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I'm honestly impressed at how ingeniously simple this solution is. I'd be interested to see how it is doing when it further into being a high mileage vehicle.
@@Eadadong But not high enough to really decide if this actually made a difference or maybe just a fluke. If it continues to be problem free from here, then we know something is significant with this method.
I have an 05 Shinka in black cherry that is my daily driver. I picked it up at 78k miles and just recently passed 100k in the two years I've driven it. The Sohn kit was one of the few mods I've made. I also have a BHR decat pipe and coil kit, and I added an oil catch can because I've had to clean a ton of oil residue from the intake. I'm slowly replacing most of the aging parts as I come across minor issues, but it has not had any serious issues in the time I've owned it. I'm sort of looking forward to rebuilding the engine when the inevitable compression issues start because I have been itching to tear the engine down myself.
yo glad to see another RX8 brother. i have an O5 ive owned since 2012 with 90K, bought her with 20k, best mod i did was the Racing beat ultra light flywheel, second best is the MM tune. I've premixed with JASO FD rated 2 stroke at 1oz per gallon since i bought her. the 1st gen RX8 didn't inject enough oil and didn't have a 3rd injector in the middle. so even with the sohn adapter you can oil starve your apex seals. Especially when coasting above 45mph down hill. you should still premix at least 1/2oz per gallon.
I've turboed my RX8, spent an unbelievable amount of money getting it right. Even with boost I still use the stock oil metering pump no problem. But I change my oil and filter every 5k miles. (it's the S2, so has the three oil injectors per rotor and higher oil pressure. )
My father owned an 05 that unfortunately needed to be sold at the time of his passing back in 2019. We both loved that car, only had 12k miles on it, never saw rain, he was crazy about keeping it mint. I wish I was able to keep it, I think about that car constantly.
I was about to ask you why didn’t they or why you didn’t decide on keeping it? Especially that it sounds like there was a strong bond between you guys and car
First car was an 86' rx7 and wish I never gave that thing up. Such beautiful fun machines. Always used to railed by the homies saying it was just a moped on steroids
If increased fuel consumption from design, frequent oil changes, mindstet to not push when cold and drive like you stole it when properly warm you are able to accept, go for it, because there is no other engine like that than rotary.
Check if your location requires emissions checks for rotary cars. Sohn adapter is not making it through an emissions test and the cat will risk clogging, so removing the cat is the way to go.
@@PartikleVT I live in Germany and i was wondering since going catless is not permitted here how can i maintain in a better way?Any advice is much appreciated.
This video made me sad... i use to own one, same year as well. I loved the car. Had a full Borla exhaust with a AEM cold air intake and a bunch of other work. I had deep dish gun metal rims. Yes, i know the original ones were lighter but the car looked sick. My was red painted though. The car sounded like a plane was taking off. I had it tuned as well. Only thing that sucked was the fact you had to put oil into it every 700 miles and you couldn't take short trips and turn it off. I had 2 keys so i can lock the door while keeping it running. You can't do that today with these stupid push to start cars.
yo bro i have had my rx 8 for only 6 monthes i have 2 mods on the way for it do you have any suggestions to what i should mod or upgrade also how do i do the mod with the oil on the fire wall
Doesn’t the dirty oil go through a filter when it gets recirculated? That’s bad having fresh oil because the oil isn’t up to temp like the recirculating one. I don’t think this is a good setup sir
It goes through filter, but beside bypass valve you also will encounter that your engine oil does not burn as clean, but also your oil acidity and microelement which are not filtered are always in oil. Up to temperature this engine have reservoir on front plate when engine oil to feed that pump is keept. So even engine oil should have different temperature. but under the hood is so hot, and pipes for that injectors go so much around engine block that you could pour below 0*c oil in that reservoir it would be almost coolant temp when it will be injected to the engine.
Not to mention, if the filter could clean all contaminants we wouldn't need to change the oil as often, just the filter and adding more over time. All the filter does is prevent large contaminants from clogging the oiling system, the oil isn't getting any less chemically dirty.
