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Old 12-15-2008, 09:13 AM   #1
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What cars currently match the RX-8's ~178HP/L?
As above, what cars in serialized production today match or exceed the RX-8's HP per liter?

I'm kinda struggling to come up with examples...
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Old 12-15-2008, 09:42 AM   #2
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Ricer Math!!!
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Old 12-15-2008, 09:43 AM   #3
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Yamaha R1: 180hp/liter... Not a car, but just thought you'd like to know.

But seriously. Why does it matter? HP/L is a useless number to hang your hat on. I mean, seriously, torque is all that matters for get-up and go... And unfortunately, the RX-8's abysmal +/- 130 ft-lbs isn't going to make it lightnening fast on the straights anyways.

It doesn't matter...
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Old 12-15-2008, 10:00 AM   #4
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It is a wankel, don't compare with others.
If you do, you better use 2.6 liters.
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wards top 10 engine award classifies the renesis as 2.6L when it won the category a few years ago.
neways, hp/liter dosnt mean much in terms of real world performance or fuel economy.
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Old 12-15-2008, 10:44 AM   #6
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Sounds like someone was bragging cuz his/her car was faster, and he came up with this as a way to one up the person. lol

If you want a comparison, do some real world comparisons like magazines do. Ricer math is FTL
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Old 12-15-2008, 11:04 AM   #7
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I know it's not a great measure of perfomance. I was just curious. Jesus Christ. I don't even own an RX-8 (yet).

Also, can someone explain to me why the Renesis is classified by some in the 2.5-2.6L category?
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because of the number of combustion events revolution when compared to a 4 cycle piston engine. there is a long thread by RG explaining all of this you should search for.
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read this

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.ph...12#post1597212

and this

Here a good first suggestion

which are still not telling the whole story. the engine is actually closer to 3.0 liter comparing the air it ingests etc but thats more typing than i wish to do
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in fact read the Whole Helmholtz thread which the 2nd post is from
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Old 12-15-2008, 02:47 PM   #11
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hp/lb is a more reasonable comparison of a cars performance.

the rx8 weighs in at ~14 lbs/hp.

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^hahaha i love that vid..........."idiots"
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So if it rotates 3 times per cycle, does that mean 3x the hp!!!11!!





lol, I love the "idiots" comment at the end
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love that video... I remember the thread it was posted in but thought it was gone... glad to see that vid is still around
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hahaha good video
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too funny, "idiots".
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love that video... I remember the thread it was posted in but thought it was gone... glad to see that vid is still around
Here's an earlier thread with this video ... not sure if it was the first, though ...

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