Its been a few months now with me and my 8 , getting a little bolder on the turns and pushing my car to the limits. I here all the talk about how twisties and turns are the "Real" of the car so i see myself not slowing down when im crossing the intersection, just pushing harder on the pedal and letting the back end slide on a 105 degree turn at 60mph. What was your best corner?

I'm not sure, I take some off rams (4 leaf design) @ about 70 sometimes, I can tell I could push it just a little more but I don't want to risk the wreck, One of my RX7's got loose on me :(

I just know that overall this car is the best handling car I've ever driven. I like it on some swooping S turns.

Yeah ill agree with you first accidental hard corner i hit was like i wasnt even turning at all im always tempted to drift every corner but i dont want to be paying for tires all the time but it is fun

Finding that out on the street is stupid, if you want to see how hard the car can corner come out to an autocross where you can do it in a safe and timed/meaningful location. Taking a high speed corner and LOOKING DOWN to see how fast you're going on a public road is crazy.

Uncivilized, PM me if you're interested. I'm in Dallas as well and help run the North TX S2000 autocrosses, we're having one next, next saturday Sept 29th.

<snip> so i see myself not slowing down when im crossing the intersection, just pushing harder on the pedal and letting the back end slide on a 105 degree turn at 60mph. What was your best corner?

You might want to take that kind of behavior elsewhere than at intersections... maybe at least to the highway or someotherplace where you won't plow thru a pedestrian or another car... sorry just had an MR2 almost fly over me recently he tried to cross an intersection at close to 100mph and lost it... lucky he didn't die.

/end :spank:

But I agree with you about the whole RX-8 in a curve thing... I haven't seen where the car "loses it" yet and that frightens me because everytime I take a curve a lil' faster than before, and next time it's still a lil'faster... and I'm wondering when it'll be "too much" lol. That car really sticks to the road.

I'll be finding out on October 5th when I go to Mid-Ohio raceway. Let's see how fast I can take the Keyhole.

Yeah ill agree with you first accidental hard corner i hit was like i wasnt even turning at all im always tempted to drift every corner but i dont want to be paying for tires all the time but it is fun

If you are tempted to drift every corner turn in your driver's license.

NO not every corner but im sure none of us out there can sit and say they never have broken the law outside of the track, sped or didnt come to a complete stop before hitting a corner. everyones habits are different of course when i made my comment it was a spur of the moment test of the car after having it 6 months if there is anyone that has posted that has not tested the limit of thier car, let them speak now

and i never attempt my stunts when other cars are around like other fools do the last thing i want to be responsible for is hitting another car let alone another person

I dont take corners fast. I bought this car for its straight line performance. :)

My favorite corner was a cloverleaf style exit ramp from 1 highway to another with my dad in the car. Seeing him grab the hand holds and go "Oh shit!" as i down shifted into 3rd and took the entire loop at 45-50mph. Were I a more competent driver, I could probably take it a lot faster, but I like not dying/crashing/getting pulled over.

No use in looking down at the speed during a corner when im pretty sure the whole point of taking the corner is to maintain the speed through to the end

L shaped turn @ 65 mph, first time and last time I shall ever do that again........

the drifting was fun(and I have an AT)

Damn that would be a 1 time thing for me also - that would be a hard one to pull off

about 55mph on the off ramp, which is a pretty tight corner and is long... Didn't really push it so no tire squeal...

I would have to say my fastest corner is the Kink at Road America. Right around 90-100 mph.

I would have to say my fastest corner is the Kink at Road America. Right around 90-100 mph.

dayum...I only had the balls to do 80's through there.

i took this lonnng ass s-turn on ramp flat out. was doing probably 115 in a turn... then i lifted off the throttle because the car started to understeer, and then the ass end began to swing out. lets just say the only reason why my car is still here today is because of the DSC !

lol, don't try this though
but any of you guys ever tried drifting through an intersection? its fun......but after you have done it, I didn't get the

WOOOHOOO feeling, I was like......OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

lol, don't try this though
but any of you guys ever tried drifting through an intersection? its fun......but after you have done it, I didn't get the

WOOOHOOO feeling, I was like......OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Just when I thought your posts couldn't get any more delusional and moronic you go and prove me wrong.

