Acosta 800+ HP For sale AGAIN.
 

Guess the first guy flaked out, it's for sale again, here's your chance to spend 70k! Woohoo!

Wonder if they had to pay the Ebay listing fees on that one :P

I don't agree with a 20b rx8. Why waste all the engineering?

So you are making 900hp on your 13b? :confused:

Because a 20b install practically transforms it to a supercar that is capable of "reliable" high hp figures. Thats why!

WOW!! If I had 79 grand I'd buy it!
 

haah, nutty


how the hell did my car get on ebay for sale, DAM* it!!!

I thought they already sold it. Did the deal fall through?

With the horrid wheel hop of the RX-8... whats the point of 800hp??? So you can wheel hop at any speed!?

800 HP from a 3-rotor turbo - hmmm, if true, there's enough boost in that turbo to allow for an engine life of, I dunno, 10000 miles.

whats wheel hop?
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LovelyWendie

Basicly the RX8's (and some other cars) tires don't spin smoothly because it breaks and grabs traction when there is wheelspin, which kind of gives you a rear vibration and clunky hoping feel. This will usually only occur when you break the tires loose in a 1st gear launch.

Ike

Get better tires.. Or take it easy on the launches..

i got that magazine. i bet that car could blow-out anything that tries to race it.

Except maybe the 850 hp two engine Audi TT with AWD still engaged. Saw that car on Speed Channel and it did 0-60 in about 3 seconds. It was crazy.

I think you would be shocked to find out how many other street legal cars there are that could smoke it in many forms of racing. Mighty impressive, though there still seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding this car. Is it just a dyno queen? I highly highly doubt you could run the car at the boost required to make the 800hp for very long at all. Why are there no 1/4 miles times on this car, lap times, etc. I thought the Modiefied article was supposed to have all that but from the sounds of it the actual competition never happened. I wish I had checked out the Magazine so I actually knew what the hell I was talking about. :p Did the mag even post a dyno graph?


I see no mention of what tranny this thing has in it, which makes me wonder just how long before the gearbox explodes. 1 or 2 hards runs maybe? What about suspension stuff, all I see are some coilovers, nice coilovers at that, but just tossing some coilovers on an 800hp car and not touching anything else on the suspension... When it comes down to, to me this car seems like a dyno queen and showcar above everything else.

Ike

Looks like the reserve was met...

The Modified magazine article explains all the mods. It has a completely different drivetrain (tranny, driveshaft, diff, and rear suspension mods)

Tnanks neit, was it just the stock Cosmo drivetrain, or aftermarket? I wonder why the heck that isn't listed in the ebay auction?