I'm off to California to drive the RX-8
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I'm off to California to drive the RX-8
I was given orders to report to Laguna Seca Raceway @ 7:30 am Friday Morning. I'll see if I can post some pix of my laps around the track in the RX-8. I will also be spinning the digital camcorder if they let me!:D
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Originally posted by pmacwill
so with him and rotaryclub.com both going we should get some good honest impressions :D
so with him and rotaryclub.com both going we should get some good honest impressions :D
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When I get back home from California, I will post more pix to my website. I dont have access to my site from my laptop @ the hotel. (No broadband hook up!) I will also work on the video taken in the car around the track during the hot laps.
The blood is still pumping!!! This is not a dream!!
The blood is still pumping!!! This is not a dream!!
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Oh yeah I forgot to say this: " All the cars we drove were right hand drive! My right hand kept hitting the glass reaching for the shifter that WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE!!! "The pic I posted was the only left hand driver there. Now I can say I have driven the JDM spec RX-8 @ Laguna Seca! I also got to sit in the RX-01, the RX-Evolv, and touch the 787B LeMans winning race car!
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How did you, and all the other lucky ones get chosen to do that? Are you some type of media, a dealership, what?
I want to do that. If I could take it for a drive tomorrow morning, I'll be there. Laguna is only 90 minutes from where I'm staying :D
I want to do that. If I could take it for a drive tomorrow morning, I'll be there. Laguna is only 90 minutes from where I'm staying :D
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Yesterday was the last day of two weeks of the Global Launch of the RX-8 based out of Laguna Seca. It was packed up and all the cars are going back. I was a guest of Mazda. It helps to know the Pres and CEO of Mazda N America just a little bit I guess! It also helps to be in the rotary repair business. (www.alamorotary.com)Yesterday was the day for all of their bankers and financial people. IT was a no holds event to impress the money folks.
So to answer your question, it won't be there today.
So to answer your question, it won't be there today.
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Originally posted by rxman720b
This car handles much better than my FD in the curves! It doesnt have the power of my 20B 3rotor but this 13B runs like no other NA rotary I have ever driven! You should hear it sing @ 10K RPM!!!!! I tried but it was almost impossible to slide the tail out on the corners at Laguna Seca with the DCS on. It was a blast to run this baby full out on the hot laps un shaparoned on the race track!:D
This car handles much better than my FD in the curves! It doesnt have the power of my 20B 3rotor but this 13B runs like no other NA rotary I have ever driven! You should hear it sing @ 10K RPM!!!!! I tried but it was almost impossible to slide the tail out on the corners at Laguna Seca with the DCS on. It was a blast to run this baby full out on the hot laps un shaparoned on the race track!:D
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Originally posted by m477
Handles better than your (20b) FD, or a stock (2-rotor)FD? I was under the impression that a 3-rotor would not handle as well as stock because with most 3-rotors the engine is long enough that the car is no longer a true mid-engined car...
Handles better than your (20b) FD, or a stock (2-rotor)FD? I was under the impression that a 3-rotor would not handle as well as stock because with most 3-rotors the engine is long enough that the car is no longer a true mid-engined car...
My hubby is screaming out that any car with the engine in front of the driver is a front-engine car (like a Corvette). He goes on to say that a mid-engine car is one which has the engine behind the driver and in front of the rear wheels (like the NSX) and that a rear engine car is one that has the engine between the rear wheels (like a Porsche 911).
WTF?!
clarifications please...:D
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nice to see another female on the boards....
the deal with "mid-engine" designs is that the first ones were just easier to make with the engine behind the driver, 'cause the engines were long, and couldn't package them behind the front axle without putting the driver on the rear axle and a super long hood...
the 13BREW is pretty shortish, and with the suspension way out at the front corners, the engine's centre of gravity is well behind the front axle, which allows for the definition of "mid-engined"...
the 350Z (Nissan's FM chassis), RX-8, and others have chassises (or whatever :p) designed to keep the engine's centre of gravity behind the front wheels... so, they are all mid-engined, although not in the traditional way... this comprimize allows for better passenger accomodation, that's why they bothered
the deal with "mid-engine" designs is that the first ones were just easier to make with the engine behind the driver, 'cause the engines were long, and couldn't package them behind the front axle without putting the driver on the rear axle and a super long hood...
