vette dude Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I raced my friend who has a RX8, and won, i am bone stock, and he has an Intake... He would have taken me up top, but we didn't race that far, and i did not even launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viperkiller97 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Nice KILL , Thats how its done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinlow Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Auto or Manual RX8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams2003 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 The rx-8's are cool cars, a little expensive though compared to other four door sport cars in its class that out perform it big time (sti, evo). Nice kill though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOLLEYMAN08 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 nice kill, have to ask though, does your buddy have any expeirence driving the 8? I just bought one for my wife and it will beat my stock SS. You really have to get them up at about 6 k then drop the clutch and they will get it done. little lacking on the low end torque, what else do you expect from a rotaty enginr though, but if you rev em up and dump the clutch the 8 will squat and get it. As said before you really have to keep those rotory engines abouve 6k or 6.5k to get them to pull hard. just my opinion and expierece with my wifes rx-8 manual. r/ jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSMANIAC Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 nice kill, have to ask though, does your buddy have any expeirence driving the 8? I just bought one for my wife and it will beat my stock SS. You really have to get them up at about 6 k then drop the clutch and they will get it done. little lacking on the low end torque, what else do you expect from a rotaty enginr though, but if you rev em up and dump the clutch the 8 will squat and get it. As said before you really have to keep those rotory engines abouve 6k or 6.5k to get them to pull hard. just my opinion and expierece with my wifes rx-8 manual. r/ jack I am with you, I used to have one back in the 80's (RX-7)you had to keep them up there to feel the pull, even though you knew you were climbing in speed you never felt the pull back that you feel with an amerian muscle v8. I been wondering if they are making more than one type of rotary engines, back in the 80's they had two types the 12A and 13B if I remember correctly. Nice kill though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette dude Posted March 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 nice kill, have to ask though, does your buddy have any expeirence driving the 8? I just bought one for my wife and it will beat my stock SS. You really have to get them up at about 6 k then drop the clutch and they will get it done. little lacking on the low end torque, what else do you expect from a rotaty enginr though, but if you rev em up and dump the clutch the 8 will squat and get it. As said before you really have to keep those rotory engines abouve 6k or 6.5k to get them to pull hard. just my opinion and expierece with my wifes rx-8 manual. r/ jack yeah, he would not know how to launch, however it is not that hard to shift gears... I agree that if we kept racing he would have taken me, bu it was from a stop sign, any way once i get my mods, it will be all over. I will race my bud with the WRX then, I am pretty confident i will win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams2003 Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 nice kill, have to ask though, does your buddy have any expeirence driving the 8? I just bought one for my wife and it will beat my stock SS. You really have to get them up at about 6 k then drop the clutch and they will get it done. little lacking on the low end torque, what else do you expect from a rotaty enginr though, but if you rev em up and dump the clutch the 8 will squat and get it. As said before you really have to keep those rotory engines abouve 6k or 6.5k to get them to pull hard. just my opinion and expierece with my wifes rx-8 manual. r/ jack yeah, he would not know how to launch, however it is not that hard to shift gears... I agree that if we kept racing he would have taken me, bu it was from a stop sign, any way once i get my mods, it will be all over. I will race my bud with the WRX then, I am pretty confident i will win Regular wrx or sti? Stock or modified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Nice cars, but not overly powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSport Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 The RX-8 has a good motor, but just to small. 1.3L i think, imagine a 3.0L rotory engine, that would hall butt. it could probably make like 450 HP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette dude Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 nice kill, have to ask though, does your buddy have any expeirence driving the 8? I just bought one for my wife and it will beat my stock SS. You really have to get them up at about 6 k then drop the clutch and they will get it done. little lacking on the low end torque, what else do you expect from a rotaty enginr though, but if you rev em up and dump the clutch the 8 will squat and get it. As said before you really have to keep those rotory engines abouve 6k or 6.5k to get them to pull hard. just my opinion and expierece with my wifes rx-8 manual. r/ jack yeah, he would not know how to launch, however it is not that hard to shift gears... I agree that if we kept racing he would have taken me, bu it was from a stop sign, any way once i get my mods, it will be all over. I will race my bud with the WRX then, I am pretty confident i will win Regular wrx or sti? Stock or modified? WRX with a turbo back u-tec new wheels and tires, samcos, an IC sprayer and some springs... I think that is it for hids mods list, the car is pretty respectable, and i have helped him do most of his mods so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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