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9krpmrx8 04-27-2011 08:55 PM

:lol: Mods are never done.

oltmann 04-27-2011 09:02 PM

What model do you have? I imagine the magazine tests were done on a GT. The base is 160lbs lighter. I'm not that knowledgable about drag race math, but maybe that gives a teenth or two?

Roidz 04-27-2011 11:15 PM

I think 'fast' is all relative. After driving my truck for the winter the 8 feels fast, but then when I drive my Cts-V it's slow. But the 8 can feel fast depending on how/where it's driven.

Larissa8 04-28-2011 12:17 AM

@Terch - drag was done at Englishtown, Raceway?

monchie 04-28-2011 01:22 AM


Originally Posted by Roidz24 (Post 3960427)
I think 'fast' is all relative. After driving my truck for the winter the 8 feels fast, but then when I drive my Cts-V it's slow. But the 8 can feel fast depending on how/where it's driven.




Downhill :lol2:

terch1 04-28-2011 07:03 AM


Originally Posted by Larissa8 (Post 3960485)
@Terch - drag was done at Englishtown, Raceway?

No Atco.

Roidz 04-28-2011 09:32 AM


Originally Posted by monchie (Post 3960534)
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Downhill :lol2:

Lol, or high rpm's around some twistys.

Rx8 AL 04-28-2011 04:58 PM

I got my rx8 for the handling not stright line speed!( and now going through tunnels ) and because it looks stunning.
If wanted a straight line car I would buy a mustang for the noise and the straight line power. But the again if I was to buy a mustang it would be a 1967 Fastback which I would never take to the drag strip!

Beefy98 04-28-2011 05:30 PM

wait tell me exactly what i have to buy to run a 13.7 in my 8. Without destroying my clutch/tranny. And I'm sure this drops the mileage from horrible to don't ask.

Fuck it, I'm sure I'm already running a 13.7 in zero degree air..

Larissa8 04-29-2011 01:53 AM


Originally Posted by terch1 (Post 3960636)
No Atco.

Since you're one of the few NJ people i know of on the forums, we should run our 8s for sh*t and giggles. I have yet to get into autocross but will definitely start soon :bowdown:

tcole6 04-29-2011 07:06 AM

I'm in mount royal. Don't see too many 8s round here, but I did see two this week and got snubbed by both of them. Nice.

terch1 04-29-2011 07:16 AM


Originally Posted by Rx8 AL (Post 3961258)
I got my rx8 for the handling not stright line speed!( and now going through tunnels ) and because it looks stunning.
If wanted a straight line car I would buy a mustang for the noise and the straight line power. But the again if I was to buy a mustang it would be a 1967 Fastback which I would never take to the drag strip!

You can see my full list of mods in my vBGarage. I would not recommend this setup for a daily driver. I get under 200 miles to a full tank of gas. I drove from my house to Wilmington DE a couple days ago. (96 miles) and burnt a half tank of gas on what was for the most part highway travel.

SleepeR1st 04-29-2011 07:28 AM

terch1, is your track at sea level? That is a damn good time for the little modifications you have done. You should be proud of yourself.

Over here in New Hampshire we have the Epping Speedway, which i am pretty sure is below sea level.

Lots of stock production car times have been bested here, and modified records have been made here.

Never been to a dragstrip but I've been contemplating going. I really want to shut my friends stock MS6 down, and my buddies boosted miata. I've pulled on the MS6 on a high speed "track" run and the miata pulled on the MS6 slightly.

Now i just need the guts to go embarass myself on a couple runs before i feel that stock time or better pulling in.
Eventually when an AP and MM tune comes along my path i will be aiming for records.

nycgps 04-29-2011 07:36 AM


Originally Posted by terch1 (Post 3961655)
You can see my full list of mods in my vBGarage. I would not recommend this setup for a daily driver. I get under 200 miles to a full tank of gas. I drove from my house to Wilmington DE a couple days ago. (96 miles) and burnt a half tank of gas on what was for the most part highway travel.

you think 200 miles a tank is bad ?! :rollingla

try it in NYC !