I'm with you Ike....the whole debate about speeding in corners is one thing. If you drive too fast into one you crash...end of story.

i took this lonnng ass s-turn on ramp flat out. was doing probably 115 in a turn... then i lifted off the throttle because the car started to understeer, and then the ass end began to swing out. lets just say the only reason why my car is still here today is because of the DSC !

Yep, its totally not from your driving skill. So let me get this straight, you were turning, started to lose control so you backed off the throttle? :rofl: :rofl:

lol, don't try this though
but any of you guys ever tried drifting through an intersection? its fun......but after you have done it, I didn't get the

WOOOHOOO feeling, I was like......OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

ahahahahahhahahah, you sir are the BIGGEST retard who has ever had the misfortune to post here.

i took this lonnng ass s-turn on ramp flat out. was doing probably 115 in a turn... then i lifted off the throttle because the car started to understeer, and then the ass end began to swing out. lets just say the only reason why my car is still here today is because of the DSC !


Whoa!:Eyecrazy: Take it easy out there...remember DSC can't save everything

Went above 70 mph in a loop road connecting to the expressway. Had to dodge some cars in the process. Sorry it wasn't a corner though. Pretty fun if I don't say so myself..

For those who want to picture it.. Here's the road on google map. Maybe some in the area have been on it.. Click here! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=&mra=pr&ie=UTF8&ll=25.671666,-80.36521&spn=0.003529,0.005021&t=k&z=18&om=1)

HAHA, P7, I live literally just out of frame of that picture, a bit futher north on 107th. I know that intersecion well though, right by MDC on Killian, the turnpike extention.

Man Ive had some fun on those ramps before!

My fav, on ramp though is getting onto the snapper creek expwy. from US1, third gear all the way up the ramp, 4th gear on the downhill... WEEEHAW!

BTW, if that is your fav. section of road, why I have STILL not met you? You drive within 1 minute of my house all the time!

^that looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

BTW, if that is your fav. section of road, why I have STILL not met you? You drive within 1 minute of my house all the time!

Haha, I live about 5mins away from that section. And I past by there at least every other day for work.. Since I take that expressway to Dadeland mall. And it's weird that I haven't seen your 8 either.. Since it's one of the unique looking ones..

Dude you wont just see me, youll hear me too :)

We should meet up sometime just to talk shit... I always enjoy meeting fellow 8 owners. If you got some spare time and wanna get a sub at Hungry Bear or something, lemme know!

Dude you wont just see me, youll hear me too :)

We should meet up sometime just to talk shit... I always enjoy meeting fellow 8 owners. If you got some spare time and wanna get a sub at Hungry Bear or something, lemme know!

lol, Hungry Bear.. Used to go there all the time after school. Sounds good man. Anytime is good.. Except today and tomorrow.. Football** ;)

the winding roads in west chester.....off ramps on I-95 for the newtown bypass (near philly) i can take it at 94 mphand itll go more than that but its on the limiter in third and ill neevr upshift midcorner so ill enevr kno how fast i can really take it.

the cross over of route 1 in oxford valley and the entrances to i-95 above it are like a four leaf clover and they connect completely so i run thru those late at night....

lol, Hungry Bear.. Used to go there all the time after school. Sounds good man. Anytime is good.. Except today and tomorrow.. Football** ;)

Hungry Bear is THE BEST... Id be down to do lunch on Wednesday, say around 1 o'clock? You availible?

Hungry Bear is THE BEST... Id be down to do lunch on Wednesday, say around 1 o'clock? You availible?

Bro, nice timing.. I actually get out of class at 12:30pm on weds. Sounds great.

ahahahahahhahahah, you sir are the BIGGEST retard who has ever had the misfortune to post here.


..agreed..

lol, don't try this though
but any of you guys ever tried drifting through an intersection? its fun......but after you have done it, I didn't get the

WOOOHOOO feeling, I was like......OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

People like you make insurance rates so high. If morons like you weren't already paying for my insurance discounts through your taxes, I would find you and demand a check.

