Video of Fujita RX-8
 

I'm putting this here as I don't think I could take the bandwidth hit of all the US readers downloading this.

I've uploaded the video of the Fujita Engineering RX-8 battle with an Accord, IS200 and 350Z...

http://www.sixspeed.net/RX-8/rx8-2.mpg


Be warned though - this is approximately 135Mb! Definately b/band only.

I'll trim down the file to get rid of some of the crap at the beginning so it is just the race, but I didn't have time (*read - couldn't be ar*ed*) tonight.. :)


Have fun!


-andy-


*Edited to say that I'm uploading this as we speak, so the full file may not be available for half an hour or so...

Awesome !!!!!!

Thanks for the video !

But what about the result !!!! and the Final Lap !!! its not in the video !!! Arrggh !!!!!

Nice video. Thanks sixspeed. And already in VCD-compliant format, to boot. I burned it to a mini CD to enjoy in my DVD player.

Smoker, you may need to download it again, because the final lap was included on the one I downloaded (hint: the RX-8 wins against the Z by a hair after doing a little bit of blocking).

It probably hadn't finished uploading when you downloaded the file.

Glad you guys liked it. I thought the result was good :D Infact I nearly pissed myself laughing at the guy weaving down the straight trying to hold off the 350Z!! :D :D


-andy-

Whoa! 250k per sec. 8 minutes to download!

Watching it now.

Aside from the fact that the RX-8 had trouble holding it's own on the straight, do you notice how much it pulled away from the 350Z as it hit the first series of corners. Leaves it for dust!!


-andy-

I was about to say exactly the same thing. It looks so good in the corners.

I saw uprated suspension, can anyone else work out what other mods were done to the car?

The poor IS200 driver must have drawn the short straw that day, must have been embarassing having everybody wave as they passed him.:D

I'm guessing suspension (coilover?), intake, exhaust, brakes (?)... oh, and that wing ... http://www.btinternet.com/~sixspeed/smilies/eek2.gif


-andy-

Yeah, the RX-8 definitely laid down early power while exiting those corners, which you can experience even in the stock car. That has always been the RX7/8's strong point. Nice thing here is with the mods they've done it gets a good ways away before other cars catch up. I couldn't figure out what other mods they'd done but it is 250ps and IRC 1350 kg. FWIW the Z33 was 300ps and 1440 kg. They showed the weight/power ratio for all the cars in the somewhere. The Z had like .4 kilo advantage over the 8, and the other cars were over 1 kilo more per unit of power. I do have to wonder, though, what the result would be if they ran separate time trials, or if at the very least they ran without all that talking, goofing around, and finger-pointing.

Thanks for posting this sixspeed

I wonder if those wings will make to the UK, I suppose It would be somewhere to do your ironing.

Chris

That accord was FAST! :eek:

I spoke to a Honda dealer a couple of weeks ago and he mentioned that they were planning a TypeR version of the Accord with 400bhp.

Now that will be fast.

Chris

They did post a "time attack" result at the end. I think this is their best solo timed run. The Z33 was about a half sec faster than the FEED RX-8. The RX-8 is then a full sec. faster than the Phase Accord Euro R.

Yes.. if it doesn't make it onto an RX-8 (let's hope not) then I'm sure i'll spot a Mondeo, or Corsa with one in a few weeks.. :D


-andy-

Errr why can't I seem to download this. As an IT dullard I am trying to catch up (i can just ring someone up from IT dept at work!!) as best i can. I even had braodband installed last week as I was tuning into an RX-8 Forum addict!

When I click on the link screen goes to blank internet explorer page but when download is complete & states "done" I still have a blank screen????????

Has anyone got some advice for an IT trogladite?

Right click, save as, and then when it's done play it.

Agh yes that seems to do the trick!!

Am only downloading 14kb/s though & I seem to remember someone saying that it took 8mins at >200!!!

Does this mean that my broad band has been at the slim fast?? OR HAVE NTL RIPPED ME OFF?!

On the first section before the race, while the guy are trying out the 8 alone on the track, he kept saying its very smooth. Not sure if he's refering to the HKS suspension or the FEED exhaust that was on the 8.

Anyway the FEED 8 manage to gain about 2 sec from the stock 8. That's not too bad.

M-ster,

Any ideas on what the main differences were, apart from Exhaust and Suspension? What was the power output with all the intake/exhaust mods?


-andy-

Nice video, but please, please, please dont anybody put this wing on ANY car :o

Its very existence is embarassment enough.......

Downloading now 34.4 K/s - slooowwww! But I can't wait!

Hi Andy,
Those guys spoke in Japanese but with Cantonese sub-titles. I don't understand Japanese and barely make-up what the Cantonese wordings are when comes to names of the items, eg. like I'd know what's a clutch, but in Cantonese I would not know what's its called.
Anyway, I'll try to explain what ever I could and hopefully I don't fill you guys with the wrong info.

