Hello!

[ThoppersRX8]

Hi all, proud new owner as of last night. Plenty of upgrades and aesthetics on the wish list to do... will get signed up to the membership soon.

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[casey]

looks pretty tidy in that picture. What are your plans? Weekend car, daily, track,.....?

<<< stick up your location in your forum profile, so we can see where you are in the country and point you to local events, meets and services

[ThoppersRX8]

Thanks, it was a pretty good find I think (hope)! Did quite a lot of research before hand so got a clear compression test done on the day of purchase which was a result. Weekend toy mostly, needs the alloys returned and some dents in the passenger door sorted. Also has a very loud cat back on at the mo, which I may remove once I've had a bit of fun

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[GreySilver Beast]

Hi & to the RX-8OC

Please check out the EVENTS SECTION's - Events Team

[ThoppersRX8]

Hi and ThoppersRX8. It looks like you have a mostly blank canvas for your upgrades and aesthetics anyway, you can definitely have some fun really making it 'yours' as they say.

Have a good read through whatever in the FAQ section you didn't already read and then (for when you do get it running again - and just ignore me if you know all this already) here are my best tips for keeping it all running sweetly:

1. To start up turn the key to position 2, wait for most of the lights on the dash to go out (I watch the airbag light by the glove box), press the clutch to the floor (optional, but reduces drag), turn the key to start and do not touch the throttle until it has started. You can drive off straight away, just keep the revs down for a bit (see #4 below).

2. Never turn off the engine before it has reached at least somewhere towards normal operating temperature (should only take a minute or two, but best to go for a short drive if just swapping cars round on the drive etc). Switching off cold risks flooding, which is a real with a rotary engine. Mazda recommend rev to 4k and hold it for 8-10 seconds switching off while still revving if you have no option but to switch off cold (it is not necessary to do this in any other circumstance).

3. Check the oil level regularly (use the dipstick - the oil gauge tells you nothing other than that you have or don't have pressure) and top up if necessary with semi synthetic 5w30 (most people and specialists are advising to use 10w40 now though) ... small amounts at a time, no more than ½ a litre then check the level again before adding more as you don't want to overfill it.

4. Use all the revs once the engine is nice and warm (don't sit idling to warm up, start up and drive but keep it below about 4k until the needle on the water temperature gauge is pointing straight up, then give it another 10 minutes for the oil to warm up too before really thrashing it ) and hit the beep often. Best acceleration is from 4k revs up - to pull away you really need to rev to 2k - you can let the revs drop after lifting the clutch if you are in traffic, cruising steadily at 3½k revs and changing down to go up hills or accelerate gets you the best mpg ... which still won't be great.

5. Join the club for discounts on all sorts of things (you will very quickly get the cost of membership back - and then some), loads more info in the members only sections (including access to all the workshop and technical manuals), local meets (or if you can't find one exactly local it is a good excuse for a drive if you come to one a bit further away), a sexy keyring just for joining and more.

[ThoppersRX8]

Thank you, that was some helpful points actually. She is running good as gold at the moment, with good compression results as of yesterday, so as you say it is a blank canvas for me...looking forward to having some fun. Certainly will be signing up and look forward meeting you guys at the Dartford meet as that's my local!

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[Shagrington]

Excellent, we could do with more people coming to the Dartford meet.

[ThoppersRX8]

Hey, what's the deal with the meets, I would quite like to pop along to the Dartford one tomorrow and meet you all. Didn't want to just show up unannounced!

...car is still a work in progress at the moment, but would be good to take a look at others within the OC!

Cheers, Tom

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[New Duke]

The deal with meets is.... just turn up!

Is a good idea to post in the meet thread if you're planning on going and are new (as you have done), so that others know to look out for you. There's no obligation to take your RX8. Sometimes there are a few 8s, sometimes everyone takes their 'other' car. It's super relaxed. Generally people don't hang around in the car park for very long (unlike some car clubs which only stay in the car park). The meets I've been to have been all about getting into the pub and eating, drinking and socialising

Numbers at meets do vary each month. I've been to some in Essex with 15 people. A couple of times only a couple of people have made the Dartford meet (or so I heard). So do attend more that once as it's different every time. I can't make the next Dartford one but hope to meet you at another!

A belated to the club too

[ThoppersRX8]

Awesome thanks for that. Will bring the 8 as it doesn't move much during the week so gives me a chance to give it a run out haha

I'll pop by and hopefully meet up with you on the next occasion.

Cheers

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