If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....:icon_no2:

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html

Just when I thought your posts couldn't get any more delusional and moronic you go and prove me wrong.

I can never prove you right

Bro, nice timing.. I actually get out of class at 12:30pm on weds. Sounds great.

Sounds good. See you Wednesday!

If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....:icon_no2:

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html


Thats terrible man... whats worse is it sounds just like an above post, minus the tragic ending.

I wont say Im a saint and have never hit tripple digits, but I only ever put MY OWN life at risk. I never do it with anyone else in the car, or with anyone else in sight on the road. If I die, its my own damn fault, and Im not taking anyone with me.

ther is a long uphill onramp here in jax that connects our perimeter to 95 north, it starts going up hill curving to the left and continues into a downhill. its a lil over 3/4 of a mile long and there is a clear line of sight from start to finish. the max speed was like 115 goin into the straight at near the end of the turn but i kept it at about 93 till i was goin down hill. I love this car.

Thats terrible man... whats worse is it sounds just like an above post, minus the tragic ending.

I wont say Im a saint and have never hit tripple digits, but I only ever put MY OWN life at risk. I never do it with anyone else in the car, or with anyone else in sight on the road. If I die, its my own damn fault, and Im not taking anyone with me.


In a way I feel that way, but then I think about who I would leave behind, cause thats who it really affects.

There is an almost unused entrance way to the Long Island Expressway which serves as an exit from the Woodbury Corporate Office Park where I work. First, there is a short curved stretch, beneath the Expressway overpass, followed by this really stiff-curved arc of a road leading to the onramp. Both are left turns. It is not the slightest bit banked, but you can stuff your foot in it at high revs for the first turn and continue ramping up the speed going through the second without so much as a wimper from the car. Done right, you then have to slow down very quickly before the approach on the Expressway- after all, we don't want to enter the right lane at 90 MPH.

Do we?:hahano:

If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....:icon_no2:

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html

Sad story for sure, its never good when people get hurt or killed... But inexperience comes into play with these cases most of the time.

The driver had 2 previous accidents... With anyone under 21 they should take your driver privileges away with infractions for 3 months at a time and have you take a road safety course.

I myself have barely pushed my rx8 to any type of limit. And I've only had it about a month... I'm currently looking for a driving/racing course where I can take the car on a track and find its limits, learn how it reacts and recovers in wet/dry conditions etc.

If you want to live past tomorrow read this.....:icon_no2:

http://www.newsobserver.com/710/story/415439.html

Serious stuff. I wouldn't consider myself a reckless driver but I have done some crazy shyt. None however that would hurt anyone else, for that matter.

I went into the office today, and the office park has this great set of 3 corners right in a row... nice thing about Saturdays, is the place is virtually deserted. So I was finally able to really push my car to a new limit and I got a bit of tire sequel on the last turn :)


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=350+willowbrook+office+park,+fairport,+ny&daddr=&sll=25.779006,-80.385847&sspn=0.013004,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=43.037995,-77.457663&spn=0.002639,0.005021&t=k&z=18&om=1

Went above 70 mph in a loop road connecting to the expressway. Had to dodge some cars in the process. Sorry it wasn't a corner though. Pretty fun if I don't say so myself..

For those who want to picture it.. Here's the road on google map. Maybe some in the area have been on it.. Click here! (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=&mra=pr&ie=UTF8&ll=25.671666,-80.36521&spn=0.003529,0.005021&t=k&z=18&om=1)

Not that I condone this behavior :suspect: But the On ramp on 117th is child's play compared to S. Bound on the Turnpike, exiting to 836

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=&mra=pr&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=25.779489,-80.387306&spn=0.00599,0.011458&z=16

I would have to say my fastest corner is the Kink at Road America. Right around 90-100 mph.

+1, but I nearly shit my pants :lol2:

dayum...I only had the balls to do 80's through there.

Yes, but if not mistaken that was with your old car. With the 8 you will reach 90. I did 92.

