Ford Focus vs Rx-8
08-08-2006, 10:34 AM
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The roof scoop is what? Driver AC? Can you banish someone for mentioning the rx8 and that ford car in the same sentence. Oddly CNET has the 2 cars in the same grouping as 4 doors.
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08-08-2006, 11:35 AM
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I'm not really sure what you're laughing at. I'm actually kind of confused. It's a race car, the wing and scoops are functional. I don't know, that just doesn't seem funny to me. Maybe it's because I didn't eat my wheaties this morning.
08-08-2006, 12:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Dunno, but those scoops and wings are a hoot!
At least they actually serve a purpose!
Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Dunno, but those scoops and wings are a hoot!
At least they actually serve a purpose!
Our front scoop and diffusser are fake, but this Focus WRC has them painted to look bigger (see higher contrast close-up) . Maybe what's good to cool a competitive World Championship car is not big enough for the tuning-oriented customers.
And I KNOW its pears and apples
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08-08-2006, 01:14 PM
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You know I love my 8, but before I had the 8 I had an 03 ZX3. Honestly I loved that car. It had the 2.3 liter pzev engine so it had a higher output and the torque was great. After some mods, the body roll was non existent, the car looked great, and it picked up pretty close to the 8 (without the nitrous) if not faster (with the nitrous) I loved that car and am still considering getting a focus some time soon! Its comfortable, the rides amazing, the mileage and storage are great, but that doesnt mean i wanna get rid of my 8 for one.
08-08-2006, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
To keep it on the ground.
08-08-2006, 06:22 PM
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Yeah. I'm going to lay it out for you. I'm an aerospace engineer, you're not. I understand wings, you don't. The wing makes mucho downforce at the speeds the car runs. It also offers a yaw moment when the car is sideways. I'm going to have to side with the professional race car engineers and aerodynamicists on this one.
08-08-2006, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Stavesacre21
as much as i'd like to imagine it'll be reaching those atronomincal speeds, it'd hardly be wishful thinkin.
Ever put your hand out the window at 60 mph?
A bit of force is applied to it when you move it up or down into the wind.
Just an example, now imagine if your hand was 5 feet wide.
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08-08-2006, 06:31 PM
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It was meant to be a joke blue....and by astronomical, i was refurring to aircraft speeds, not just fast.
I'm very well aware of the effective downforce provided on a real rally/race car. Although you think you're the only one that has grasped the concepts of physics in this instance, try not to be so closed minded. You may have a further understanding then I, but I've had to study physics in-depth for almost 4 years just to get an understanding for gamma and x radiation...which included a basic understanding of aerospace engineering before going more in depth. Same field, no...same idea, yes.
But I will be humble and admit the miscommunication. Sorry if it came off too seriously.
I'm very well aware of the effective downforce provided on a real rally/race car. Although you think you're the only one that has grasped the concepts of physics in this instance, try not to be so closed minded. You may have a further understanding then I, but I've had to study physics in-depth for almost 4 years just to get an understanding for gamma and x radiation...which included a basic understanding of aerospace engineering before going more in depth. Same field, no...same idea, yes.
But I will be humble and admit the miscommunication. Sorry if it came off too seriously.
08-08-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
It only came out serious because you said it twice. ha
08-08-2006, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
Yeah. I'm going to lay it out for you. I'm an aerospace engineer, you're not. I understand wings, you don't. The wing makes mucho downforce at the speeds the car runs. It also offers a yaw moment when the car is sideways. I'm going to have to side with the professional race car engineers and aerodynamicists on this one.
08-09-2006, 03:39 AM
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RX8 lines are already busy -bordering the baroque- (with all those fenders, wheel arches, fake scoops and diffussrs, rotary accents and all), so another ornament should not hurt much... 
08-09-2006, 09:15 AM
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I was refering to the front grille, I got a little bit carried away and used "scoops" instead of "scoop". A/C and oil openings seem genuine 
. Are they called scoops?
. Are they called scoops?
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