Youtube Video: RX-8 Hits 167mph (270kmh) On German Autobahn
 

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i love the autobahn for that reason... no speed limit unless posted, sick!!!

I love the High Beam action, in Europe it means Get The F*** Out Of The Way, and you better be paying attention cuz they ain't stopping if you are not out of the lane...

Right, well as far as I know there has yet to be a car manufactered that allows the car and any passengers to travel through solid matter so unless the owner wants to destroy his vehicle, the other vehicle, and anyone riding in both I'm pretty sure he's going to at least have to slow down or stop.

Hmm... I didn't know a stock 8 could get that high... Crazy...

Wonder what mods were done?

i though the 8 hit an aerodynamic barrier or something after like 140?

I have done in excess of 140MPH on the Texas Autobahn.

:lol2:

must be a Mazdaspeed version. ;)

Not sure about that. The governor is somewhere around 148 mph tops I believe; so how they managed to reach 160+ is beyond me. I do recall reading people say the car gets unstable over 140+ which might be what you're referring to. Of course different body kits and spoilers can change that.

On the M/T cars there is not a governor. They are only limited by aero resistance and hp. A/T cars are suppose to be limited at 120 mph. The previous high speed I have seen listed was 155. This guy must have a strong engine. I've been to 135 and the front end felt funny. Others have said that if you go beyond that the car settles down again. On the dyno, the car will redline in 6th gear at 186 mph.
If you go the the YouTube site he says the car is stock.

havent watched the vid, but depending - its entirely plausible. I've got into the upper 150's with ease on long downhills. though on stock suspension and aero, it gets flaky IMO over 130-140... very flaky for that kind of speed

Alot of 'stock' options can easily affect aerodynamics at that speed, including top speed and stability. Options such as the appearance package, moonroof wind deflector and spoiler. Then there is windows down vs up, including the rear ones, etc... I could easily see adding all of these knocking quite a few MPH off the top speed.

It also looks like the latter section of that video he is on a shallow downhill. It helps.

Ah, thanks Al. I never cared to look into the details about this.





















Wait a minute why were you going 135....:suspect:

I am looking forward to trying the same thing soon...

Until I find out what his max speed on the GPS is, I'm not going to say that he really hit 165+mph. Perhaps he has aftermarket wheels and tires to add to the inaccuracy of the speedometer. I'm not doubting him, but it is never accurate to read the speedo at speeds like that.

The YouTube site said that he hit 265 KPH on his GPS. You can see it (the GPS) on his dash.

Because I could.
I had 3 lanes open for over a mile in front of me.

well, unless you can stop a car going 270km/h in a matter of seconds, then the car in front of you better be out of the way (otherwise you know what happens)... and most people are not paying attention to their rear view mirror. So, you know what I meant in my original post ;)

1:19 in the video you can see him coming to the top of a hill. the rest of the video is filmed with him going downhill. That's why he waited till he did to start speeding up.

Thanks for that catch, AN.

167mph all stock...simply amazing.

In addition to going downhill, something else to keep in mind - if he went to 19" rims at 245/35/19, that would give him an extra 3mph on the dash.

There goes half a tank