Sorry if I made you feel bad.

You can easily do a burnout in an Rx-8, the OP (3 years ago) forgot to turn off traction control, it's in an annotation in the video.

This whole thread is bad.

Ha- rx8club.com just sent me an update- more replies to this old thread.
Sure.. why not.
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Yeah.
Also note the RX8 is my daily driver.
It's easier to abuse a car when you don't need it to get to work.
I was trying to do a burnout without being too hard on the car...and I obviously failed miserably.


The new set I put on after those burn out attempts... already shot.
(when I pulled them off to put the new wheels and tires on late last year- yes, had previous alignment issue where I barely tapped a curb sliding sideways stopped in an ice storm)


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I did upgrade after that.
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And the staggered sticky BFGoodrich tires would be even harder to do a burn out with.

Why on earth do you wait and let your tires get down nothing before replacing them?

I did not realize they were anywhere near that bad until just before I ordered those wheels/tires.
Those Sumitomo tires do amazing well even when close to slicks. (shrug)

Go get a car wash and get the wheel brite option....never fails, even if I don't want to spin em

For a burn out with an 8 , you would need a puddle of grease given the 8's non extent torq from a stand still lol lol:).,

Do you have an 8 and know how to do a burnout? Cause i have brand new pirelli centuratos and mines 100% stock. I can still do a decent burnout fairly easily

so yeah , reni04 doesnt know what he's talking about. so ignore his posts in this thread.

navyscubasteve to side track for a moment- what kinds navy diver are you? the blow shit up kind? cause we got an army diver for that around here and i don't want any "this town aint big enough for two guys who blow shit up for a living " army/navy rivalry hijinks

Well for one thing we all know that navy beats army. Always. And another, i actually work on aircraft, that is just a catchy username haha

Army rules bud, sorry.

What kind of aircraft? I'm well versed in the AH-64D. As well as some of the newer E model systems.

Rank? MOS?

Myself- RET. SGT U.S. ARMY 15R20
Travis

What you still watchin that vhs of the last time the army beat navy? ;p
Mostly work on hornets and superhornets, some sh-60s. E3 and idk what it woulf translate to but im a radar system and solder technician.

thank you steve for your service :)

pull the front af the car up against your garage, poor water under rear tires, take off traction control, turn on GoPro, let it rip, post on you tube.

I have driven my 2004 rx8 automatic for 100,000 plus miles , and the puddle of grease remark was about the automatic trans 8 , even a dumb ass knows after driving the automatic 8 , that from a stand still it has very little if any torq for a burn out:scratchhe. I am also US Navy river rat retired, honorably discharged, decorated, disabled. I didn't blow shit up i just killed people on the rivers of cambodia and laos. You shouldn't give bad advice but instead keep your opinions of others to your self. You are stereo typical of a cyber bully trying to garner political currency in the form of mis placed admoration . You probably weren't in the military , bullys usually get their ass kicked at least in the Navy lol:ylsuper:

Oh yea by the way , since you shot your big mouth off please enlighten us all with your proof that a 2004 automatic can do a burn out from a stand still with out the puddle of grease, i'm in great suspense ! lol lol lol.:cool:

Yes i do! and i was refering to an automatic trans. If your going to try and tell me that you can do a decent burn out wwith an automatic , please by all means show me the proof other wise you are mistaken and probably assuming i ment a manual trans. Even with a manual trans with the lack of real low end torq if you do it with the manual trans and yes it can be done, but you will soon need a cluitch plate. With an automatic 2004 series one 8 i still say you will need a puddle of grease and oh yes i was reffering to bone stock 2004 automatic trans 8.:). I am a retired US Navy river rat cambodia , laos gun runner river rat, we were affectionalty called the boat people in Viet Nam war.

Lol very awesome

Ture show more money than brains

One hour optical is having a sale this month you might want to visit them, if you read my post you would know i have a 2004 automatic and you would also know i was talking about the automatic that would need a puddle of grease to burn out in :boink:. You may think i have a big mouth so what , i think you need a tin cup and a corner to stand on cause your blind cuz.

I don't get it. You can do a burnout in an automatic car! Just hold the brake pedal with your left foot and floor the accelerator pedal. The rear wheels will spin in one place. It's not gonna create a lot of smoke, but they will spin in one place.

Did you just quote & burn yourself?!?!? Looking for a fight so bad you're swinging punches at yourself!!! :lol:

You must be practical here my friend. An automatic can't do a burn out with out the routine you quoted here , which would soon trash the automatic trans operation and besides given the low torq of the automatic 8 , one has to ask what is the point. If you can do a thing doesn't mean you should do a thing. Your automatic trans would not last long. To say yes i can do a burn out with my automatic trans and ruin the trans for that purpose means to me you have more money than brains lol.