those cars are weeeakkk....!!!!! ok red light on westheimer... i nod he nods.. we take off.. i had him by 3 cars.. next .light same story... 3rd light he ask me what i got under the hood..i tell him air intake.... he frowns... and turn off at next light... lol.

 

Good kill. I wonder can you do any mods to the rx-8

 

Hmm with a full bottle I might have a chance. There was one with temp tags (brand new) driving like a dick, with this smirk like he was driving a 10 sec ride. Good kill.

 

good kill, those guys think they got the hottest new sports car, but they're riding a turtle

 

Nice kill!

 

Good Kill, I love it when they frown!

 

lol, maybe his car wasnt broken in. I am in no way saying that you wouldnt have still beaten him, but it might have been a better race if his car was broken in.

Nice kill either way.

 

Now that is a nice kill!!!

 

just saw the dood again today!.... haha he must live near me... well he didnt believe i had nothing under the hood so we pulled over into a parking lot.. i opened up my hood and he was like daymmmm.... i got a look at his car... interior is trashy cheaply made... i like our interior muuucho better.. he had a lil over 2k miles on it so i guess its broken in.. we went down westheimer out side city limits where there arent many cars... raced him again.. 1st time i spun out on first and 2nd because the road is still moist from rain or something... only beat him by 2 cars... 2nd race.. i hooked up good and had him by 3 to 3.5 cars. cool guy... he gave me the when we got done and then went our seperate ways.

 

at least we don't have to worry about those being quicker than us, in a straight line that is.

 

Gotta love it that Mazda (Ford's bitch) overrated the hp yet again.

 

FYI: the 6speed RX8 has 250hp/159lb-ft but the automatic has only 210hp/164lb-ft. Either you raced an automatic model or the dude couldnt drive a 6speed.

 

wrong there buddy... check out this article.. they overrated the hp on the rx8

http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/mazda5_20030905.htm


"The Hiroshima, Japan-based company initially said the manual-transmission RX-8 produced 247 horsepower and the automatic version 207. It reduced those figures to 238 and 197 because of modifications to meet U.S. emissions rules"

so it actually only at 238 hp for the manual and 197 for the auto. pretty cruddy for a car that is 30k + in price.

RX-8

Automatic
197 @ 7200 rpm
164 @ 5000 rpm

6-Speed
238 @ 8500 rpm
159 @ 5500 rpm


http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ehicleCode=RX8


i guess thats why the are offering to buy back the car for those who already bought it or giving them a free maintenece contract and $500 dolla check card.

 

They did the same with the Miata where they would give you a credit card or buy your car back.

 

They are having major customer-relation problems because they are informing their customers that they must check their oil at every gas fill-up because the good ole Wankel is burning much more oil than they had anticipated.

If you ask me, just put that engine to death already. Barely any of them made it past 70k miles without major work anyways.

 

the performance numbers are supposedly still accurate despite the hp overrating and the car is supposed to go 0-60 in about 6 seconds i thought...maybe he couldn't drive or was breaking the car in.

 

nice kill

 

i was wondering how fast those cars were...

 

The performance most people are getting is way below the Mag #'s. I've been lurking the RX-8 board, and most people are not even able to get below 15's in the 1/4. Best I saw was 14.8. Pulling 170hp to the wheels won't get you 0-60 in 6 seconds.

 

170?? thats pathetic.

 

238 @ 8500 rpm
159 @ 5500 rpm

That's the key, so high power band. You have to redline that bitch to get any power.

 

Stock rotary and no turbos aren't gonna move this car. I think they can do the "street port" like in the RX7s. But this Wankel is supposed to be more efficient. I'm sure they'll find a way. For now enjoy toasting them.

 

by the time they're done re-rating the HP on that car it'll be as fast a 10 speed huffy.

 

Nice kill.

 

Acura CL Type S

Auto or Manual
260 bhp @ 6100 rpm
232 lbs-ft @ 3500-5500 rpm

Curb Weight
Automatic: 3510 lbs
Manual 3446 lbs

http://www.acura.com/models/model_sp....asp?module=cl


Honda Accord V6

Auto Or Manual
240 bhp @ 6250 rpm
212 lbs-ft @ 5000 rpm

Curb Weight
Auto - 3318lbs
Manual - 3285lbs

http://www.hondacars.com/models/spec...e=Accord+Coupe

Honda S2000

240 bhp @ 8300 rpm
153 lbs-ft @ 7500 rpm
Redline @ 9000 rpm

CurbWeight
2810lbs

http://www.hondacars.com/models/spec...odelName=S2000


RX-8

Automatic
197 bhp@ 7200 rpm
164 lbs-ft@ 5000 rpm
Redline @ 7500 rpm

6-Speed
238 bhp @ 8500 rpm
159 lbs-ft @ 5500 rpm
Redline @ 9000 rpm

Curb Weight

No Options
Auto - 3,053lbs
Manual - 3,029lbs

With Popular Options
Auto - 3854lbs
Manual - 3810lbs

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/disp...ehicleCode=RX8

holy shat the rx8 is a frikin bus when u add all the options

 

What the heck adds on 800 lbs?

 

Nope, that is shown as GVW, so those options you are alluding to are passengers and cargo. Which I guess are fairly popular.

GVW lb. 3,854 3,810

 

my sister
and she claims she looks like lee ann rhimes maybe after she's hit like 38 buffets

 

I've driven one. It was the 6-speed and it was waaaay gutless! I was not impressed. It handled the twisties nice though.

 

how would i do against one an 01 cls wit soon to be aem cai and comptech exhaust

 

Good to know... I was actually showing one some respect the other day on the highway. This guy was doing only 60 (way too slow in my area) in the left lane with no one in front of him... I wanted to pass him, but weren't sure if I should. By the time I was ready to go for it, he had already taken his exit.

 

Seen RX8 at Milan with just an ECU run 13.8... Also, the RX8 is balanced 50-50 I think. With a little weight reduction (it's already quite light) I don't see how it wouldn't smoke a CL-s.... Just my opinion though.

 

I think it needs to be launched at around 7.5K RPMs... most folks don't like to do that!

 

who has an ecu for the RX-8? I looked everywhere and found no mention of an ECU being out for it yet. The absolute best 1/4 mile time i've seen RX-8's get is 14.5...and that's a perfect run. Most don't dip below 15's. Maybe the guy was spraying?

 

I read in Honda-Tech a kill story at the track where a stock rx-8 6spd lost to an rsx-s with onlyCAI! And the worst part was that the rx-8 had a better 60' time! The rx-8 doesn't sound too impressive.

 

Hmm... I don't know. He just said ECU, I believed him. 14.5 out of a stock RX8? Or a modded one? Because I don't see CL-s bone stock 6-MT get 14.5 that often either... more likely high 14's.... No?

 

Low-Mid 14's to Mid-High 14's with the median be about a 14.5 - 14.6.

 

Yeah to get mag times with that car you gotta waste the clutch on launches, ala S2000.

 

NO TORQUE!

 

HEY FUCKER!!!

170hp is pretty fuckin' good for a '99 2.3CL with less than $500.00 in performance mods. (154hp stock for F23 engine).

Let's not forget that EVERYONE on here isn't running a '00-'03 CLS 6cyl...
A little respect, please.