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Eastern European Rotary shared a video of their friend’s very unique Mazda RX-8. The story goes the RX-8 was purchased with a bad 1.3 L Renesis two-rotor. Instead of rebuilding it, they swapped it for a 5.0 L 1GZ-FE V12 f...

Kevin Awadsn and his Mazda RX-8 built by PAC Performance attended Sydney Dragway for Sydney Jamboree. While there Kevin set a personal best of 7.149 sec at 187.50 mph in the quarter-mile. The RX-8 is powered by a turbocha...

Mazda RX-8 with a 825 whp Turbo 1UZ V8 Swedish drifter Jonas Franzén competes in a Mazda RX-8 powered by a turbocharged Toyota 1UZ V8. Last year the engine produced 780 hp and 1050 Nm (774 lb-ft) of torque to the wheels on 1.7 bar (24.6 psi) of boost. Since then they rebuilt the engine with Kelford camshafts and installed a new intake manifold and larger turbocharger. It’s now making 825 hp and 1000 Nm (737 lb-ft) of torque to the wheels on 1.4 bar (20.3 psi) of boost. They also raised the l...

Marshall High School students rebuild Mazda RX-8 Car Rebuild By Arthur Clayborn and Christian Terry | March 2, 2021 at 3:05 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 9:42 AM MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - Some Marshall High School students were able to rebuild a sports car. Automotive teacher Troy Jones said he owned the blue 2005 Mazda RX-8 for several years, he said his son had driven it for a while. He said over the years, it had fallen into disrepair and had received some damage. Jones said it became a ...

Mazda RX-8 with a Turbo K20 and DCT This Mazda RX-8 was built by Dr. Danish Speedshop. The car originally came with a 1.3 L RENESIS two-rotor but is now powered by a turbocharged Honda K20 inline-four. The owner drove the car with the factory RX-8 six-speed manual but eventually swapped to a BMW E93 M3 dual-clutch transmission running a DKG transmission controller. They also replaced the factory differential with one from an RX-7. Watch the RX-8 drive around Ring Knutstorp in Kågeröd, Sweden.

Mazda RX-8 with a Turbo Saab B204 Adam Reich built his Mazda RX-8 to drift with a focus on reliability. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L Saab B204 inline-four making 450 horsepower. The motor features a Garrett GT3076R turbocharger, Turbosmart external 40 mm wastegate, custom exhaust manifold, 3-inch downpipe, and remapped Saab T5 ECU. It’s fed fuel from a GRP4 Fabrications 25 L tank with a swirl pot through a Bosch 044 pump and a set of 875 cc injectors. Behind the motor sits an Op...

With u.s. prosecutors for weeks. the deal includes criminal charges, a temporary ban on dealing in u.s. dollars and the firing of more than 30 employ s employees. honda, mazda and nissan recalling 3 million vehicles worldwide. its related to defective air bags manufactured by a supplier. toyota recalled vehicles for this issue. honda is recalling cars from the u.s. honda and mazdas are in the tens of thousands. they include the honda civic and cr-v, the rx-8, mazda 6 and path fipder. >> i have...