There was something they've changed in the engine bay. They mentioned UCO was 9.7, what's UCO?? And after they have twick the UCO?? the power went close to 300bhp.
They mention about Turbo too. The guy in red, I believe he's from Fujita, mentioned that the engine is suitable for turbo. But one have to modify the exhaust/out going gas first. As it's too hot in the engine bay.

At the end, the guy in green who drove the RX8 said it's worth buying the 8, BUT, if its him, who have a choice, he would rather settle for the SKYLINE.

Now comes to the most important point. Where the few guys who stand together at the end, they hint the aftermarket guys to work on that 'THING'. Come on anyone form HongKong, what's that 'THING' they were talkin about!?!?!?

Just managed to download and watch the video. Very interesting indeed and so thanks for posting. The video poses more questions than it answers - such as what the extact mods to the cars were? Exactly what the drivers themselves thought of the cars. It was interesting to note that while the Z did appear to be the faster car there wasn't a lot in it and anyway the RX8 won. Would have liked to have seen a video of stock road cars racing - anyone?

There was a video of stock cars racing in a previous Best Motoring video which has already been posted in the Multimedia section on this forum (link to vid here http://www.rasterwerks.com/vid/BestM...Part08.avi.zip)

It's in DiVX format. I have the DVD though, so I don't mind doing another rip to post in MPG format on my webspace.

The RX-8 was up against different cars (no 350Z IIRC), but you won't be too pleased with the outcome I expect.



-andy-

Nice Vid! Just managed to download it after the rush has subsided!

The 350Z was obviously faster on the straights (300bhp v 250bhp so it should be), but the lines that the RX-8 was taking through the corners just really showed up how fast it was and how good the handling is :)

I hope the parts will be available over here to enable us to get that sort of performance from the car.

Hmmm....... I guess I'll do some translation later on since our translation expert HikoBoy is not around .......

But First of all, what do you guys thought about that tall RaceCar Girl they have in this clip ??? nice eh ?

Ha! Smoker, I know where you're heading to with the Race 'Queen'.;)

Here's what I gathered:

- They ask Fujita about how much the HP had been increased from the mod ?
300 HP ? He said it will lucky if he can get close to that number but
it is around that number, he thinks.

- They also ask what not throw in a turbo ? He said that make the interior
of the car extremely hot and it will do no good to the engine.

- Impression from the 1st drive of the two drivers:
- the car is Really Comfortable, Real Smooth and SooooEasy to
drive. Superb handling.
- The mod were not too aggressive but already see great
improvements. This implies to them that there Still lots of room left for
improvements in further modifications.
- the ride is so smooth feels like a very mature, refined vehicle.
- the car feel very light easy to slide into a corner but yet but it
never makes you feel like you are going to lose control of the car and slide
all over the place.

- Conclusion after the 1st test drive:
- Fujita Engineer really knows how to mod a car
- Engine feel a lot lighter and faster than the stock verison.
Especially when going up a slope.
- Suspension mod were superb.
- Excellent road feel
- Kick Ass Tires.

- After the race
- Z Driver: it (the RX-8) really is a Sport Car !

- Worth Buying ?
- Z Driver: yea I think so, give you great pleasure just cruising
around in it. Awesome Handling and braking ability. But when it comes to
racing, you are gona lose in Straight away FOR SURE, which really is a turn
off for me. If there are more horsepower then yea for sure worth buying for
sure,
- RX-8 Driver: Well, I definitely think its worth buying. But I
rather have the Skyline.

I think They were talking about the Gear Selector or the Shift Stick. They joked around say that it should be as big as possible and big enough for you to ride on it .......... I think they were just BS'ing at the end.

what exactly were the engine mods?

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Right at the end of the video there is a clip of a cutaway renesis. You said that you'd cut some of the video out. You didn't by any chance cut away the end. If so, could you post that cutaway video shot. I love watching the rotary at work.

says page cannot be found. oops... old thread revival... anyone with the vid?

I downloaded the video and I was surprised at the staying power of the Fujita RX-8.

I think the RX-8 was suprised, as well, but he mimiced that that the car seem to lack straight-line speed.

Note the jubilation and disappointment on the driver's faces.

Anyway, I took some snapshots.

EDIT: Almost forgot. Check out Babelfish translation of FEED's RX-8 page

can you send the clip to me moatz? my email addy is 1badyellowrx8@sbcglobal.net
I appreciate it!

The copy I have is a 151MB MPEG-2 video. I think that this is bit too large to email as an attachment.

Unless you are on a file-share network :rolleyes:, I doubt you would find it. I can't see it on any of the car videos I visit.

BTW, it is from Hot Version 63.