---
title: "Watch A Diesel-Powered Mazda RX-8 Go Drifting"
description: "The Cummins \"RX-Hate\" sounds so wrong and we love it."
date: "2017-09-10"
modified: "2017-09-11"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/14223/watch-a-diesel-powered-mazda-rx-8-go-drifting"
categories:
  - "Mazda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "6BT"
  - "Build"
  - "Cummins"
  - "Diesel"
  - "Engine Swap"
  - "Ireland"
  - "mazda"
  - "RX"
  - "RX-8"
  - "RX-Hate"
---

# Watch A Diesel-Powered Mazda RX-8 Go Drifting

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/09/rx-hate-2.jpg>)
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One of the main reasons anybody drives a [Mazda RX-8](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12566/listen-to-this-3-rotor-mazda-rx-8-rally-car-sing>) is because they want a sports car with a [rotary engine](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/14064/mazda-confirms-rotary-sports-car-engine-in-development>). However, the madmen at Bodge Rides Garage in Ireland bought one and turned it into what they call the RX-Hate ditching the characteristic rotary in favor of a big diesel engine.

Bodge Rides Garage has owned this car for about a year and it took several months to complete the build. It has a 5.9-liter [Cummins](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7888/watch-this-cummins-diesel-powered-ford-bronco-barrel-through-the-snow>) 6BT 12-valve diesel inline-six that appeared in 1989-1998 Dodge Ram pickups along with various agricultural and commercial applications. It has the same five-speed manual transmission that came in manual diesel Rams that had this engine and the radiator is in the trunk.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYoxfCNB2EH

They “blew the shit out of” the stock RX-8 differential and will be replacing it with one from a BMW E46 3.0-liter diesel with a 2.28:1 ratio which will give the car “a lot more useable rev range.”

In an in-depth Q&A with one of the guys who built the RX-Hate answered many questions you’re probably wondering about it. It’s not street legal, but it “probably would be in the States” with a couple modifications like adding headlights. It has “300 horsepower, give or take” and as you can probably imagine, “no shortage of torque.” Then there’s the big question on everyone’s mind; why did you do this. “Why?” he laughed, “why not?” That answer is good enough for us.

For more of the fine, technical details on the RX-Hate, check out the full half-hour video below. To just see it drift around while pumping out black smoke, watch the first couple minutes, then skip to the 25:05 mark. Enjoy.

https://youtube.com/embed/zdHUJ_queWo

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