NErx8 04-29-2011 08:10 AM


Originally Posted by terch1 (Post 3961655)
You can see my full list of mods in my vBGarage. I would not recommend this setup for a daily driver. I get under 200 miles to a full tank of gas. I drove from my house to Wilmington DE a couple days ago. (96 miles) and burnt a half tank of gas on what was for the most part highway travel.

From your Vbgarage:
Custom K&N Typhoon intake
GReddy SE Exhaust
RX7store High-flow cat
Sohn omp adapter
Agency Power Underdriven Crank Pulley

Not sure why that would give you such poor fuel economy. I've got an intake, mazdaspeed exhaust, catless, sohn and the AP pulley as well. MM tune as well and can regularly see 20 mpg from highway driving. Seldom does it drop lower than 17 and that's with me really thrashing it.

terch1 04-29-2011 03:06 PM


Originally Posted by NErx8 (Post 3961675)
From your Vbgarage:
Custom K&N Typhoon intake
GReddy SE Exhaust
RX7store High-flow cat
Sohn omp adapter
Agency Power Underdriven Crank Pulley

Not sure why that would give you such poor fuel economy. I've got an intake, mazdaspeed exhaust, catless, sohn and the AP pulley as well. MM tune as well and can regularly see 20 mpg from highway driving. Seldom does it drop lower than 17 and that's with me really thrashing it.

Forgot the Racing Beat v2 race tune.

terch1 04-29-2011 03:09 PM


Originally Posted by SleepeR1st (Post 3961659)
terch1, is your track at sea level? That is a damn good time for the little modifications you have done. You should be proud of yourself.

Over here in New Hampshire we have the Epping Speedway, which i am pretty sure is below sea level.

Lots of stock production car times have been bested here, and modified records have been made here.

Never been to a dragstrip but I've been contemplating going. I really want to shut my friends stock MS6 down, and my buddies boosted miata. I've pulled on the MS6 on a high speed "track" run and the miata pulled on the MS6 slightly.

Now i just need the guts to go embarass myself on a couple runs before i feel that stock time or better pulling in.
Eventually when an AP and MM tune comes along my path i will be aiming for records.

The track is slightly above sea level.

terch1 04-29-2011 03:12 PM


Originally Posted by nycgps (Post 3961661)
you think 200 miles a tank is bad ?! :rollingla

try it in NYC !

200 city wouldn't be all that bad, less than 200 highway seems bad to me.

YaXMaNGTO 04-29-2011 11:33 PM


Originally Posted by terch1 (Post 3960136)
I don't have a flatbed scanner at home but here are the times from my drag slip.

Reaction - .709
60 ft - 2.091
594 ft - 8.518
1/8 ET - 9.056
1/8 MPH - 83.62
1/4 ET - 13.755
1/4 MPH - 104.87

EPIC FAIL IN

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http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.ph...94#post1803094

rx8r3mike 04-29-2011 11:40 PM

i am confused. to the epic fail

yiksing 04-29-2011 11:44 PM

^^Nice find.

What are the odds of having a rx-8 and a 87 turbo2 doing the exact same figures in every section of the drag slip?

yiksing 04-29-2011 11:45 PM


Originally Posted by rx8r3mike (Post 3962573)
i am confused. to the epic fail

click the link provided by the reply above yours

Brettus 04-29-2011 11:53 PM


Originally Posted by terch1 (Post 3959894)
I am 90% sure I left the timeslip on the kitchen counter when I got home last night. I will see if I can bring it to work tomorrow and scan it in. Worst case I'll list the stats from the slip.

13.7 huh ?
If it weren't for the fact that you have been on this forum for a while I'd hoist the BS flag quicker than a rat up a drainpipe .

Brettus 04-30-2011 12:03 AM


Originally Posted by YaXMaNGTO (Post 3962566)

OMG - that is just toooooooo funny !!!!!

Brettus 04-30-2011 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by terch1 (Post 3960136)
I don't have a flatbed scanner at home but here are the times from my drag slip.

Reaction - .709
60 ft - 2.091
594 ft - 8.518
1/8 ET - 9.056
1/8 MPH - 83.62
1/4 ET - 13.755
1/4 MPH - 104.87

and for those too lazy to click the link .....


https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1304140232

BUSTED!


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