Over the years this car gets more and more dangerous for people to own and I'm sure there's a shitload of you who already know this. You've accepted the lack of straight line performance found in similarly classed sports/sporty cars (unless you solved that with $$$$$$ and went the F/I route), and have learned to get your kicks from the car's handling abilities instead. You may have given up wasting your rubber from stoplight to stoplight and redlining through every gear on the highway like all the other morons on the road, but that doesn't conceal the fact that you've gotten more and more conditioned into plowing through turns, tight corners, winding roads, onramps...and even intersections...at faster speeds than you ever dared in the past. The habit of relying on DSC to save your asses has left you in so many close calls where you had your fingers, toes, and testicles crossed that you've lost count. Yet you keep pushing it to the limit since you're still here in one piece posting on this thread.

:uhh: who had dsc on?

You make a good point you got to know your limits with the car seeing that im use to driving front wheel drive and now the whole tailfishing and drifting is a new concept. never the less no matter how long you have had your car you will still push it to the limit, showing off or just seeing if you can do it for yourself. im always doing the stupid shit alone and when no one's around sometimes you just cant help it

108 mph. 4 wheel. 1st and last time. that was just stupid to try in a car with a stock hieght. pulled it off ... got lucky

i think i was at around 75 in a recommended 15 when I nearly shit myself, if that's you mean. i had a big fat grin when it was done though. i love this car ... and my tein basics.

Sad story for sure, its never good when people get hurt or killed... But inexperience comes into play with these cases most of the time.

The driver had 2 previous accidents... With anyone under 21 they should take your driver privileges away with infractions for 3 months at a time and have you take a road safety course.

I myself have barely pushed my rx8 to any type of limit. And I've only had it about a month... I'm currently looking for a driving/racing course where I can take the car on a track and find its limits, learn how it reacts and recovers in wet/dry conditions etc.

Good point champi0n..education is the key. We can only push our luck so far before the law of averages catches up....:)

Over the years this car gets more and more dangerous for people to own and I'm sure there's a shitload of you who already know this. You've accepted the lack of straight line performance found in similarly classed sports/sporty cars (unless you solved that with $$$$$$ and went the F/I route), and have learned to get your kicks from the car's handling abilities instead. You may have given up wasting your rubber from stoplight to stoplight and redlining through every gear on the highway like all the other morons on the road, but that doesn't conceal the fact that you've gotten more and more conditioned into plowing through turns, tight corners, winding roads, onramps...and even intersections...at faster speeds than you ever dared in the past. The habit of relying on DSC to save your asses has left you in so many close calls where you had your fingers, toes, and testicles crossed that you've lost count. Yet you keep pushing it to the limit since you're still here in one piece posting on this thread.

That's why I do that crazy stupid shit on the track where it's not crazy nor stupid. But maybe a little insane :) Once I started going to the track I found myself driving less aggressive on the road. I just wait for the track day:lol2:

Yes, but if not mistaken that was with your old car. With the 8 you will reach 90. I did 92.I would think that you should be able to go faster than that.
When I was racing the 7, I was hitting 90 coming out of the carousel. I was originally freaked by "The Kink". I would left foot brake and later lift before entering the corner. Then I found I could go flat out through there. Just think about the speed your going, flat out from the exit of corner 8 to the braking point to corner 12. The speedo didn't read correctly in the race car, but I was well over 110 mph. One time the rear end stepped out unexpectedly and that was exciting.

dsc is bad. i always turn it off unless its wet

Well over a hundred. But that's on the track.

You can do 112 to 115 on the Chianes.

dsc is bad. i always turn it off unless its wet

How is it bad?

How is it bad?

Because some people believe that human reaction times can outperform a computer that is constantly monitoring wheel slippage. :icon_no2:

Traction control also makes it a hell of a lot harder to do stupid racing tricks like drifting.

Finally, If you total your car, and your traction control is off when you do itm your insurance company won't pay you a dime.

