Finally, after one year of owning two different Z's, I finally found someone willing to race me in their RX8. I have the basic beginner mods (listed below)as well as the RX8 did but I gotta tell ya, those cars are slow! I spanked him at three straight red lights. I only went to 3rd gear each time but each time he was at least 3 car lengths or more behind me. Victory is such a sweet feeling! I'm sure this race has been posted but I had to share.

 

eh screw the lights, give him a run at the mountains he's lighter and should make it more interesting

 

I agree but the icing on the cake was that he asked permission to get in front of me to turn right at the next street!

 

Was his car manual or auto? There is a difference in power between the two transmissions. If it is auto 197, manual 238. Hopefully it was not an auto, lol.

 

I give the rx8 props for even running.

 

+1

The only rx8 that ever even thought about racing me, did just that... he thought about it. I was cruising on the highway and passed him. He had a full body kit, wing.... etc. He sped up very obviously to pull even with me and started pacing me. I thought he must want to play so I downshifted and goosed it hard to see if he was game. He let off the throttle completely and tried to get as far away as possible.

It was classic.

rx8 = teh slow.

 

I've driven RX-8 before. It's SLOW.
They should discontinue the car ASAP and
bring back the real RX = the RX-7

 

I thought it was decent. The manual of course. Alot of high reving to get the car moving, but its a fun car.

 

For me the lack of low end torque was a bit letdown.
Talking about high reving engine, now S2000 was FUN to drive compared to RX-8.

 

i test drove the rx8 before getting the Z. That car is fun for taking turns but it lacked power. That was the main reason why i didn't get one. But on the other hand...if it had as much power as the Z then that would have been the more practical choice.

 

If they make the Rx-8 with a turbo and pushing 300hp, i would dig that car for sure

 

But they have a sporty-sounding exhaust though -- at least when reved up. I wonder how much HP if those things are turbo charged.

 

I remember reading an article about an RX8 with a Greddy TT kit pushing hp in the high 200 range...I could be wrong, but that's ridiculously slow for an aftermarket TT'ed modern "sports" car.

 

With Greddy bolt-on turbo they are about 260whp. WEAK.
There was a comparison article on R&T Speed which featured
Greddy turbo RX-8 with full bolt-on mods it still pulled only upper 200s or low 300s (I 4got gotta check again)
Still WEAK.

 

i don't think the looks of the rx8 could ever win me over. the back is ok, but the front is lame

 

That's really low hp. I guess it's not bad for the engine size, but still bad for a sports car. Why would mazda use that rotary, when their turbo engine from the mazda speed 6 have better potential and probably more reliable. It has something like 280 lbs of torque stock.

 

+1 for a turbo

 

I was in a Mazda dealership the other day and they had a ****aka Edition RX-8 with a body kit that looked really good, the interior had nice leather too.. But they wanted $34K for the damn thing!!! As a 20-25K sporty car it would be great, but as a 30-35K car it is totally ou-classes. The RX-8 should be classed with the Eclipse or Civic SI.

 

what word did the board censor there?

 

in before the move!


yes the 8's are slow.