Volvoman37 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 alright, my buddy drives a nice blue Mazda RX-8, and he thinks its the best thing ever. so i told him we'd have to race, just to see how my car stacked up.first race ended up being from a 35mph roll, and we were door to door to roughy 80mph. i was pretty suprised, i thought those htings had more go than a grocery getter :tee hee:second race was at a light, full on, my power braking, he was revved to about 4k (he says) and bam, off the line, i pulled ahead immediately. his front bumper was at my rear bumper till about 60mph, when we had to slow to turn.of course, he began ranting about how his car isnt a straight line car, and how if we "added some twisties to the race", he'd have blown me out of the water, but we know the truth. the truth is... the wagon can nevar lose! on a side note, those cars are rated and a pathetically low torque number, which would explain the jump i had on him, but still, staying door to door with a "sports car" of sorts is pretty exciting for me. -Brendan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlson Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 your friend is a good driveri killed rx-8. couple of weeks ago. some old guy with dealership licence plates wanted to race me from the light. 3 out of 3 i owned that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmandmman Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 your friend is a good driveri killed rx-8. couple of weeks ago. some old guy with dealership licence plates wanted to race me from the light. 3 out of 3 i owned that guy.←or his volvo isn't as fast as it should be :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebor Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I would think you would have stomped an RX-8.Not that I wouldn't still like to have one. They're so NEAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibim Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Top end runs on the track, I get 181kph in my car (800m sprint) and the RX-8 got 165 ... that's hardly sports car territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volflo Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 there are two version available here in europe afaik. one has ~195 and the other ~230 bhp. Am i right?so if that one was the 195 version then its obvious you beat it.As for the torque: Dont forget its a rotary engine (Wankel) which generates its power by reving like mad (up to 10k i heard?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Yeah, they're definitely high-revving. The redline on that puppy is 9,000 rpm. I really wish they would have turbo'd the car. Wankels are meant to be turbo'd. =) I know they're saving it for a Mazdaspeed version, but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoman37 Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 the only mod i have done to my car is a 15psi chip, with stock everything else, so it felt like a pretty nice victory to me, especially since he's always talking about how awesome his car is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbor850 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 your problem was at the 35 mph, if you did it at 30 and downshifted into first, guarenteed you would have had him like cake, but 35 starts off in second and you had to build boost throughout the gearNICE WORK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxicLemonade Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 i believe i read that the automatic version was seriously detuned because the transmission couldnt handel the power. the maual transmissions had a little bit more power but not much more. i would rather have a 93 rx-7 then a new rx-8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancetheman Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 yea go wagon power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlson Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 or his volvo isn't as fast as it should be ←yeah.. You right. i didnt think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoman37 Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 his RX8 is a 6-speed, not auto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DougK Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 man I just keep going back and forth if I like the RX8 or not.I think it varries by the week lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoman37 Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 man I just keep going back and forth if I like the RX8 or not.I think it varries by the week lol←it'll be hot stuff when the supercharger kit is released early next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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