New RX-8 coming soon (No i didnt crash mine, lol)

[Gotian]

^^^ That was a good laugh, sucks I had to hold it in cause im at work.

BTW they posted up pics from SSX on the * forums, gonna link the page. Unfortunately Mazda is being very tight lipped about the new Rotary and decided against bringing it out, BUT they did bring out the Kabura and Guess what? It's a working 4 banger RWD.

[VR43000GT]

Originally Posted by -The Stig-

Oh, that's not far at all. I do the fire alarm/supression inspections at their HQ.

I've been all throughout their HQ.

I've also been in a Toyota engine development site where I inspected a CO2 system for their three engine dyno rooms. They weren't running at the time, but they did have a bunch of those 5.7L iForce V8's out of the new Tundras laying around and hooked up to the dyno's.

And I've been in the Mitsubishi headquarters building, doing much of the same where they test vehicles for emissions and general testing of all sorts of data on the road. There I saw the new Lancer long before it came out in the US. They had an EVO8 there from Japan (RHD) that was all wrecked, I think they used it for some form of testing. And a few EVO9's out in the back all beat to hell and wrecked, one of which had a custom hood that was riveted together. Looked like they were testing a new engine setup for maybe the EVOX in a EVOIX body. It was a major hack job and ugly looking... They also have a '99 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 Spyder with less than 3,000 miles sitting in there shop. Thing is mint... and it just gets shuffled around there work shop. A shame I tell you!

Like I said, I'll try my best to get down there if I can.

It was either a 95 or a 96 spyder as that is the only year they made them. It is possible that they did a 99 front end face lift on it though. I would be surprised if they did though just for the fact most people who have them try not to change them too much because they are worth so much for being just what they are. I do love seeing the tops go down though.

[Gotian]

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=127343

there is the link with all the pics

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=127343&page=3
page where the kabura pics are posted. I Think the car looks beautiful.

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by SL3000gt

It was either a 95 or a 96 spyder as that is the only year they made them. It is possible that they did a 99 front end face lift on it though. I would be surprised if they did though just for the fact most people who have them try not to change them too much because they are worth so much for being just what they are. I do love seeing the tops go down though.

Hmm, you're probably right. It probably is a 95 or 96. But I do remember the guy saying it's got less than 3,000 miles on it. Next time I'm there, I'll make a note to check the mileage on it. And the VIN/Build date sticker on the door jam to see what year it really is.

All I know is it's fairly old, but practically new.

[VR43000GT]

Yeah they are very nice cars. I have got to go up and see only one VR4 Spyder ever. And if you have one of the green VR4 spyders and it is the stock paint that is EXTREMELY rare as they only made two of them. And in both years combined they made less than 1,000 VR4 Spyders. In 1996 they only produced about 350 if I recall right.

[CassiesMan]

Originally Posted by Musashi3000GT

Mushi jr.: Thats cause the old goat has something called torque.
Gotian jr.: OOOOOHHHH so thats what you call it when you turn a corner, cant hold it and run head on into a curb? torque?

At least he can get all his power from the get go...

*Hangs Head in Shame*

[Musashi3000GT]

Originally Posted by CassiesMan

At least he can get all his power from the get go...

*Hangs Head in Shame*

You drive a bad ass boosted little devil! YOU SHAME TO NO ONE!
come to think of it I cant think of any FWD sold in the US that can hold a candle to the "Wildchild". The SRT-4 is close behind but its not as consistent as the MS3 (stock to stock) and is no longer in production.
Even in the RWD you still gotta break above 35K or so to beat it.