Hi all,

Went on a track day yesterday at Wakefield (outside of Sydney - Oz), ran a best of a 1.17.99. Not bad for 192hp! A number of manuals on the previous track day were only in the 1.18s.

149MB Video here (6 laps) - Right Click as Save Target As:

http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew.jpg (http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew.mpg)


THIS CAR IS SO AWESOME TO DRIVE!!!

Brakes were a little faded at the end of the day, absolutely no hassles with anything else on the car. I ran the car with 'DSC OFF' only, worked a treat.

I always like to run a little pre-mix in the tank for track days (1:200) 2 stroke oil - keep a close eye on engine oil level - didn't use too much.

Still can't get over how good it is to drive, the video probably looks a little boring - but there was PLENTY of sideways action.

Out of 35 or so cars I was 15th quickest on the day, only .71 secs. behind an SP RX-7! Really happy with it considering it is a completely standard auto!

Racetimes here: http://www.racetime.com.au/?event=i0406&e=g03&view=fastest

would love to see the video, im sure others would enjoy also! otherwise, good post.

Video's too big for me to download, but did you use manual mode?

Video is 150MB - modem users will have fun!!

Just right click and Save Target As on the pic. itself. I have used some new compression software to get the quality a little better. If your PC has DVD playback software it should work ok, but should still work ok with Mplayer, Real Play, MPlayer2.exe etc. - let me know if you can't view it after downloading.

cool video!

how did you mount the camera in your car?

Which cars were those first 2? It says Sports Sedans. G35s or maybe evos?

Camera is mounted with lots of cable ties!


Video here of the sports sedan:

Right Click the pic. and Save Target As...
http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary_events/wakefield_030704/wakefield-mikac.jpg (http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary_events/wakefield_030704/wakefield-mikac.mpg)

Size = 15MB

Is that 2nd gen. rx7?

Also was your car monitored during the race? Like did they get top speed, avg. speed, etc.?

Yep - FC RX-7, mid. mount motor, transaxle etc. big $ car. Very fast!!!

No, just lap times. On the back straight I was hitting the limiter in 2nd gear on a good lap. Probably hitting around 140-150km/h on the main straight (I think!). Virtually every other car there on the day would have been faster in a straight line, but the RX-8 makes up for it under braking and cornering.

Couple of people have said they have had problems playing these videos. Anyone else have problems here?

These are almost DVD quality, if you have a DVD player they should work ok. If not - you will probably need a codec or some free software (anyone got any links?).

Anyways, I'll have another video to post up in a number of hours time.

G-spot (program that identifies codecs) says its:

"(S) --> MPEG-2 Demultiplexer --> CyberLink Video/SP Decoder --> Overlay Mixer2 --> (R)"

not sure what that means though.

Next video is up:

The quality of this video should be as good as your DVD player! please let me know if it looks ok.

166MB - Right Click as Save Target As:

http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew2.jpg (http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew2.mpg)

very nice videos, much appreciated! Thanks!

Videos worked fine for me. I'll download that one too. Thanks a lot mate.

Edit: What's up with that greenish rx7? You almost took her on a turn. Is 8 better in curves than the 7?

Hi Haris,

RX-8 handles and stops incredibly well, it is underpowered of course as you can see in the videos on the short straights the FD RX-7 moves away quite well - a lot of it comes down to the driver also (not that I'm that great! but I have done quite a few track days).

Low res videos:

Approx 83.4MB - Right Click the pic. and Save Target As:
http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew_lowres.jpg (http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew_lowres.mpg)

Still on its way up...
Second video (Mark Boxer along for the ride!):
Approx 84.5MB (on disk) - Right Click the pic. and Save Target As:
http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew2_lowres.jpg (http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew2_lowres.mpg)

Videos didn't work for me.

Originally posted by red_rx8_red_int
Videos didn't work for me.

Did you try the low resolution MPG's - shown above here?

Just downloaded video, nice driving.

No I didn't. They do work. Thanks.

Outtakes!

Thought I better put this up! :) this was the first fast session of the day, was a little rusty!

Approx 18.7MB - Right Click the pic. and Save Target As:
http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew-outtakes.jpg (http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew-outtakes.mpg)

Or right click this link - save target as:
http://www.mymazdarotary.com/mazda_rotary/rx-8/videos/wakefield-renew-outtakes.mpg]

That was a fun part. Your videos are awesome.

Thanks again

some day... i knew it was gonna happen...
good things come to those who wait! its hard to believe that after, what, 3-4 years of waiting, I will get a broadband internet connection probably next month!
woohoo! I bet those vids are cool...

right now with my cheap56k i need about 11-12hours to get one of those videos:eek:

Finallysomeone posted some proof forme. If youwatch a video clip of a stock 6spd Rx8 listen tohow the engine sounds and then compareit to these video clipsof the automatic youll notice the automatic is in fact louder

That was cool ! I have a renewed hope in auto-xing my 8.
As for Jerky 8 said about the loudness of the A/T vs. the M/T I agree. the Auto is louder.