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Re: RX-8 owners.. ex-owners.. a minute of your time..
Originally Posted by Will's Fiero
The long, thin combustion chamber/space has a terrible surface-area-to-volume ratio that "leaks" a lot of heat into the cooling system. This, incidentally, is why high powered FD's are difficult to keep cool.
by "leaks" alot of heat into cooling system, you mean transfers a lot of heat into the cooling system. If it easily takes heat out, why is it difficult to keep it cool?
Re: RX-8 owners.. ex-owners.. a minute of your time..
Originally Posted by catfSSh
so bad gas mileage, less than par acceleration/speed, complete unreliability, but great handling.
That was my experience with it. But like I said my neighbor across the street has one and says he's never had any problems. His is also one of the neutered automatics because he's a fag and can't drive a manual.
No really, he's a card carrying homo. He was dating a tranny last summer.
Re: RX-8 owners.. ex-owners.. a minute of your time..
Originally Posted by Silverbullet86
by "leaks" alot of heat into cooling system, you mean transfers a lot of heat into the cooling system. If it easily takes heat out, why is it difficult to keep it cool?
For the engine to make power, you want to keep the heat in the chamber and the charge air. Thus heat that is transferred to the cooling system is a "leak" in that it is an unwanted flow. Since a lot of heat transfers from the chamber into the coolant, there's a lot of heat to get rid of in the coolant... This means the car needs a bigger radiator and better coolng airflow than a piston engine of equivalent power.
Re: RX-8 owners.. ex-owners.. a minute of your time..
close friend of mine has one and to be honest with you i really didnt think much of the car untill i drove it, and damn it was amazing. really nice car, well put together imo