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Old 02-22-2003, 05:47 PM
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RX-8 Videos Consolidated
We have been having difficulty hosting videos, so I put all the ones I have downloaded up on my webserver Here are links:

Make sure and right click and then click Save Target As... in order to download these puppies.

Mazda PR from an Auto Show (MPEG):
http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/Rx8MazdaShowPR.mpg

Best Motoring Intro (DivX):
http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/BM_Intro.avi

Best Motoring California Drive (DivX):
http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/BM_CaliforniaDrive.avi

Best Motoring Time Attack (DivX):
http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/BM_TimeAttack.avi

Best Motoring Laguna Seca (DivX):
http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/BM_LagunaSeca.avi

Car and Driver TV (MPE):
http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/CD_RX-8.mpeg
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Old 02-22-2003, 05:55 PM
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cool, thanks cylo!

did anyone notice the estimated weight in the best motoring intro? It states 1310 to 1340 kg. That's 2882 lb to 2948lb!
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Old 02-22-2003, 06:38 PM
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okie dokey, all uploaded.
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Old 02-22-2003, 07:13 PM
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Thanks Cylo! Just PM'ed you about the other files.
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Old 02-22-2003, 07:42 PM
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wtf, look at the BM time attack, its clearly a us spec model cause of the orange reflectors and left hand drive, but look at the speedo, at 1 point it actually hits 174!!! now the question is, is that km/hr or mph/hr? i really doubt the rx8 is capable of hitting 170+? buts its us spec, so wtf? anyone clearifly?
 
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Old 02-22-2003, 08:03 PM
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Another video courtesey of Gamera:

http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/BM_Intro.avi

Available in 12 minutes.
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Old 02-22-2003, 08:15 PM
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And the last for today:

http://www.sickcylo.com/temp/BM_CaliforniaDrive.avi

In 24 minutes.
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Old 02-22-2003, 08:36 PM
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OMFG, you guys are DESTROYING the bandwidth on the server. It is notmally DLing at 400k/s and it is down to 120k/s :D. Don't worry I have unlimited bandwidth... :D
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Old 02-22-2003, 09:01 PM
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there might be a switch on the dash to change the speed from displaying mph to km/h.
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Old 02-22-2003, 10:02 PM
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Hooooray for Cylo :D
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the BM time attack speedo is definitely in km/h

as a rule of thumb, 100km/h is about 60mph.... Taking that conversion into account, then the numbers are very reasonable, actually very good for a production car on that track
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Sweet! Thanks! When I get my fileserver back up, perhaps these will still be available for download.
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hmm .... am i the only one having trouble viewing the best motoring videos ?? when i try to open them, i can only hear the sounds, and i see no video. can anyone help ?? thanks. =)
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Old 02-23-2003, 01:30 AM
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the BM time attack speedo is definitely in km/h

as a rule of thumb, 100km/h is about 60mph.... Taking that conversion into account, then the numbers are very reasonable, actually very good for a production car on that track
but why??!?! why would they change the speedo to km on a us spec rx8
 
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Originally posted by ZoomZoomH
the numbers are very reasonable, actually very good for a production car on that track
Indeed, did anyone notice the caption over the scene of Kurasawa-san donning his helmet? I don't read Japanese, but I can make out enough Western numbers and letters to guess that it's saying that someone has previously clocked an NSX around Laguna Seca in 1'50", and some other vehicle (unfortunately all in Japanese) in 1'45.87". The RX-8 comes in at 1'50.70", which ain't too shabby at all. :D
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Originally posted by tribal azn
why would they change the speedo to km on a us spec rx8
Umm... because the footage was shot for the Japanese market?

It'd be nice if the speedo and odo units can be switched by the driver (a la many European cars), but I suspect that it may require an OBDII hookup.
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Originally posted by Efini
hmm .... am i the only one having trouble viewing the best motoring videos ?? when i try to open them, i can only hear the sounds, and i see no video. can anyone help ?? thanks. =)
the Best Motoring videos are in Divx codec. If you don't have that codec installed, all you will get when opening the files are the audios.

go to www.divx.com and download the latest Divx codec! for free!

good luck!
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Indeed, did anyone notice the caption over the scene of Kurasawa-san donning his helmet? I don't read Japanese, but I can make out enough Western numbers and letters to guess that it's saying that someone has previously clocked an NSX around Laguna Seca in 1'50", and some other vehicle (unfortunately all in Japanese) in 1'45.87". The RX-8 comes in at 1'50.70", which ain't too shabby at all. :D
that 'some other' vehicle would be a North American market model car (I can read the last few characters, but not the name of the car), I wonder what it is...

so a $27000 RX-8 can run neck to neck with a $90000 supercar? nice! :D
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thanks !! ... got the codec. ill ask my japanese friend if he can translate those =)
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Umm... because the footage was shot for the Japanese market?
then why not use a japanese spec car in the first place?
 
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Indeed, did anyone notice the caption over the scene of Kurasawa-san donning his helmet? I don't read Japanese, but I can make out enough Western numbers and letters to guess that it's saying that someone has previously clocked an NSX around Laguna Seca in 1'50", and some other vehicle (unfortunately all in Japanese) in 1'45.87". The RX-8 comes in at 1'50.70", which ain't too shabby at all. :D
those times dont make any since at all

http://www.car-videos.com/performance/track.asp?track=2
 
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ok I did a little Japanese characters phonetics searching on Google, and here's what I think how to pronounce the name of the first car in the caption (the one with 1:45.87)

ready?

Su-(p/f)u-ra

Supra???
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then why not use a japanese spec car in the first place?
it could also be a non-UK, Euro-spec RX-8, which will be left hand drive AND in metric unit
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Originally posted by tribal azn


those times dont make any since at all

http://www.car-videos.com/performance/track.asp?track=2
read the paragraph on this page:

http://www.car-videos.com/performance/index.asp

"The performance numbers were calculated using the famous Cartest simulation software plus several other tools."

those numbers are SIMULATED numbers, the one in the video is an actual timed lap, so which one will you believe?
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Originally posted by tribal azn
those times dont make any since at all

http://www.car-videos.com/performance/track.asp?track=2
No, those times don't make any sense - you can clock the RX-8 at 1'50" by watching the TimeAttack video yourself.

Either they changed the configuration of Laguna Seca recently, or the folks at car-videos.com couldn't drive a nail.
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