killed an RX-8

**mears_ls1** · 08-03-2010, 12:54 PM

my buddy with an 04 rx-8 with full exhuast and intake and who knows what else. he told me he would stay right with me or even beat me by a car length or two.... so my buddy and i went out of town and we raced twice at a 25 mph roll.... i just left him like he was standing still..

**TmaxicanA** · 08-03-2010, 01:11 PM

nice kill on a newish import car! never raced an rx-8

**mears_ls1** · 08-03-2010, 01:19 PM

ya. i wasnt impressed by it at all. because of all the stuff he is suposed to have done to it

**TmaxicanA** · 08-03-2010, 01:22 PM

ya as im sure you know they have no torque. good HP numbers for a tiny engine..but it doesnt make the power in the same places of the band as we do...so unless its F/I or juiced its pish posh lol

**c5z28** · 08-03-2010, 01:22 PM

Rx-8's are dogs. Have had a few owners admit it.

**mears_ls1** · 08-03-2010, 01:29 PM

true... its funny tho cuz now hes mad and wants his freind to race me. he has a stock 02 s2000. my trans am has a mass air flow, cat back magnaflow, and programed,.. but im not for sure the s2k is stock

**big hammer** · 08-03-2010, 03:07 PM

you'll destroy the s2000 as well.

**Superluminal** · 08-03-2010, 03:44 PM

Why are these guys boasting how fast their stock cars are? Both of those cars are 14s stock. They are both excellent handling cars and both are RWD... so that's a plus, but in straight line acceleration, they are nowhere near a low 13s F-body.

**mears_ls1** · 08-03-2010, 03:56 PM

i just got my y pipe today.... what hp gain is a y pipe supsosed to give...

**c5z28** · 08-03-2010, 04:05 PM

2 seconds in the quarter

you'll here the difference you won't feel it.

**mears_ls1** · 08-03-2010, 04:14 PM

i just ment wont if give a few more getting rid of the cats? hahaha

**Knight** · 08-03-2010, 04:39 PM

Only if you're installing it along with L/Ts.

**00z28bubba** · 08-03-2010, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by mears_ls1

my buddy with an 04 rx-8 with full exhuast and intake and who knows what else. he told me he would stay right with me or even beat me by a car length or two.... so my buddy and i went out of town and we raced twice at a 25 mph roll.... i just left him like he was standing still..

around 210 hp 160 ft lbs of peak torque. with 3k weight... dont expect much. especially with with rotary motors. 100k and done is true to rotary vehicles.

**blackbird0230** · 08-03-2010, 06:30 PM

Nice kill, well if that's what you wanna call it, a best friend of mine has one too. Full exhaust, cai, coilpack upgrade (guess it helps) and he was able to take out mustang gts in it but really they just aren't fast. I snapped both of my belts racing him lol. I started listening to his rev limiter (9k I believe) rather than my own haha

**RJWZ28** · 08-05-2010, 07:20 PM

RX-8s are slow. I read a magazine test on a GReddy turbo one a few years back and that one wasn't even that fast. Those cars are meant for curves, not drag racing.

**dennis ss** · 08-07-2010, 07:58 AM

Nice kill. A win is a win no matter how slow a car is. If they are willing to race then bring it on

**RJWZ28** · 08-08-2010, 02:36 AM

Oh yeah, nice kill

I was always trying to sucker those into a race when I still had my LT1 Z. Never bit. Oh well.

**MeGoFast** · 08-08-2010, 09:53 AM

Nice easy kill. Whoever designed the style/shape of the RX8 should no longer be employed with Mazda. Drove past a parked RX-8 a few days ago and what really caught my eye was how similar in design the 2010 Camaro rims are to the RX8s, other than size they are near identical.

**RJWZ28** · 08-09-2010, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by MeGoFast

Nice easy kill. Whoever designed the style/shape of the RX8 should no longer be employed with Mazda. Drove past a parked RX-8 a few days ago and what really caught my eye was how similar in design the 2010 Camaro rims are to the RX8s, other than size they are near identical.

Why? I think it is a great-looking car with a great chassis. It needs to be reintroduced as the MX-8 with the MazdaSpeed3 engine under the hood, IMHO. If I was rolling in dough, that car would be my choice for the import to pick up and stuff an LS7/T56 into.