RX-8 not as fast as he thought it was
04-12-2008, 09:39 PM
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RX-8 not as fast as he thought it was Co-worker of mine recently bought an RX-8 and kept running his mouth about how fast it is because it's so light and has a really high redline. Nevermind the fact that they make no power at all.
This evening on the way out of the parking lot he flew past me, I caught up to him on the freeway on-ramp and surprised him by gaining on him through the corner. By his words my car is too big and heavy to handle well....
I gave it 3/4 throttle in 4th and walked by him. We got off the freeway and turned left under the over-pass me in the inside lean and him in the outside lane. I could hear his motor spinning up so I dropped the hammer and power-shifted 1-2 and 2-3 gears. When I looked in my mirror he had already moved over and was making a left-hand turn.
Maybe he won't talk about cars with me anymore...that would be a shame, he was entertaining. Now to take care of that kid who just bought a dumdumdumdum and thinks it's the fastest thing out there....
This evening on the way out of the parking lot he flew past me, I caught up to him on the freeway on-ramp and surprised him by gaining on him through the corner. By his words my car is too big and heavy to handle well....
I gave it 3/4 throttle in 4th and walked by him. We got off the freeway and turned left under the over-pass me in the inside lean and him in the outside lane. I could hear his motor spinning up so I dropped the hammer and power-shifted 1-2 and 2-3 gears. When I looked in my mirror he had already moved over and was making a left-hand turn.
Maybe he won't talk about cars with me anymore...that would be a shame, he was entertaining. Now to take care of that kid who just bought a dumdumdumdum and thinks it's the fastest thing out there....
04-12-2008, 09:44 PM
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Most do. I used to own an RX-8 (everyone makes mistakes, right? 
). I didn't get a chance to run mine, but last time I was at the track my friend ran a 14.4 in his RX-8.
340whp is the most I've ever seen on a turbo RX-8, and they are very very rare since most people who have them find out that there's no point.
). I didn't get a chance to run mine, but last time I was at the track my friend ran a 14.4 in his RX-8.340whp is the most I've ever seen on a turbo RX-8, and they are very very rare since most people who have them find out that there's no point.
04-13-2008, 11:38 AM
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A friend of mine went out and bought a brand new one a few years ago when I had my 95 3.4L m5 camaro. We ended up going from a 20 roll and we were door to door to about 90.
He said damn your car is fast, I didnt want to break is heart but I was thinking "damn your **** is slow"
He said damn your car is fast, I didnt want to break is heart but I was thinking "damn your **** is slow"
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04-13-2008, 09:33 PM
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When we went to the track, we both had our best times. 15.02 @ 91 me and something like 15.2 @ 90.2 for him. I'm not real sure what a "good" time for a manual RX8 would be but it can't be much more than that. I drove it...it was horrible.
04-13-2008, 09:51 PM
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Average drivers are gonna run high 14s/low 15s, but really good drivers that know their cars well have gone mid 14s @ 94-96mph. 90mph trapspeed is quite low for a 6spd RX8.
04-14-2008, 01:40 AM
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