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Old 9th August 2011, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by baz-r View Post
you will be needing a bigger fuel tank trust me and the oil for them rx8 motors is as expensive as liquid gold and thay need to burn some to stop tip ware so top ups are needed think of it like a 2stroke
They are heavy on fuel Baz, when i had mine i used to have a company fuel card so wasn't bothered but when i had to pay for my own it was bloody hard on the pocket, 18 mpg (flogged), even at 6 year ago prices. When the engine is pushing a car of 600kg as opposed to 1300kg it should be lighter on fuel though.

I found mine to be very good on oil though, i think this was more of a problem with older Rx-7 engines. But you do certainly need to keep an eye on it just to be sure.

Will be fun though....Andrew
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