So clearly its a terrible thing.

yeah, you can't make a controlled angle avoidance maneuver with the dsc off. there's no way you can make one wheel spin at a different speed. dsc is the best safety feature to hit the market since air bags. in standard driving, you're stupid to turn it off. don't turn it off unless you're stuck, drifting or peeling out.

I would think that you should be able to go faster than that.
When I was racing the 7, I was hitting 90 coming out of the carousel. I was originally freaked by "The Kink". I would left foot brake and later lift before entering the corner. Then I found I could go flat out through there. Just think about the speed your going, flat out from the exit of corner 8 to the braking point to corner 12. The speedo didn't read correctly in the race car, but I was well over 110 mph. One time the rear end stepped out unexpectedly and that was exciting.

I probably could go faster, now that I'm more familiar with the track I can get a bit more balzy. Guess I'll have to wait till next season.

That's why I do that crazy stupid shit on the track where it's not crazy nor stupid. But maybe a little insane :) Once I started going to the track I found myself driving less aggressive on the road. I just wait for the track day:lol2:

True.

its hard for me to imagine myself "finding my car's limits" on the street.

Over the years this car gets more and more dangerous for people to own and I'm sure there's a shitload of you who already know this. You've accepted the lack of straight line performance found in similarly classed sports/sporty cars (unless you solved that with $$$$$$ and went the F/I route), and have learned to get your kicks from the car's handling abilities instead. You may have given up wasting your rubber from stoplight to stoplight and redlining through every gear on the highway like all the other morons on the road, but that doesn't conceal the fact that you've gotten more and more conditioned into plowing through turns, tight corners, winding roads, onramps...and even intersections...at faster speeds than you ever dared in the past. The habit of relying on DSC to save your asses has left you in so many close calls where you had your fingers, toes, and testicles crossed that you've lost count. Yet you keep pushing it to the limit since you're still here in one piece posting on this thread.


For every car I have ever owned, handling took precedence over power. Always. I "learned to get my kicks from a car's handling abilities" a few decades ago.

For those who liked straight line performance, there was plenty of iron to choose from. It was never my choice. Not then- not now. And for the last time- the car is not "slow." For every adolescent who thinks lopping a tenth of a second off a 0-60 time makes every slower car a piece of crap, you don't know what you're missing.

I have yet to come even close to the 'limits' of this cars handling on the street. Youd have to be a seriously bad driver/seriously reckless driver to get this car sideway on public roads. Only time Ive ever lost grip was going thru a patch of gravel at the apex of an off-ramp... I had the DSC off, and with a little contersteering was fine. I was nowhere near the traction limit of the car, but adverse road conditions can bring that threshold wayyyy down.

My point is this, the limits of this car usually far exceed that of the person driving it (I said usually, auto-x junkies). It is when inexperienced drivers try to push past their own abilities that accidents happen. Lucky, as seen in previous posts, this car is forgiving enough to save many people from such mistakes... but as I said, the occasional 'adverse situation' can catch even the best driver off gaurd.

As JERKY said, people become bolder and bolder driving the car, and begin driving beyond their abilities simply because the CAR can handle it. All it takes is one time with the DSC off, a little traction break in the rear, and if you dont know how to handle it youre screwed. In those cases, the DSC is usually a better driver than the person behind the wheel.

Turn one @ NPR about 105 MPH not in the 8 however.

yeah, you can't make a controlled angle avoidance maneuver with the dsc off. there's no way you can make one wheel spin at a different speed. dsc is the best safety feature to hit the market since air bags. in standard driving, you're stupid to turn it off. don't turn it off unless you're stuck, drifting or peeling out.

Your really funny. It does the exact oppisite thing.

It shuts down the car.

Last thing you want in accident avoidence is the engine to stall.

Try taking it for Auto X someday. Keep the DSC on see what happens.

And Yes you are correct. You need to keep it on when driving on the streets.

I don't go that fast, but i did notice that i can do a turn thats about 80 degrees at 30 mph. without the tires skidding. Im sure most of you know that already though.

Word.

