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I am a little puzzled. I had thought the on-paper specs for RX8 was quite impressive.
But on 2 separate occasions, I managed to thrash the RX8 by quite a ridiculous margin up to 150kph. Both RX8 drivers were really trying as I could hear their rotaries "wheeeeeing" away, even from distance. Judging from past experience, I would say their straight-line performance was below a 1.6L VTEC Civic. It got really embarrassing for one of them when he tried to stay with me round a 270 slip-road. Suffice to say, RX8 can also cock its inner rear wheel - but not in a good way :-)
What gives? Anybody here driven an RX8 hard? Is their real world straight-line performance much worse than claimed specs?
Never been next to a RX8 yet...but i know i get wasted by my mates RX7...lol
There are 2 versions mate. A 190bhp version and a 230bhp version.
If you easily beat it, i'd probably think it was the 190.
they also weigh 1350kg! even for the 230 version thats too heavy to be quick!
190bhp or 230bhp is decent poke, but 1350kg is far too heavy for a small sports car. I guess that's mystery solved. It's about as heavy as my old Legacy RS - and that's a family saloon, mind you. Plus, I think, the turbo lag and weak low-end torque wouldn't have helped. The last version RX7 was mighty quick but sadly the RX8 is just a pale shadow.
KingStromba
04-02-2005, 10:44
Plus the guy would clearly have been a hairdresser and as such, not able to drive for fear of breaking a nail.
Hey my car weighs 1370kg but still munches up the tarmac.
Scoobs/Evos/M3's all weigh in excess of 1350kg also.
KingStromba
06-02-2005, 18:44
I raced a Cupra R the other day actually and it was ok, fairly nippy. Suprised it hung on so long before disapearing in the rear view. Good effort.
hehe, you looking for me to dive in :wink:
KingStromba
06-02-2005, 21:17
Why what you driving these days? :wink:
Hey my car weighs 1370kg but still munches up the tarmac.
Scoobs/Evos/M3's all weigh in excess of 1350kg also.
Yes, my old '93 Legacy RS used to do really silly speeds as well. If memory serves me, it was re-plumbed to about 230 to 250bhp - weighing about 1.3 tons. A slug at low speed, but anything beyond 4k revs and it reels in the horizon quite rapidly. A demerit point killer though :-)
I had fully expected the RX8s to zoom by my Williams like the last model RX7 but nothing happened. It will be a great car if Mazda lightens the RX8 by 200kg or more and torque up the engine. Quite a few driven by marketing executive types here and quite rare to see them driven hard.
KingStromba
07-02-2005, 12:51
Is it just me or do RX8's look gay?
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