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Perhaps the best answer is that it is not "abnormal".

Remember that the RX8 is a rotary engine, and works VERY differently than a traditional piston drive.

I'm not a cert. mechanic for Mazda, but my family has been driving them for well over 30 years (they've been very good to us) - and from what I can tell, 4000 in a rotary is close to what 2500 would be in a piston-engine.

The RX8 could probably hit 14000 RPM w/o really doing damage to the engine. The "red-line" at 8500 is there so the factory-installed clutch could handle the transitions. :-)

I have it on very good authority that (once the engine is warmed up!!) you should hit redline at least once a day. :-D Seriously.

Once I started doing that in my '05 RX8 (still going strong!), my gas mileage actually went UP (engine is better lubricated) and it has _never_ flooded. (a particularly nasty habit for RX8s of that year)

So... yes, it's okay. In fact, anything *less* than 3k may not be good for the engine. Shifting around 6k-7k RPM is not only completely safe for the RX8, but very much recommended for the life of the engine. i.e. if you don't hear that cool jet-engine-whine, then you are not driving the car nearly hard enough. It was designed by a racer, to be a racer. Taking an RX8 easy isn't good for the engine. Sure is; normal I mean. Power curve is optimal at the 3500-4000 RPM anyway.

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