I've been running the 8 more and more on an autocross course. course dependant wether I take both stages off. fast flowing courses I do 1 stage off because at high speeds the DSC helps me be smooth. tight courses both stages off because you got to get the car to rotate and accelerate out of tighter corners.
Going 10/10ths on the street in ANY car is totally stupid.

:banghead: I dont take corners fast. I bought this car for its straight line performance. :)

:lol2:


The fastest ones I've taken as in a residential going likt 45-50. I probably would have done a nice power slide, but I had traction control on :banghead:

On the route from Houston to Austin there's this 270 degree highway interchange that was clearly build LONG after the surrounding roads were firmly in place. It's banked VERY sharply, and has a very tight diameter.

Well, I got to take it for the first time with my MS suspension when there wasn't another car in sight for miles. Now, I'm far from the best driver in the world, but mostly because I lack the experience, not the know-how. Let me just say that I got damn lucky and nailed this turn about as perfect as anyone ever could. The car gripped exactly how I wanted it to, I hit the apex perfectly, and the G's were so high that breathing was a near-conscious effort. I don't know how fast I was going because I never looked down (as said earlier - the road ahead should be your only concern at a time like that), but if I had to guess, I had to have been pushing 65-75mph the whole time.


My passenger was kinda daydreaming when I went into the turn, so she wasn't braced or prepared in any sense of the word...
...she ended up getting tunnel vision and nearly blacked out from the sudden lateral and vertical G's. She said all she remembered was the car suddenly jerking, which made her look up (she was going through my CDs or something), she had the wind pushed out of her and couldn't inhale, but before she could force herself to take a breath she started seeing spots, and her body quickly went numb on her as her eyes started smearing everything together and fading to black.

I won't lie - towards the end of the turn I was starting to get a little tingle in the fingers and see some flashing yellow spots in my periphrial. While certainly not the highest speed turn in the state, it's got to be one of the most intense! Good luck finding a point in time when there isn't traffic on it, though - I must have driven to Austin and back 17 or more times by now, and this was only the 2nd time I've seen it with no cars crawling around it at 25mph.

Fastest corner was in Orange, CA.
The ramp from the 22E to the 57N.
I hit MkII on that ramp....



JK!

I actually took it at approximate average of 95mph.
I entered it at 90, didn't look at the speedometer going through the whole turn but I didn't let off of the accelerator nor hit the brakes. I exited at 100.

So... yeah... I'll NEVER do that again... Ever!

How about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6DINcBv8jk&mode=related&search=

My passenger was kinda daydreaming when I went into the turn, so she wasn't braced or prepared in any sense of the word...
...she ended up getting tunnel vision and nearly blacked out from the sudden lateral and vertical G's. She said all she remembered was the car suddenly jerking, which made her look up (she was going through my CDs or something), she had the wind pushed out of her and couldn't inhale, but before she could force herself to take a breath she started seeing spots, and her body quickly went numb on her as her eyes started smearing everything together and fading to black.. WOW i dont know what else to say to that !! I cant even imagine that

Not that I condone this behavior :suspect: But the On ramp on 117th is child's play compared to S. Bound on the Turnpike, exiting to 836

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=&mra=pr&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=25.779489,-80.387306&spn=0.00599,0.011458&z=16
So then, the question is how far into triple digits can you take the "sweeper" part of this long ramp? That looks like something I'd go out of my way multiple times a week to run, btw.

1/2mv, I'd guess our cars can pull a max of slightly more than 1.5 Gs; unless you regularly blackout on rollercoasters at your local theme park I don't think the ramp you took could actually have that physical effect on you/your passengers. It was a cool story nevertheless.

80 something ... scared the crap out of me. :)

Depending on the time of night and where I am...
Going to my office getting off the expressway there are nice little curves that I can take at 90-100, enough to really feel the side force of the car and if you arent careful, enough to lose it.

Going from my office onto the expressway there is a nice turn that i usually top at 110, again, enough to feel yourself on the side of the car and enough to lose it if you arent careful.

Both of these are done without DSC or traction control, so yeah I hold the button for 7 seconds. Plus I drive without traction all the time, for whatever reason I feel like I have more control with it off, probably cause of the autocrosses.

