Umm, did they ever dyno that car? I know it had 800 horses at the wheels but never heard of how much torque it made. Also was it ever tested at the drag strip and what were the results?

After reading the Modified Mag article, i sent them a PM and sent them an e-mail since i havent heard back. i am just as interested as you are to see what the car can do on the strip. maybe they will bring it to englishtown and track it in the spring/summer of '04

They sold it off on EBAY. They won't be taking it anywhere anymore.

Did they ever get to do that 800 HP porsche vs. 800 HP RX8 in europe? Also why would they sell it without testing it? Grr.

do you have the link from the ebay website??

Originally posted by Haris
Did they ever get to do that 800 HP porsche vs. 800 HP RX8 in europe? Also why would they sell it without testing it? Grr. I have a feeling it never happened. :(

When they sold it on EBAY (if it didn't fall through) they claimed it had easy miles only. That would imply it never competed against the 911. But then i remember somebody revealing the results of each of the five (i think) competing events, no times or #s, just which car won each event. (can't find that thread at the moment)

The original auction is here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6316&item=2452632260)

thats strange it only went for 73K. in the mag, it said someone offered 120K for the car and acosta racing turned it down. i wish they would post again so things could become facts and not rumors.

yea i also read somewhere else on this forum the race results... suprisingly the 9 won one or two more tests than the porsche... or was it a draw? dam, wish i had the link.. someone link pleez

Originally posted by JSE RX-8
thats strange it only went for 73K. in the mag, it said someone offered 120K for the car and acosta racing turned it down. i wish they would post again so things could become facts and not rumors.
ha ha 120k for a 3rotor rx8, if someone would have offered that to him he would be stupid not to take it

yep looking at the modified mag issue right now it says that someone offered $127K to take it home

I talked to a rep at Acosta and he said the car had 630 whp and 500 or so ft lbs. of torque.

mdw33333, did they say anything about whether or not they sold the car and for how much?

Originally posted by JSE RX-8
yep looking at the modified mag issue right now it says that someone offered $127K to take it home
yea it says that and then he was selling it on e-bay for $76,000, don't know if anyone bought it though-

yea there is no answer as to what the final decision was by Acosta. I wish they would respond to the forum.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6316&item=2452632260

73,000 was the winner, what a waste of money

some people were saying that it was taken off ebay and sold higher. so no one knows. it may very well be that it was sold on ebay but modified mag said acosta was offer 127K for it

yea he ws offered that at sevenstock

and at SEMA before sevenstock. whatever it is, acosta has not been on to confirm anything

The car was never sold on Ebay. The buyer never came. Sorry we haven't been posting on the forum. We have been busy finishing off our Pro Car for this season. I'm not goin to race the car. But i will take it to Englishtown Raceway, When they have the first Big Import Nationals. so that people can see the numbers.

Before people go cracy asking me for Dyno Numbers , again this is what the car made

14 PSI = ( Low Boost Pump Gas) 640hp & 486 TQ
22 PSI = ( High Boost Race Gas) 855Hp & 675 TQ

its good to hear from you guys again. what did you guys end up doing the the RX-8? did you keep it? lets us know the dates that you are planning on coming down to englishtown so we can see you guys race

GREAT NUMBERS!! :D

We will. We have been Busy working on our Pro Import truck
and also working on the turbo kits for the rx-8

nice! what kind of turbo kits are you going to offer to the public and what numbers are you projecting the turbos will produce

that truck is sick
i remember when i first saw the truck in the hackensack
shop when i brought my fd in.
havent been to the new shop but plan on it.
p.s acosta racing you guys seen one evilrx8 around
hes the one that introduced me to you.

acosta..pleez post some info about your turbee kit you guys are creating

Sorry, are are not allow to promote any product in this forum. you can give us a call 973-365-1190

Acosta, is it possible for you guys to PM us. I have PM'ed you guys before and never got a response back. we are very interested in what you guys are planning and would like to know more about the kits

Sorry i dont get PM, the people in charge of the forum took that away from us, because they say we were promoting with out being a vendor, you can email us at acostaracingll@aol.com

e-mail sent

I'll respond to any email send to me, @ acostaracingll@aol.com

Originally posted by ACOSTARACING
Sorry i dont get PM, the people in charge of the forum took that away from us, because they say we were promoting with out being a vendor, you can email us at acostaracingll@aol.com

damm them forum nazi's...lol