auto at the drags
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thanks for info will check into gears also im in south florida
and drive 35,000+ miles a year so warrenty is coming to an end soon
plus my 9 second nova race car was getting boring
its amazing how negative most replies are
future plans are probably a supercharger or turbo
and drive 35,000+ miles a year so warrenty is coming to an end soon
plus my 9 second nova race car was getting boring
its amazing how negative most replies are
future plans are probably a supercharger or turbo
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Super charging an auto is like putting breast implants on Hilary Clinton. It will only distract you from the suck. Gilding the turd.
Drag racing an auto rx8, I suppose there's nothing wrong with that. Then again, I guess if you like jerking off with sandpaper, go ahead and do that too. Both are about as rewarding.
Drag racing an auto rx8, I suppose there's nothing wrong with that. Then again, I guess if you like jerking off with sandpaper, go ahead and do that too. Both are about as rewarding.
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Look, I hate the AT RX-8 as much as the next guy... However, give this guy a break. He took his car to the strip rather than telling us some lame street racing story how he beat a 10+ year old NA Supra with 200k miles. Even with a slow car going to the strip is fun, the people watching is great, it's a bunch of car people (rednecks or not), and I don't care what you say, cars running 9 second or better 1/4 miles is damn impressive and fun to watch.
Roadcourses are great, I turned more laps at a track before I was 16 than most of you will in a lifetime. BUt gross displays of horsepower are a hell of a lot of fun as well. If this guy wants to take his slow car to the strip and be part of the fun, more power to him (ok, maybe not much power
).
Roadcourses are great, I turned more laps at a track before I was 16 than most of you will in a lifetime. BUt gross displays of horsepower are a hell of a lot of fun as well. If this guy wants to take his slow car to the strip and be part of the fun, more power to him (ok, maybe not much power
).
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Originally Posted by Ike
Look, I hate the AT RX-8 as much as the next guy... However, give this guy a break. He took his car to the strip rather than telling us some lame street racing story how he beat a 10+ year old NA Supra with 200k miles. Even with a slow car going to the strip is fun, the people watching is great, it's a bunch of car people (rednecks or not), and I don't care what you say, cars running 9 second or better 1/4 miles is damn impressive and fun to watch.
Roadcourses are great, I turned more laps at a track before I was 16 than most of you will in a lifetime. BUt gross displays of horsepower are a hell of a lot of fun as well. If this guy wants to take his slow car to the strip and be part of the fun, more power to him (ok, maybe not much power).
Roadcourses are great, I turned more laps at a track before I was 16 than most of you will in a lifetime. BUt gross displays of horsepower are a hell of a lot of fun as well. If this guy wants to take his slow car to the strip and be part of the fun, more power to him (ok, maybe not much power
).
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funny how people who dont even own an rx8 are so judgemental
but i just went out and test drove a bunch of cars from 350z to s2000
the rx8 was the most fun and i like to drive my stuff
so heres a pictue of my jeep 2001
fuel injected small block chevy 700r4 dana 60's 450+hp
funny how people who dont even own an rx8 are so judgemental
but i just went out and test drove a bunch of cars from 350z to s2000
the rx8 was the most fun and i like to drive my stuff
so heres a pictue of my jeep 2001
fuel injected small block chevy 700r4 dana 60's 450+hp
Originally Posted by strokercharged95gt
But running a high 14/low 15 in the manual and people will have a different opinion?
low 14's is respectable for a stock car. Big difference between high 16's and low 14's buddy.
Nice Jeep, what kind of lockers?
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strange full spool in rear
lock rite in front
scored 1300 on rti ramp
and everything is custom made by myself
anyways 16.3 at 87mph is bone stock with the traction control on isnt high 16's
give me some time and lets see what difference is
lock rite in front
scored 1300 on rti ramp
and everything is custom made by myself
anyways 16.3 at 87mph is bone stock with the traction control on isnt high 16's
give me some time and lets see what difference is
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If you are just looking for a little more speed at the 1/4 mile races, and it is fine as an everyday driver, you seriously might try some nitrous. A nice 55 shot will give you some substantially better times, and when youa re driving the car around everyday, you can just turn the system off.
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You could get Pettit's supercharger. Moon Assad's car has 205whp at 7psi with a smaller blower than the one they're using for production. Once he puts on the larger blower (like the kind you'd be buying) he's expecting another 20-30whp. That puts you at around 235whp. That's enough to blow the doors off of any N/A manual RX-8.