90-100 curve would just be uber deadly

1 mph

Now BEAT THAT !

1/2mv, I'd guess our cars can pull a max of slightly more than 1.5 Gs; unless you regularly blackout on rollercoasters at your local theme park I don't think the ramp you took could actually have that physical effect on you/your passengers. It was a cool story nevertheless.

With a completely OEM RX-8 - no chance in Hell.

To pull 1.5 Gs, you'll need at the absolute least extremely sticky tires.

^ thats equally dangerous, you might cause an accident ! >.<

With a completely OEM RX-8 - no chance in Hell.

To pull 1.5 Gs, you'll need at the absolute least extremely sticky tires.

You'll need more than that. Racing beat pegs the completely factory RX-8 @ .89 on the skidpad and ~.92 after the RB sway bars. I don't know of a street car out there that would do 1.5g. I don't think even the likes of the Ariel Atom come anywhere near that.

90-100 curve would just be uber deadly


It's not the tightest curve though, and you have plenty of time and room to slow down so you dont lose it.

I see, sorry I've been off lately, so just like a long on ramp?

You'll need more than that. Racing beat pegs the completely factory RX-8 @ .89 on the skidpad and ~.92 after the RB sway bars. I don't know of a street car out there that would do 1.5g. I don't think even the likes of the Ariel Atom come anywhere near that.

Granted, if one would consider these street cars, here are some numbers & associated prices. :D: :


MODEL | Gs | VALUE
Saleen S7 V8 1.10 $580,000
Ferrari Enzo* 1.01 $652,830
Lamborghini Murcielago V12 0.90 $273,000
Maserati MC12** V12 0.98 $840,000
Mercedes-Benz SLR V8 0.97 $455,500
Porsche Carrera GT 0.99 $460,400


*Out of production.
**Maserati performance data is a combination of manufacturer data and estimates.

Saleen FTW!

...........enzo pls >.<

I see, sorry I've been off lately, so just like a long on ramp?

Kinda, the 1st one to my office is a long off ramp with two curves, the second is an on ramp with one curve that is tighter but shorter than the 1st set.

still curving @ 100 mph is really freakin crazy!!

still curving @ 100 mph is really freakin crazy!!


http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/map.html

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/map.jpg

:hahano: :beer05:

I can't even finish this freaking track in grand tourismo 5...... sad

How about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6DINcBv8jk&mode=related&search=

Do you guys get the hint?

Driving fast around the corners in not wise on the street. Take it to the track.

I go to the track too, well autocrosses, but i like to have some sort of fun at 2AM every now and again.

fun at 2 am...........I love those :) if u know what I mean :D

fun at 2 am...........I love those :) if u know what I mean :D

yes I do

hahah

Do you guys get the hint?

Driving fast around the corners in not wise on the street. Take it to the track.


True.. but that still doesnt stop people from hitting 3 digits , racing and hitting corners fast on a daily or weekly basis.

I can say i have never hit a corner going over 80

88 mph and them POOF!!!
it was as if it had never happened... :suspect:

It was the dark side.

Let the force in.....

Flux Capacitor must have kicked in...

With a completely OEM RX-8 - no chance in Hell.

To pull 1.5 Gs, you'll need at the absolute least extremely sticky tires.

I agree, and my point was that even at a basically impossible 1.5Gs the forces would not be enough to cause a human to blackout.

Skidpad numbers of a car are not the absolute limit. Check out the friction circles here : http://www.fd3s.net/magazine_articles/road&track_article02.html
and you'll see that even .89G skidpad number cars yield in the neighborhood of 1.05 to 1.10 in handling around a track, so it wouldn't be totally out of the question (with ultra sticky rubber) to attain 1.20 or higher with the 8.

Flux Capacitor must have kicked in...

were you struck by lightning?

I agree, and my point was that even at a basically impossible 1.5Gs the forces would not be enough to cause a human to blackout.

