Drug an RX-8

[whiteknuckle]

well, not much of a race but...
i was headin to work the other morning when some 20 something guy pulls up next to me at a stoplight in an rx-8 w/a fart can. he kept mildly reving his engine so i knew he was going to get on it. when the light turned green he STOOD on it. i let him get the jump (i was still sleepy) out to about a car and pinned it. we were dead even till he hit second, and then, it was over. i started pulling him pretty easy. by the time it was all over with i had him by at least 1 1/2-2 cars in about an 1/8th mile. i've always heard the rx-8's are slow but dam. he got out run by a 10yr old 145k mile pontiac
that's why i LOVE my car

i also ran a friend of mine at work. he just bought a 99 540i. needless to say. i got my ass handed to me. wasn't to bad tho. i knew the day was coming.

[05SS45]

nice kill man!! them rx8 guys think their cars are rockets lol!!

[ryangtp89]

good kill!!

[Bio248]

rx-8s are sllooooww. they were meant to turn cornors.

[whiteknuckle]

rx-8s are sllooooww. they were meant to turn cornors.

from what i've heard they aren't really good at that either

[99prixgt]

yeah, from my experience rx-8's don't handle very well, when your going 65 around a bend, and all 4 tired let loose, i call it garbage. It almost killed me.

[blowfishRus6]

they have NOOOOOO torque at all. rotary sucks. it makes its power high in the rpm range and once it dips out of it, it sucks.

i raced a rotary rx7 (older one) in my n/a grandprix and we were even threw his first, then he shifted and it was over. probably a good 2 cars out because he diped out of his powerband. and that was only to about 55 or so.

nice kill man

[BADAZGTP]

Good kill man.

[evol207girl]

Nice kill

[SlowM90]

Great Kill!!!

[joe deleon]

yeah dats a nice kill to bad i used to really like them r x 7 really dont know much about the rx8 but kew nice kill dude

[blueguy]

Reason being is they didn't go forced induction...I bet you money if Mazda would offer a RX-8T or something...like a small ball bearing turbo, and side mounted IC...that thing would make close to 300hp on a small amount of boost...they make nice HP numbers, 250 ain't bad, especially from a motor that only displaces 1.3 liters...and yeah...150ft.lbs of torque...you gotta run those damn things to 8-9grand before they make any power...not a fan of them....but for some reason this is the BEST sounding weed whacker I've ever heard

YouTube - ExoticSpeed SSR1 RX8 exhaust header w/greddy sp2 catback

[99prixgt]

Reason being is they didn't go forced induction...I bet you money if Mazda would offer a RX-8T or something...like a small ball bearing turbo, and side mounted IC...that thing would make close to 300hp on a small amount of boost...they make nice HP numbers, 250 ain't bad, especially from a motor that only displaces 1.3 liters...and yeah...150ft.lbs of torque...you gotta run those damn things to 8-9grand before they make any power...not a fan of them....but for some reason this is the BEST sounding weed whacker I've ever heard

YouTube - ExoticSpeed SSR1 RX8 exhaust header w/greddy sp2 catback

Big power supras fear rx7's. Not only are they N/A but, cosmo's are just nasty motors. A 4 rotor cosmo will make 500whp N.A and rev out real high. Now if you throw a huge turbo on there id be scared, defintly hit the 1000hp mark. The cosmo 4 rotor is in Mazda's 787B race car. In the rx8's they have a 2 rotor renesis motor, its the same idea but complete garbage compared to the cosmo's. A boosted renesis motor is still balls slow, and worthless... I guess thats what happens when ford decided to make the motor

[blueguy]

Yeah I've seen the 4 rotor job...didn't they just slap 2 20B's together or was it 2 13B's? can't remember...

You mean like this bad mafacker?
YouTube - 4 rotor FD3S - FOURRE

YouTube - 787B 4rotor Start and Rev video

[blowfishRus6]

that mazda 787b is a bad mamajama, i remember it from gt3

[99prixgt]

yeah those are definitely some bad mazda's. I love how at idle they sound cammed.