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Old 07-24-2011, 11:48 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by zx2wannabeMach1 View Post
Damn, what in the world did you do to your rx8? If you're not TT'd you need to go trade that thing in right now. I've got a 4.30 geared Mach that gets 19 consistently around town.
Rotaries are not the nicest on fuel by nature, and although the Renesis was meant to address a lot of the reliability and fuel comsumption issues, they are not as good on the gas as a reciprocating engine. You still have to spin them to make power.
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