Skidpad numbers of a car are not the absolute limit. Check out the friction circles here : http://www.fd3s.net/magazine_articles/road&track_article02.html
and you'll see that even .89G skidpad number cars yield in the neighborhood of 1.05 to 1.10 in handling around a track, so it wouldn't be totally out of the question (with ultra sticky rubber) to attain 1.20 or higher with the 8.

Agree 100%.

it really just depends on the person - my girlfriend blacked out on a roller coaster and it was just during a back-to-back loop section - it wasn't terrible, but the pull on your chest/inability to breath, and duration of the loops caused her to black out briefly. so maybe it's possible, if that girl wasn't really ready for it and the seatbelt jerked tight right at the moment she tried to inhale.

just moved to austin tx - is there anywhere to track in this area?

oh dude for real about the blacking out thing, i did donuts (with my AT rx8) and after about 3-4 circles, I just felt very very naucious......

hmmm all with good points i guess depends on how weak the person is to speed, depends on how tired they are also and if that have not eaten in a while. and heat plays a factor also but thats the first i have heard about it in a street car ???

60-70 ish. Nuttin special.

Define corner

I thought corners were at intersections

I thought corners were at intersections

but can't you also "corner" on a track (and I don't think they have intersections)

yea, I meant like corners on track also

Yeah and highway interchanges count also. .

I consider a corner anything where I can abruptly cut the wheel and hear the tires groan: school cross walks, police parking lots, road construction zones in the dirt, and those hospital roundabouts where the ambulances pull-in - fantastic!!!!!

Don't forget about cemeteries!

And orphanages!

orphanages? wtf man, uncool, although we would inspire many future rx-8 owners!

"someday! I will get out of this place, I will become someone, I will buy an rx-8!"

I cut corners at work. does that count?

I cut corners at work. does that count?

but how fast? :lol2:

but how fast? :lol2:

well, look, I'm already back on the forum!:Eyecrazy: mad tyte corner cutting skilz yo!

Ive mellowed out alot in my car since a close call I had about two months ago, I actually made a thread about it, I was going about 140 and got cut off. So before I give mine, bear in mind Im not this stupid in my car anymore. I took a 50mph offramp at 117mph and my tires were barely squeling and my traction light didnt even blink. Once again before I get banned, it was a long time ago and Im just answering the question. It wasnt that sharp of an off ramp (obviously) but that was by far the craziest Ive done around a corner.

I have two clear corners I use to go real fast!

I consider a corner anything where I can abruptly cut the wheel and hear the tires groan: school cross walks, police parking lots, road construction zones in the dirt, and those hospital roundabouts where the ambulances pull-in - fantastic!!!!!

RODFL@WORK - pretty good

RODFL@WORK - pretty good

Sorry to hear about the Solstice...you had a lot of work into that car from what I could tell...

I took a corner so fast once I ended up in another dimension reading a retarded ass thread on how fast everyone's taken a corner......I'm still trying to figure out how to get back. :lol2:

wrong guy i never had a solstice

wrong guy i never had a solstice

http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37875

That's not you? Too much similarity, I guess I put the two of you as possibly the same guy...

I know who the guy is hes a ex friend of mine

I know who the guy is hes a ex friend of mine

edit: my mistake...

Yeah we started a business together back in the day(didnt really go anywhere with it) Hence his name is similar to mine then we fell out about a year ago and dont talk anymore . . . but its Koo no sweat

me too!

I took an L shaped turn a few months back, dont know how fast, but i ended up in a ditch. Luckly nothings wrong with the car... no dents or scratches... My buddies helped me push it out!... Thats the last time i want to do that...

Oh I love the L shaped turns! Much funner than the B and H shaped ones! But I must say that a Q shaped one breaks up the boredom from time to time.

I think I need to lay off the energy drinks! AAHHHHHH!!!!

:suitdance :bluesuit: :101384_l:

So then, the question is how far into triple digits can you take the "sweeper" part of this long ramp? That looks like something I'd go out of my way multiple times a week to run, btw.

I'd rather not say :spank:

though I have gone about 11X at HMS around NASCAR 3, 4

...don't ask me what the x was, I was watching the end of the apex not the speedo.