A #@$ Cobalt SS just dusted me... advice!
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Originally Posted by mysql101
It looks like stock GM rates the car at 205 hp, but on the dyno it's getting 220 whp.
Stage 2 gets you about 260 whp.
So yeah, looks like he'd be able to easily walk over you in a stock MT RX-8.
stock with CAI:
Stage 2 gets you about 260 whp.
So yeah, looks like he'd be able to easily walk over you in a stock MT RX-8.
stock with CAI:
How is it that this car is dyno'ing so much higher then stated hp when the new systems of ratings by SAE is suppose to correct this?
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Originally Posted by snizzle
Blah blah RX8 slow 1/4, blah blah RX8 pwns in twisties, blah blah RX8 bad gas mileage, blah blah where's mspd 8....
etc etc
etc etc
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Damn man, I know the feeling. I remember when I first got my 8 and got whooped by a Honda Accord. Can you say PISSED. What's the fun of having a "sports" car when it ain't fast. Especially, when all of your friends, neighbors, co-workers, girlfriend.... talk about how fast your car is based on how much it costs and how it looks, not knowing that really they could do a faster 0-60 on a moped. Its a blow to any car guy's ego when he looses a race to something that he feels is below his car. I say drop $5k into it, get a Greddy turbo, Intx, exhaust, boost controller and a couple gauges. You won't be the fastest thing out there, but you'll definitely be respectable. I know I have a hard time finding anything that poses a challenge now-a-days.
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You know if you just added a grappling hook launcher no car would ever get away from you again.
The Rx-8 isn't a car you get to impress street racers, it's a car you get because it's so much fun to drive.
The Rx-8 isn't a car you get to impress street racers, it's a car you get because it's so much fun to drive.
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Originally Posted by Imidazole
So, my previous car was a 2002 Camaro SS. I mean, needless to say, very very fast straightline - but not safe, didnt handle for squat, didnt stop for jack, etc.
Three times, a Cobalt SS just dusted me in my RX8. I mean... Not obliterated, but pulled away from me MUCH more than I feel comfortable.
How can this POS car smoke the 8 so bad?
So, do I finally grow up and realize that... well... I cant always be the fastest car on the road - or do I spend money and do something about it?
I mean, making my car go faster doesnt make me more of a man. Or solve world peace, or global pollution... But... Man that was so frustrating!
He was a retarded driver, but when it came to driving fast - straight - well, it worked, and it worked well. See, I wouldnt have a big problem if it was a Porsche. Or a BMW. Or something of quality. But a POS Cobalt!?!?
I could see him top off time and time again at roughly 117, where I started to get equal, and slowly catch up - but honestly, at that speed, you're going too fast to 'catch up'. 125 is where I call it quits, depending on visibility, time, conditions, etc.
******* Cobalts.
Three times, a Cobalt SS just dusted me in my RX8. I mean... Not obliterated, but pulled away from me MUCH more than I feel comfortable.
How can this POS car smoke the 8 so bad?
So, do I finally grow up and realize that... well... I cant always be the fastest car on the road - or do I spend money and do something about it?
I mean, making my car go faster doesnt make me more of a man. Or solve world peace, or global pollution... But... Man that was so frustrating!
He was a retarded driver, but when it came to driving fast - straight - well, it worked, and it worked well. See, I wouldnt have a big problem if it was a Porsche. Or a BMW. Or something of quality. But a POS Cobalt!?!?
I could see him top off time and time again at roughly 117, where I started to get equal, and slowly catch up - but honestly, at that speed, you're going too fast to 'catch up'. 125 is where I call it quits, depending on visibility, time, conditions, etc.
******* Cobalts.
Remind yourself that your RX8 is much funner to drive, has superior styling and more brand awareness than the $10K chevy colbalt.
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i dunno whats wrong with every one elses rx8s but i consider mine pretty quick once it gets above 5000 rpms, take off is slow but it pulls pretty well after that. Plus i love that scratch when i shift 1st to 2nd, and sometimes if i do it just right 2nd to 3rd.
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yeah good point but still 7grand and u'll have the motor so then you can say yeah well i have a 20b engine and u dont.. AH! lol but yeah 13000 would be to do everything which is what im looking to do in about 2 yrs cuz i love the 8 and it has so much potential. :D and nothing sounds better then 10000rpms am i right! can i get a amen!
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to be honest, they are quite fast.. I was watching tuner challenge on SPEED Channel they had this huge project on the Cobalt SS, and if you do the right upgrades, that thing is a rocket, not to mention its made by chevy, chevy has some powerful motors.
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I would stop caring about being dusted by lower end cars. At some point in time we will all be dusted by some civic, cobolt, or in my case mx-3. Be the better driver of a slower car not a crappy driver of a faster car. Now if you get dusted at the track that's a different story......
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Originally Posted by DOMINION
Yeah its round and round. Once more a thread that leads into;"the RX-8 is not a 1/4 mile car" and "Take him in the twisties "
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Got a circle of friends who are car guys/girl, though I may be the biggest gear head in the group. Currently, between us we have a boxster, a 330 coupe, G35 sedan, coupe and 350Z (all Nissans are autos), a 300C AWD, a new Mustang GT convertable, and a Neuspeed chipped prev. gen GTI.
When we "play", all are usually even, though the GT usually beats all. But whoever pulls ahead is usually the first to get the jump, or sometimes it depends on the speed that we start vs. the gearing of whatever car - i.e. 90 to 100 in the 8 is especially slow. This is the case with our group of cars, but obviously wouldn't be if they owned C6's, 911's, STI's, etc.
Point is, two many schmucks think they can floor their 8 at whatever rpm and expect to pull on someone, or think it can catch up if someone else gets on the throttle first in a reasonably powerful car. I used to have a co-worker with one of the first RX8's and I remember pulling on her in the Passat I was driving! Later I learned she always drove one gear too high.
So yeah, the 8 may not be a rocket, but it's not the slug many here suggest.
When we "play", all are usually even, though the GT usually beats all. But whoever pulls ahead is usually the first to get the jump, or sometimes it depends on the speed that we start vs. the gearing of whatever car - i.e. 90 to 100 in the 8 is especially slow. This is the case with our group of cars, but obviously wouldn't be if they owned C6's, 911's, STI's, etc.
Point is, two many schmucks think they can floor their 8 at whatever rpm and expect to pull on someone, or think it can catch up if someone else gets on the throttle first in a reasonably powerful car. I used to have a co-worker with one of the first RX8's and I remember pulling on her in the Passat I was driving! Later I learned she always drove one gear too high.
So yeah, the 8 may not be a rocket, but it's not the slug many here suggest.
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there is allways a faster car! I find it fun to make a car faster. one reason why i got the 8.Its a great handleing car but a fun car to work on. do the right things and tune it right. You will def. be good to go and keep up with the 350 class. Just takes time and money. Enjoy your 8 and app. what it is. And like many said in here if u dont like it trade it in and get something else.