the 13BREW is pretty shortish, and with the suspension way out at the front corners, the engine's centre of gravity is well behind the front axle, which allows for the definition of "mid-engined"...
the 350Z (Nissan's FM chassis), RX-8, and others have chassises (or whatever :p) designed to keep the engine's centre of gravity behind the front wheels... so, they are all mid-engined, although not in the traditional way... this comprimize allows for better passenger accomodation, that's why they bothered
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Originally posted by Sputnik
You twice mentioned trying to get the tail out, does that mean that it pushed, or are you just referring to on-power coming out of a turn?
You twice mentioned trying to get the tail out, does that mean that it pushed, or are you just referring to on-power coming out of a turn?
What I wanna know is, how was the car with the DSC off? :D
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Originally posted by Mazdaspeedgirl
fd's are mid-engine?
fd's are mid-engine?
There's a picture that illustrates this, it's a cutaway picture of the RX-8 which shows the engine placement, but I forgot where it is. If someone has it, please post it...
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Originally posted by m477
Handles better than your (20b) FD, or a stock (2-rotor)FD? I was under the impression that a 3-rotor would not handle as well as stock because with most 3-rotors the engine is long enough that the car is no longer a true mid-engined car...
Handles better than your (20b) FD, or a stock (2-rotor)FD? I was under the impression that a 3-rotor would not handle as well as stock because with most 3-rotors the engine is long enough that the car is no longer a true mid-engined car...
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Originally posted by Sputnik
You twice mentioned trying to get the tail out, does that mean that it pushed, or are you just referring to on-power coming out of a turn?
---jps
You twice mentioned trying to get the tail out, does that mean that it pushed, or are you just referring to on-power coming out of a turn?
---jps
I was trying to power the tail out coming out of the turns but it stayed glued to the track. Even if you came in too hot and heavy into a turn and yanked the wheel with your foot off the gas it stayed glued to the track.
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Re: I'm off to California to drive the RX-8
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I was given orders to report to Laguna Seca Raceway @ 7:30 am Friday Morning.
I was given orders to report to Laguna Seca Raceway @ 7:30 am Friday Morning.
Originally posted by rxman720b
All I can say is HOLY CRAP BATMAN!!!! This car is amazing! It is almost impossible to get this car sideways. This car handles much better than my FD in the curves! It doesnt have the power of my 20B 3rotor but this 13B runs like no other NA rotary I have ever driven! You should hear it sing @ 10K RPM!!!!! I tried but it was almost impossible to slide the tail out on the corners at Laguna Seca with the DCS on. It was a blast to run this baby full out on the hot laps un shaparoned on the race track!:D
All I can say is HOLY CRAP BATMAN!!!! This car is amazing! It is almost impossible to get this car sideways. This car handles much better than my FD in the curves! It doesnt have the power of my 20B 3rotor but this 13B runs like no other NA rotary I have ever driven! You should hear it sing @ 10K RPM!!!!! I tried but it was almost impossible to slide the tail out on the corners at Laguna Seca with the DCS on. It was a blast to run this baby full out on the hot laps un shaparoned on the race track!:D
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"Last 3 Years...
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99 Silver Vert Vette (For Sale)
99 Silver CLK430
97 Black TT Supra
93 Red NSX
97 Silver SLK230
97 Silver Boxster
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why so many cars in 3 years?
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Originally posted by fastrx7man
I guess I can't make up my mind!!!
I guess I can't make up my mind!!!
(BTW, this is diane; the short mezzcan girl who went to the track with u and Derrick a few weeks ago...) :D
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Where is the link to the website - (assuming you have uploaded now)
I may have missed this but couldnt find it in the thread....
Anyone found any reviews from lagunaSeca yet ?
I may have missed this but couldnt find it in the thread....
Anyone found any reviews from lagunaSeca yet ?
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Originally posted by morganrogers
Where is the link to the website - (assuming you have uploaded now)
I may have missed this but couldnt find it in the thread....
Anyone found any reviews from lagunaSeca yet ?
Where is the link to the website - (assuming you have uploaded now)
I may have missed this but couldnt find it in the thread....
Anyone found any reviews from lagunaSeca yet ?