Even God Hates RX8s............

[ROTORIOUS13B]

lol that motor is worthless like the car. Do you know how many RX-8's got recalled to get the motors swapped out, and after all these years mazda still couldn't get it rite. Only rotor i would drive, i do drive is a FD, and it ends there. Unless 4 rotor in a RX-8.

Just my 2cents; It wasn't the engine that was the problem, really. It was more the drivers. Rotaries need to be redlined (once warmed up of course) to clean the carbon out, and work "properly". This being the case, the fact of the matter is the VAST majority (like 98%) of engines replaced were from automatic cars. Most of these owners simply did not drive their cars the way the cars needed to be driven. The major cause for the recall was flooding due to carbon build up, and some issues with the engine management system, as opposed to the engines' design. Mazda has since modified some of these areas, and apparently it is nearly impossible to flood the updated cars. They've also extended the warranties on all 04-08 cars to 8 years/100,000 miles

[UpSideDownDesi]

Just my 2cents; It wasn't the engine that was the problem, really. It was more the drivers. Rotaries need to be redlined (once warmed up of course) to clean the carbon out, and work "properly". This being the case, the fact of the matter is the VAST majority (like 98%) of engines replaced were from automatic cars. Most of these owners simply did not drive their cars the way the cars needed to be driven. The major cause for the recall was flooding due to carbon build up, and some issues with the engine management system, as opposed to the engines' design. Mazda has since modified some of these areas, and apparently it is nearly impossible to flood the updated cars. They've also extended the warranties on all 04-08 cars to 8 years/100,000 miles

Thank you for sharing the knowledge. I am glad Mazda is offering the extended warranty, i have only seen few examples running strong till warranty mark.

EDIT: just saw it, Great 1st post.

[Boosted FC]

Just my 2cents; It wasn't the engine that was the problem, really. It was more the drivers. Rotaries need to be redlined (once warmed up of course) to clean the carbon out, and work "properly". This being the case, the fact of the matter is the VAST majority (like 98%) of engines replaced were from automatic cars. Most of these owners simply did not drive their cars the way the cars needed to be driven. The major cause for the recall was flooding due to carbon build up, and some issues with the engine management system, as opposed to the engines' design. Mazda has since modified some of these areas, and apparently it is nearly impossible to flood the updated cars. They've also extended the warranties on all 04-08 cars to 8 years/100,000 miles

You sound like a salesman for that POS.