RX8 CF to the max

Philipp · 12-01-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Zsteve

I had a carbon fibered out RX8 pass me yesterday, basically a ricer fly by. He had a CF wing, trunk , hood and some exhaust work. Sounded like 2 fart cans more than a CBE or anything. Well I passed him in normal driving and in my rear view mirror I saw him punch it to catch up, of course I wouldnt let him and puled on him some till I quit. So he zooms by me again and as he does I see fire from his left exhaust tip for a couple of secs. I guess he needs to tune the car or something as I guess he was running rich and the hot pipes ignited the funes. It was funny cuz he wouldnt look at me, I guess he was mad all his light CF did nothing for him against a Z. But is the car running rich what caused the fire from the tip?

Actually it is kinda funny "feature" on the Rx8's. When they are ran to high revs they tend to go rich and can make flames out the CBE pipes... Makes you feel you have a BatMobile.
I had 2 RX8s (2004&05) and they both did this.
ps. Only modified Rx8s can have that feature...