About how solid are these numbers? I already know the HP numbers are bhp, not whp. I'm talking top speed and quarter mile?

http://www.modernracer.com/mazdarx8.html
http://www.albeedigital.com/supercou...0-60times.html

Also, what are some things that are known to be wrong w/ 2004 model RX-8's? I hear people say they have "kinks".

 

Top speed of the RX-8 is around 150 mph for M/T. A/T is governed to 125 mph.

Quarter mile is mid-to-high 14's.

 

Some ppl got up to 180+ mph, but thats on a dyno. So I dont think our 8 is speed limited to 150

but I dont think we can even hit 150mph, due to all kinds of other restictions (gravity, wind, etc)

 

Oh, I know it's not speed limited to 150, but that's as high as I think the 8 will allow due to RPM limitations (as well as the reasoning you mentioned before).

I certainly don't know from personal experience.... I've never tried anything above 110 in the 8.

 

Yah. Doing 150 would be ill concieved, considering your probably hitting redline w/ the stock setup and tune. I looked at vids on streetfire and didn't come up w/ much, besides RX-8's getting owned. And one guy hitting 130 mph.... so i was just wondering.

As far as problems w/ RX-8's? What are they? I have found that almost any Mazda car has some kind of "kink" that can drive them crazy.

Like for example the 03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege: 1) their swaybars clunk so people remove them or fabricate brackets w/ newer adj. endlinks 2)their plastic turbo pipes goin to crap and leave people stranded 3)plastic vaccuum hoses need to be replaced w/ silicon 4) along w/ a good ground kit

 

Same thing happened to all auto companies.

Mazda is not alone.

 

Don't kill anyone.

 

good job

 

There's no drag on the dyno, that helps

 

yeah, it is not limited by a computer to 150, just aerodynamically limited.

 

Top speed I have seen on a dyno is 184

 

The gearing on the 8 will allow a top speed of ~180 mph. But on the road with drag and horsepower the top speed is ~150 mph. I have a friend that hit 147 mph in his 8 on the road.

 

to bad you are not on the autobahn, then you could really get on it for a few miles and not have to worry about anything

 

Ticket.....

 

Ive to got 140mph then crapped myself so slowed down still had alot of poke left though just got to scared !!!!

 

I have been 170 mph drafting behind a friend of mine on an R1 ( on my bike ) And 150 mph in the wrx

 

Top speed runs on the bike is fun. Lucky im still alive i usually went 165 mph with my zx6.

 

150 on my CBR1000, and hit a raccoon and died,,,,,,,,,, well that was why I sold it after I did it, and looked at my new born baby.



150 in my RX7 in 1988.

 

I think 150 is perfectly reachable in a stock car. I've hit 143-144 in mine twice. I dont belive you would get much farther than 148-152 but i do think you can hit 150 with enough road. after 120ish it start to get sluggish, after 130-135 it comes to a crawl. but i still had just a little left at 143

 

your thread fails. 146 gps.

beers

 

I'm no expert, but I hit 150 in my 98 Volvo S70 T5- 5 speed. It was 236 HP and a .32 drag coefficient. The RX8 has similar HP and a .31 drag coefficient. The Volvo's top end was 155. Same in my S80 T6. (both times on a 4 mile banked oval track mind you) So, I would assume the RX8 should be around the same 150-155 drag limited top end.