ShortBusRiot

umm says cant find server

clive

Well done that man ,

All the best Clive.

ShortBusRiot

am I the only one who the website dosent even come up for?

InBlackPlease

Excellent find. Haven't had time to look through everything but I am looking forward to it.

Heavenscent

Thanks for the share! However, after downloading Power Archiever and a whole range of shitty programs....the ESP files will not open.

The closest i got to was a BLACK and WHITE pic....crap.

Can anyone be such a kind soul as to email me the pics? Thanks!

Cheers,
Heavenscent (fd3s@rogers.com)

Buger

If you want to view EPS files, GSview is a free download.

ahmanj

There is a PDF file available at rotarynews.com If I did this corectly then click to download:almost 30meg Press kit as PDF

Hope I didn't screw it up ( first post) or duplicate info posted elsewhere.

Best regards,
Jim.

unemployedpimp

it kinda sucks when threads get off topic, tell us buger how do u get press-release website?

med_mx6

anybody know how the heck you can get your hands on a hard-copy of the press kit?!? (instead of printing it all out)? i would love one for my posterior (posterity )

pr0xy

very excellent site... thanks alot for posting the link

ECRX-7

I got to thinking... if the port was stuck it was stated that the horsepower numbers were close to the lo-power version so 210hp..... and what approx 159 lb/ft

And I looked up what the performance of the last Honda Prelude was (200hp @ 7000rpm, 3054lbs with 156lb/ft) and it ran to 60 in about 6.8 seconds (of course I'm sure this wasn't a 7500rpm clutch drop sprint to 60)

So my guess from a comparison standpoint the C&D and R&T cars were probably performing correctly... to be almost a whole second faster (this is of course if they actually ran it to 60... wasn't there a question with a magazine just publishing the manufactures number?)

jais

I'm not sure if anyone already noticed this, but on page 69 of that presskit the max output for the hi power 6speed (north america) as 247kw/250ps @8500 rpm.

247KW equates to 330hp, but that 247 is also listed as the figure for horsepower on page 21.

just wondering if anyone else had noticed this typo. just a flight of fancy to imagine the 8 with 330hp.

Doctorr

On the pdf specs (and elsewhere) the turning circle 'curb-to-curb' is stated as 5.3 meters, thats less than 18 feet - am I missing something - is that perhaps the inside diameter? Should it not be about twice that?

Ray.

Puppy1

I brought that up a few months ago. We all agreed the menat to say RADIUS not diameter. The numbers are still much better than a G35 coupe and about the same as the 350Z.

Doctorr

In that case (radius vs diameter) it IS exactly twice that....
Thanks for clearing that up.
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.radius........DOH!

Cruising Rolla

Great Stuff man........Do keep it coming......

QuantumTheory08

Way cool site to look at. Yeah I had trouble opening it also at 1st using XP even. I bought an Olympus digital camera last year and it included Elements 2.0. This program has great ability to open many formats. Once opened, I saved and converted the files to JPG files.

Some web page design programs may be able to open eps.

Cool site and I also like the screen saver, giving the day, time, and date.

The Beav

i had to open the esp pics in photoshop, if you want shoot me an email with all the pics you want and i'll convert them to jpg or something and host them

OdinGuru

I've been puzzling over the "rainbow" false color images on the craftmanship image page of this press kit. They aren't really labeled or explained and their peaked my curiosity. I downloaded some of the text from the site, but none of it mentioned these images. I have two possible guesses:

A - Some kind of crash deformation results. (I'm looking forward to seeing some crash testing on the RX-8 to see if my 8 is really as safe as they have been claiming.)

or

B - Some kind of thermal heat map in order to show the effectiveness of the climate control system.

Any thoughts anyone? Am I the only one who found these interesting?

RX-Late

Humm I see what you mean. I don't know what they are - but I was impressed with the images where you can "magically" see the internal workings under the skin of the car. Really nice.

RX-Late

Got the answer. See page 92 of the press pack. They show pressure distribution on the seats. Although they're not that clear.

chinqlinq

screen savers! yay :D

doccable

THANK YOU, lafar! I'm always looking for stuff like this, and if I'm ever fortunate enough, I'll return the favor!

starstar5

Nice!!!

CaRisMa_AF1RX8

ThANks FOr the wallPaper