rx-7 chasing 2 rx-8's
12-07-2012, 03:29 AM
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12-07-2012, 08:50 AM
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12-07-2012, 10:45 AM
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The FC driver isn't local. He probably felt a tad uncomfortable on those roads. The red 8 was modded to the brim and the silver 8 had the mod that trumped all mods. Slick tires. Not that the handling of an 8 is bad. Stock for stock, the 8's suspension would trounce on the FCs but this video really doesn't say much. It's just 3 buddies having fun.
12-07-2012, 11:52 AM
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at Mazdafest in 2005, we did the stock Rx8 vs IT prepped FC, and its basically even. you let me put tires and an alignment on the Rx8 and the 8 is faster.
12-07-2012, 08:28 PM
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Couldn't that be said for quite a few cars though? If you mod a car you can make it do almost anything you want depending how extreme you go.
12-07-2012, 10:09 PM
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I love how OP got wet over the fact that the 8's were ever so slightly quicker on the roads than the FC... All while the FC is two decades behind in technology, the road result is dependent on driver and the 8's were "modded to the brim and the silver 8 had the mod that trumped all mods."
12-07-2012, 10:40 PM
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I love how OP got wet over the fact that the 8's were ever so slightly quicker on the roads than the FC... All while the FC is two decades behind in technology, the road result is dependent on driver and the 8's were "modded to the brim and the silver 8 had the mod that trumped all mods."
12-08-2012, 05:25 PM
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While I love both my RX7 and my RX8, my RX7 carves much better than my 8, BUT, the 7 has coil overs, has spent a lot of time of corner scales, and alignment racks getting it perfect.
The RX8 really does carve good but not like my 7, nor is it as fast in a straight line, for obvious reasons. When I go play with my friends in their Porsche's, they cannot keep up with my 7 at all, they keep up with the RX8 just fine.
Let me get back to you after I put some better tires on the 8 as well as changing from 225 to 255 width. I think it will carve better after I take these mismatched tires off of it.
I have put a front sway on the 8 and put it on an alignment rack to dial out lot of the understeer. I think the tires will make it a much better driver.
Bone stock? The 8 is a much better car hands down and most likely much faster than a stock FC, that is for sure.
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12-09-2012, 10:14 AM
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12-10-2012, 01:51 AM
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stock for stock it's really hard to say, at least if we comparing stock tii to stock rx-8.
FC is 25 years old, but it's also MUCH lighter.
Check out the FCs they have in Japan will wet your pants, most of the good cars were never "online" and kept by private owners, they usually don't have crazy body mods but most have those GT Wing, before you laugh and call them ricers, they go REALLY fast and those wings help under high speed cornering and will get ur pants wet. holy ****.
FC is 25 years old, but it's also MUCH lighter.
Check out the FCs they have in Japan will wet your pants, most of the good cars were never "online" and kept by private owners, they usually don't have crazy body mods but most have those GT Wing, before you laugh and call them ricers, they go REALLY fast and those wings help under high speed cornering and will get ur pants wet. holy ****.
12-10-2012, 12:52 PM
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i haven't put an Rx8 on the scale yet, but a STOCK US spec T2 is over 2800lbs, so its only 100lbs lighter, give or take.
i like the FC too, but the Rx8 is faster at the race track.
12-10-2012, 07:38 PM
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if your looking at a video of a couple guys on a public road maybe... on a race track the Rx8 is faster.
i haven't put an Rx8 on the scale yet, but a STOCK US spec T2 is over 2800lbs, so its only 100lbs lighter, give or take.
i like the FC too, but the Rx8 is faster at the race track.
i haven't put an Rx8 on the scale yet, but a STOCK US spec T2 is over 2800lbs, so its only 100lbs lighter, give or take.
i like the FC too, but the Rx8 is faster at the race track.
where is RX9 ? or RX-8 "REAL" 2nd gen ? just like how RX7 got thru 3 gen
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