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Kudo's for going and posting a time. Do you happen to remember the trap speed? Low 16's is better than I thought it'd be (some people around here seem to think that 14.5 is fast, so ignore the negative comments 
). A higher stall torque converter could easily knock half a second off of that. A Pettit supercharger or Greddy turbo would put it in the low-mid 14's.
If the AT could get off the line, it's not a terribly slow car. Run the 1/4 in a 6MT 8 without the clutch drop and see how fast it is (high 15's at best would be my guess). The gearing on the 4AT doesn't help, and is more suited to a FI car, but the car accelerates fairly well above 4krpm.
Again, kudo's for throwing it out there and putting up with some of the idiocy here.
). A higher stall torque converter could easily knock half a second off of that. A Pettit supercharger or Greddy turbo would put it in the low-mid 14's.If the AT could get off the line, it's not a terribly slow car. Run the 1/4 in a 6MT 8 without the clutch drop and see how fast it is (high 15's at best would be my guess). The gearing on the 4AT doesn't help, and is more suited to a FI car, but the car accelerates fairly well above 4krpm.
Again, kudo's for throwing it out there and putting up with some of the idiocy here.
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Originally Posted by therm8
Kudo's for going and posting a time. Do you happen to remember the trap speed? Low 16's is better than I thought it'd be (some people around here seem to think that 14.5 is fast, so ignore the negative comments ). A higher stall torque converter could easily knock half a second off of that. A Pettit supercharger or Greddy turbo would put it in the low-mid 14's.
If the AT could get off the line, it's not a terribly slow car. Run the 1/4 in a 6MT 8 without the clutch drop and see how fast it is (high 15's at best would be my guess). The gearing on the 4AT doesn't help, and is more suited to a FI car, but the car accelerates fairly well above 4krpm.
Again, kudo's for throwing it out there and putting up with some of the idiocy here.
). A higher stall torque converter could easily knock half a second off of that. A Pettit supercharger or Greddy turbo would put it in the low-mid 14's.If the AT could get off the line, it's not a terribly slow car. Run the 1/4 in a 6MT 8 without the clutch drop and see how fast it is (high 15's at best would be my guess). The gearing on the 4AT doesn't help, and is more suited to a FI car, but the car accelerates fairly well above 4krpm.
Again, kudo's for throwing it out there and putting up with some of the idiocy here.
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Originally Posted by eviltwinkie
Me thinks theres a touch o MT envy... =)
Not from me. I can drive a manual, just choose not too in a daily driver, for my own reasons. Seems to be alot of MT owners talking without knowledge here though. Consider me a voice of reason.
I'm currently on the hunt for one of these for a weekender (in replica form of course, as I don't have 3/4 of a million dollars laying around):
And to stay on topic. The 87mph trap speed is important. That equates to roughly 165rwhp, which is quite a bit lower than advertised by Mazda for the 6 port AT (that's actually pretty close to advertised 4 port numbers). What altitude (approximately) was this run at?
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Originally Posted by therm8
Not from me. I can drive a manual, just choose not too in a daily driver, for my own reasons. Seems to be alot of MT owners talking without knowledge here though. Consider me a voice of reason.
I'm currently on the hunt for one of these for a weekender (in replica form of course, as I don't have 3/4 of a million dollars laying around):
And to stay on topic. The 87mph trap speed is important. That equates to roughly 165rwhp, which is quite a bit lower than advertised by Mazda for the 6 port AT (that's actually pretty close to advertised 4 port numbers). What altitude (approximately) was this run at?
I'm currently on the hunt for one of these for a weekender (in replica form of course, as I don't have 3/4 of a million dollars laying around):
And to stay on topic. The 87mph trap speed is important. That equates to roughly 165rwhp, which is quite a bit lower than advertised by Mazda for the 6 port AT (that's actually pretty close to advertised 4 port numbers). What altitude (approximately) was this run at?
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I checked out a '57 Speedster replica that was done by Beck yesterday. Looked pretty well done, but replicas bug me for some reason.
The dealer also had this thing
http://www.reinaintlauto.com/invento...+Sports+Figure
Also, 165whp would have him trapping higher than 87.
The dealer also had this thing
http://www.reinaintlauto.com/invento...+Sports+Figure
Also, 165whp would have him trapping higher than 87.
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Originally Posted by Ike
I checked out a '57 Speedster replica that was done by Beck yesterday. Looked pretty well done, but replicas bug me for some reason.
Also, 165whp would have him trapping higher than 87.
Also, 165whp would have him trapping higher than 87.
Replicas usually bug me, but considering I'll never touch a real one, this replicates the original performance, and there are less than a couple thousand replicas out there, this one doesn't bother me. I would go on and on, but I don't want to hijack this thread.