When did RX-8s get so cheap?
Discussion
TRUENOSAM said:
and realibility seems to some what have decreased as they get older
Probably more correct to say that as they get older a lot of owners are buying them cheap and not really looking after them as they should 
Nice and interesting cars but there are a lot of other cars I'd prefer for the money.
McHaggis said:
I'd be more interested in taking the engine out of one and dropping it in a mk 1 or Mk 2 MX5....
If anything the engine is the cars Achilles heel. If anything you'd be best off putting a different engine in the RX. The whole car as a package is a give away, the motor is just a ticking time bomb.There was a thread with a chap buying a cheap RX8 (blown engine jobby for £1500) and chucking a vag 1.8t in it. Not the most exciting engine agreed, but cheap as chips and easy to gain.
russy01 said:
If anything the engine is the cars Achilles heel. If anything you'd be best off putting a different engine in the RX. The whole car as a package is a give away, the motor is just a ticking time bomb.
There was a thread with a chap buying a cheap RX8 (blown engine jobby for £1500) and chucking a vag 1.8t in it. Not the most exciting engine agreed, but cheap as chips and easy to gain.
I know. But I still hanker after an Mx5 with a more powerful engine and a 9k red line. In a body shell like this.There was a thread with a chap buying a cheap RX8 (blown engine jobby for £1500) and chucking a vag 1.8t in it. Not the most exciting engine agreed, but cheap as chips and easy to gain.
The tax gets silly from 06 models onwards, I think the tax is then £460 a year up from £260. I think they dropped value sharply when they were a few years old and the engine failure and oil issues were all too common. Couple that with low 20's MPG and it becomes cheaper to run something like a Boxster.
MartyPubes said:
They're cheap, but you're far from the first person on here to notice.
Far from it. That's my point.amoeba said:
About the same time people stopped bothering to use the search function.
Demonstrate how to use the search function to pinpoint a specific time, just for the technically challenged amongst us.Pommygranite said:
Could you put an alternative engine in one? If so what is the engine of choice?
Basically this... Mazda have some decent engines. MPS engine in an RX-8 could be (very) good?veevee said:
Demonstrate how to use the search function to pinpoint a specific time, just for the technically challenged amongst us.
Google search for : RX-8 pistonheadsLeft hand side, change "anytime" to "custom range" and pick your dates.
PH search function is poor. So just use Google...
Around about 6 months after I paid a fair price for a 2007 model. Still hurts now..
I was thinking the other day if I wrote my Z4 off for whatever reason and I was left with an intact engine (M54 3.0) would that be an ideal candidate for an RX-8 shell? I think it'd be brilliant personally.. but I don't know if the longitudinal lump would fit.
Decent noise, economy and power.
I was thinking the other day if I wrote my Z4 off for whatever reason and I was left with an intact engine (M54 3.0) would that be an ideal candidate for an RX-8 shell? I think it'd be brilliant personally.. but I don't know if the longitudinal lump would fit.
Decent noise, economy and power.
McHaggis said:
Google search for : RX-8 pistonheads
Left hand side, change "anytime" to "custom range" and pick your dates.
PH search function is poor. So just use Google...
Good idea! One small improvement, instead of putting :Left hand side, change "anytime" to "custom range" and pick your dates.
PH search function is poor. So just use Google...
RX-8 pistonheads
put :
RX-8 site: pistonheads.com
(remove the space after the ":")
That way you only get stuff from this site.
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