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04-20-2004, 06:01 PM

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Black8

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damm...now there's like 5 other people with the same diff problem....weird....

04-20-2004, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rfreeman27' date='Apr 19 2004, 10:32 PM

dont be a rikki (ryan) broke his diff too...

rikki broke his diff also?

I like rikkis though. I think it looks bad ***. Is the paint code CYM, or something new that mazda did?

04-21-2004, 07:18 PM

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Yeah, that yellow is a love/hate thing. I love it. Anyway, my car goes in tommorrow and should be done at the end of the day...I will be updating...

04-21-2004, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RowTarEh?' date='Apr 20 2004, 10:10 PM

rikki broke his diff also?

I like rikkis though. I think it looks bad ***. Is the paint code CYM, or something new that mazda did?

Yeah he broke something a while ago

04-24-2004, 06:29 PM

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this is not a torsen like the FD's had. its a tochigi fuji torsen...... different maybe that is the problem....

04-27-2004, 06:12 PM

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Man, it felt like forever, but I finally got my baby back.....all is well again. The new diff is silent and works great. Feels so friggin good to have my car back....

04-27-2004, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Black8' date='Apr 27 2004, 06:12 PM

Man, it felt like forever, but I finally got my baby back.....all is well again. The new diff is silent and works great. Feels so friggin good to have my car back....

Kick ***. Take care of her now.

05-02-2004, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Black8' date='Apr 18 2004, 12:57 PM

the trannies are definetly the weak point in these cars...their have been many cases of theose being replaced.

You know its the same tranny in the 6 speed miata right? That tranny is barely adequate for the n/a miatas. They were having problems breaking them. And the mazdaspeed miata has shot peened gears for durability, with its 178 hp and 166 ft lbs. But the RX8, to my knowledge, doesnt have the shot peened gears.