I not going to bother reposting the link, but the Top Gear video that had the 8, (you know, the video that influenced many people on this board to purchase the 8) had the 350, M3 and the 8 as the same times on the track. They used the same driver for each car. He takes several runs to learn what the car can do.

As far as "350 killer". Killz are for kidz. Real men race on a track.

- Cesar -

evo is not a stoplight car. off boost is a POS brick car. Anything out there can beat it.

Im glad you don't post it, because as has been discussed millions of times before, Top Gears lap times are for entertainment ONLY. The environment and lap quality is far to uncontrolled to think you could gather any useful performance comparisons from it.

I hope you're just joking. The Evo can pull the 0-60 significantly faster than the 350Z. Just do a minor clutch drop?

Nah, it does mean something. But people take it to mean that the 8 is as fast as the M3 and the 350Z. Instead it just means "under some conditions the rx-8 can be as fast as the m3 and 350z". but as most of us know in most conditions the m3 and 350Z are faster than the rx-8. :)

It doesn't mean in some conditions though. THey were in different conditions, and we have no idea about the quality of each lap.

Dont sell the 8. Enjoy it everyday. And dont listen to the people that say the 8 is slow. Put in some NA mods if you really dont think the car is fast enough (The revi i got is awesome). Next time someone drives by you in a 350z or something of the like just remember ur driving the only production car with a rotary. I just plain dont think people should be complaining about straight line performance.

rx8 = 160 torque
350z = 260 or 270

2 guesses as to who the winner will be

Well all I can add to this in saying that the 280hp G35 is faster once rolling (highway) then the RX8. I still have nightmares about it. I remember looking at full stats, ranging from 0 to 30 to 0 to 130, and it made sense why this would happen., as that car has better numbers after 100mph. The G35 just has great rolling power, and that makes the extra weight matter less, as you start moving faster. Flame on if you must, but this discovery doesn't take away from RX8, but I do understand those who feel need to defend it, and want to believe it's faster then a G35. I believe that to be very untrue. I wish people would stop calling the RX8 faster. You don't have to call it slower, but at least don't be totally in denial, and call the RX8 just as fast, if you must defend it. :)

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