SportCompactCar: RX-8 named as one of 8 great rides
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Originally Posted by brillo
Our car is really making about 220-225BHP as Racing Beat has taken an engine and thrown it on an engine dyno, so our drive train loss is about ~15%. So where is the other 25BHP? ask the ECU, Mazda had to tune it down to save the cat from getting cooked by engine heat. It's to bad for most people Cats have to live 150K miles
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the 0-60 times for professionals is going to be better than the import tuner mags because they know how to launch, and yes you have to drive it like you stole it, with 6-7k rpm launches
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why does everyone freak out over the damn hp?!?! calm down . . . . its true about heat and air flow and front tire speed and all that crap on the dyno. its also true that heat on the road or trak plays a ditermining factor in performance #'s. and dont try to run the 1/4 with the gas light on ether:D just breath in and turn the wheel and remember why this car is so special. and i know this isnt a street racing forum but damn, a good driver in this car can do some pritty cool things. iv beet an srt4 (on a twisty road in the sticks) and the mspeed pro (from a light) and an s2000 (on the freeway) iv also set shoty when a formula D driver drifted my car at the falken drift show off. holly cow the first time he even set behined the wheel of an 8 he threw it into a 100 yard drift at almost 60 mph . . . and pulled it off!! the next turn wasnt so perfect but like i said the first time! im not trying to start anything but i am so sick of hearing people cry about dyno #'s just do a doughnut it helps me:D
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wow dont know where that came from :o but why dont people talk more about the steering box of this car? i still think it tracks at cruising speeds on the freeway but im more than impressed with its performance during aggressive driving.
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Originally Posted by IZoomZoomI
the loss is roughly around 17% i think. 188 sounds about right. Regarding there comment on shortening the final drive wouldn't this improve acceleration? Last time I checked thats what we needed. Other than getting smaller diameter wheels how else can you modify your gear ratios? And where?
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Originally Posted by DisneyDestroyer
Am I misreading this, or did they just say that there was a rotary in the Miata?
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