good kill i like the look of the rx-7 but can't stand the 8. 
Rx8 Kill
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Rx8 Kill Im driving home from work at like 3:30 am sunday morning and an RX-8 passes me on hwy-6. He was going like 65 mph, so as i go to catch up with him, i get to the back of his driver door and he hits it. He pulled a little, until i hit it and pulled 1-1 1/2 lengths on him. I continued to pull until I shut it down at about 100-105mph. He pulled up to the next light and gave the thumbs up. He told me i had a badass car and I told him the same. Those RX-8's are sweet looking cars.
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They def do look nice, but any Rotary needs F/I to quench their thirst for torque...
I never liked the way they looked until a kid pulled up next to me in his red one with temp tags, they are very nice looking. I don't like the way the headlights are that much though
I never liked the way they looked until a kid pulled up next to me in his red one with temp tags, they are very nice looking. I don't like the way the headlights are that much though
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Originally Posted by 98SS Blackattack
They do look cool. Good kill. I think they should have made them a high 13 sec. car instead of a high 14 sec car
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i raced one the other day. he was behind me at a light. i took off easy didnt think he wanted any, but he punched it and flew up to my door and pulled by, so i punched it and caught up and pulled about 2 on him reached my turn and pulled off he looked and laughed like he didnt try what a dork (i know better). they look sweet though, too bad they dont come with a ls1!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Excal
they didn't want it to overshadow the rx-7 which will be back.
which makes me very happy, I'd definitely consider owning a next gen RX-7 
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Rx8's are pretty sweet looking cars but wow are they slow. Waaay tooo damn slow for me. I test drove one and they feel nothing close to an LS1 
My 4 Cylinder RSX Type-S I used to have with 200 HP pulled on one of them... I can't imagine what my SS would do against one of them. It wouldn't even be funny I know that much 
My 4 Cylinder RSX Type-S I used to have with 200 HP pulled on one of them... I can't imagine what my SS would do against one of them. It wouldn't even be funny I know that much 
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a modded anything can pull on anything, but if you're talking stock, then hell no.
yeah they "lose a ton of power" with auto..because it's a very low torque engine.
i don't imagine you can rev the auto to 8k like the manual.
oh by the way i read about a 3-rotor rx-8 with a t-80 turbo. it was making like 800fwhp.
yeah they "lose a ton of power" with auto..because it's a very low torque engine.
i don't imagine you can rev the auto to 8k like the manual.
oh by the way i read about a 3-rotor rx-8 with a t-80 turbo. it was making like 800fwhp.
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It's a shame that Mazda had so many turbo RX-7s go boom. Turbos and Rotarys are very hard to get to work together smoothly. Extremely hard to keep from running lean and probably the reason that the RX-8 is not a turbo.
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Originally Posted by Excal
a modded anything can pull on anything, but if you're talking stock, then hell no.
yeah they "lose a ton of power" with auto..because it's a very low torque engine.
i don't imagine you can rev the auto to 8k like the manual.
oh by the way i read about a 3-rotor rx-8 with a t-80 turbo. it was making like 800fwhp.
yeah they "lose a ton of power" with auto..because it's a very low torque engine.
i don't imagine you can rev the auto to 8k like the manual.
oh by the way i read about a 3-rotor rx-8 with a t-80 turbo. it was making like 800fwhp.
