evilone

i met this guy at the DragVa meet last night that had a dope ass rx-8(he is doing a photo shoot in 2 weeks for a magazine so keep a look out). i asked him what he ran at the track cuase some of the other guys were given him a hard time about it and he finally told me. he ran a 15.2 AND YES ITS A STICK. i busted out laughing at him sayin my car ran a 14.8 bone stock and its an auto. i had no idea that they were that slow. is anyone else amazed by this as i am????? i know some of that is driver error but still he said road and track or some other mag like that gave it really crappy 1/4 mile times also....i was blown away

Justin.CL

I test drove one. They are not very impressive cars at all.

Time For Sleeep

I'm alil' amazed. I thought they were quicker than that. Maybe the guy REALLY doesn't know how to shift well.

fuzzy02CLS

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They are slow in the 1/4 mile, because their power band is very high. 1/4 mile runs you need to get the car in that band which by the time it's there the 1/4 mile is over. There not very quick, but they will out handle us, & just about every stock car out there in the same price range. And they are faster around a race track.

KCPreki11

kevin79925

i raced one several times on 2 seperate occasions and he never beat me.

Minch00

Speed isn't always about the 1/4 mile........

bkknight369

to get the good 1/4 mile times you need to drop the cluch at a very high rpm (~6000 I believe)...its just not worth damaging the car that much to get a descent quarter mile time

Infamous425

doesnt it have like 160 lbs tq?

Red-CL

I beat 'em everytime I come across one.

Six Shifter

the RX-8's aren't happy unless there showin' ~ 8k on the tacho

mclarenf3387

Under-powered

There was a whole big thing where Mazda bought some of them back cause they rated the power incorrectly, read too much. Stock they're slow, but add some FI to them and they become quick little buggers.

Chaptorial

Raced one on the highway before i had the S/C and he got beat every which way.

Sharp looking cars that look way faster then they are.

phipark

They are neat to look at, but they are slow as doggie doo.

kevin79925

some doggies doo doo fast some doggies doo doo slow.. either way it stinks. specially if its in the house.

darrinb

15.2 isnt really slow, not much off from a stock cl-s

Crazy Bimmer

15.2 with 14mpg

cusdaddy

It's pretty slow for a sports car

amisconception

omg

mrsteve

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The same guy you are talking about ran 16.3 or something today at MIR. Lets hope the photoshoot doesn't include him driving

CLovis

stock Rx8's run low 14's, that guy is on crack

mattg

^ more like mid 14's w/ a good driver.

goldmemberer

^ provided it's a manual transmission. The auto version of the RX-8, for some funky ass reason, makes 6 more lb/ft of torque 500 rpm earlier, and 40 hp less. Since the manuals run mid 14s (R&T ran an MT: 14.5@96mph), the autos must have abysmal ETs.

95gt

That is my favorite part about them. This "amazing, revolutionary" engine that is slower than a civic with the gas mileage of an F 150 and burns oil like a 1972 ford

Sweet with that kind of advancement we should be getting 1 mile to the gallon and 0-60 in 50 seconds in the coming years.



does handle really well though

mrsteve

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I've never seen one go faster than 14.7.

bigman

my lil brother has one and put a spanking on a cls-6 with headers intake and axel backs. Off the line he got beat, but when they ran on the highway, he ate the cl-s till 130 where the cl was a few cars behind. The 8 is stock. I admit at it being slow off the line, but it is fast once up in the rpm range. Its a hot looking car and handles like its on rails. Also the car loves mods.

evilone

really i left befor he got to run and u and kevin for that matter. he has his car set up for drift and autox.... he also has n2o (2 bots) but he needs a f/m system to run them. he also striped the whole car out. cross bars/ the whole inside other that his sparcos lower tie bars anything that he could get a faster time with. thats funny he went slower.... im gunna have to give him a hard time next time i see him............

evilone

here is his car. the 350 next to him was just in the new turbo mag