction, i'd buy one for sure.
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:34 AM
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AMEN!!
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 06:52 AM
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More power for what??? The drivetrain cannot take the abuse.
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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who cares if the drivetrain wont handle it that just means dont buy it the first year its out wait till the factory recalls and changes trannys. i say more power the better just rule of thumb never buy a 1st year model of any car. let them pan **** out b4 u spend ur money.



question. hydrolic turbocharging?
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by MazdaMike' date='Feb 9 2004, 07:26 AM
who cares if the drivetrain wont handle it that just means dont buy it the first year its out wait till the factory recalls and changes trannys. i say more power the better just rule of thumb never buy a 1st year model of any car. let them pan **** out b4 u spend ur money.



question. hydrolic turbocharging?
im with him
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito' date='Feb 9 2004, 04:52 AM
More power for what??? The drivetrain cannot take the abuse.
maybe they will put the 5 speed in there, the jdm 210hp 5 speed cars use the fd tranny.



did you guys also see uncle koby is writing a column for r&t?
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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Most likely mazda will upgrad the transmission. Remember, they want the cars to SUCCEED.
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito' date='Feb 9 2004, 06:52 AM
More power for what??? The drivetrain cannot take the abuse.
How would you know?
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito' date='Feb 9 2004, 06:52 AM
More power for what??? The drivetrain cannot take the abuse.
they upgraded the drivetrain in the FC when they added the turbo, i'm sure they would do the same 15+ years later...
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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a lil off topic, but are Rx8 selling well? I went to a mazda dealer to look at a mazdaspeed and there was about 40 rx8s there



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