CarThrottle Ideas Request - what do you want to see from a YouTube series?

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CarThrottle Ideas Request - what do you want to see from a YouTube series?

Post by Dr. FrankenRex »

Hi Peeps,

As you may have seen from the WTB thread, Alex Kersten of Car Throttle has bought himself a cheeky 231.

His plan is to do a 'Living With a Rotary' style series of videos and has asked me to ask you guys for some opinions and thoughts on what sort of videos would be cool.

He said that track driving (sadly) isn't going to be a big feature - not saying never, but not really the focus of the series - so it is really a case of what people wanna see.

He's keen to try and join the 300 mile club (I told him real men aim for 400!) and is also going to look to do some recommended road trips in it, some modifications here and there and there is a plan to get it rebuild and document the process as well.

So, over to you guys - any thoughts and suggestions welcomed, but no guarantees it'll get used. Afterall, they've already made the best RX8 video on YouTube already ;)

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Well obviously he needs a decent coil system, :)
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Hahaha, he's a lurker on the forums, so I'm sure he'll have seen all the notes on coils!
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Re: CarThrottle Ideas Request - what do you want to see from a YouTube series?

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Tyres would seem like an obvious thing to test out, given the car's well-known sensitivity to them. Getting a hot compression test would be a good idea, just to show it on a big YouTube channel so people can see the difference from a regular piston comp test. Ignition overhaul is a good shout, and it might be worth doing a service video showing which fluids the car needs, being specific about the mineral or semi-synthetic oil requirements.
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Flames in a tunnel or are you even an RX-8 owner.
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I suggested the great oil debate, Sam. He's also chatting to Josh up at RR, so it might at least lend some kind of intelligence to the debate beyond "It says 5w30 in the manual".

And I spoke to Alex earlier @Nick. The car is a decat and flames are already on his agenda ;)
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Gotta mention interior space, moving house, tip run or something ‘practical’?


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Dr. FrankenRex wrote:
Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:41 pm
And I spoke to Alex earlier @Nick. The car is a decat and flames are already on his agenda ;)

No surprises there then.

How bow leaving a vac pipe off, saying the engine is broken, then putting a V6 in it to make everyone think the previous engine was junk :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

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NC500 road trip


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Re: CarThrottle Ideas Request - what do you want to see from a YouTube series?

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You beat me to that one, NC500 would be great video.

How about videos of the various monthly meets and drives around the country which would also showcase the variety of cars and owner profiles.

Not sure if highlighting de-catting an RX-8 in a YouTube video would be a good idea given that's its illegal!
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Having the monolith fall out of the exhaust on its own accord the day you buy it without your knowledge is not illegal :D

"pop bang why is it doing that"
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A montage of filling up the tank on every other journey :p
Only found these quite recently, a few videos before they did the track series.
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Metelyk wrote:
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NC500 road trip
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You beat me to that one, NC500 would be great video.
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As a serial lurker and potential future owner next year (when I finally get permission from the wife to get the driveway done) I would love to see anything to do with the compression test, if he encounters any of the common issues and how they get sorted. Spare no gruesome detail as the more information the merrier.

If the intention is to rebuild, maybe intentionally flood the engine to show what happens and how to get it going again before getting it rebuilt?
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Hi Guys,

I've already suggested the NC500, exhaust comparisons and also road trips with a full raft of people - Keep them coming guys!
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A piece on how the 8 compares to previous rotarys could be interesting. To the uninitiated the FD gets more love and the RX8 maybe doesn't get the recognition it deserves despite actually having many advantages due to being more modern, practical and less of a money pit. No shortage of people in the club who own or have owned multiple generations of rotary who could assist including myself.

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