Haris

Umm, did they ever dyno that car? I know it had 800 horses at the wheels but never heard of how much torque it made. Also was it ever tested at the drag strip and what were the results?

JSE RX-8

After reading the Modified Mag article, i sent them a PM and sent them an e-mail since i havent heard back. i am just as interested as you are to see what the car can do on the strip. maybe they will bring it to englishtown and track it in the spring/summer of '04

ranger4277

They sold it off on EBAY. They won't be taking it anywhere anymore.

Haris

Did they ever get to do that 800 HP porsche vs. 800 HP RX8 in europe? Also why would they sell it without testing it? Grr.

JSE RX-8

do you have the link from the ebay website??

Omicron

I have a feeling it never happened.

ranger4277

When they sold it on EBAY (if it didn't fall through) they claimed it had easy miles only. That would imply it never competed against the 911. But then i remember somebody revealing the results of each of the five (i think) competing events, no times or #s, just which car won each event. (can't find that thread at the moment)

The original auction is here

JSE RX-8

thats strange it only went for 73K. in the mag, it said someone offered 120K for the car and acosta racing turned it down. i wish they would post again so things could become facts and not rumors.

XDEEDUBBX

yea i also read somewhere else on this forum the race results... suprisingly the 9 won one or two more tests than the porsche... or was it a draw? dam, wish i had the link.. someone link pleez

SPD-FC

ha ha 120k for a 3rotor rx8, if someone would have offered that to him he would be stupid not to take it

JSE RX-8

yep looking at the modified mag issue right now it says that someone offered $127K to take it home

mdw33333

I talked to a rep at Acosta and he said the car had 630 whp and 500 or so ft lbs. of torque.

JSE RX-8

mdw33333, did they say anything about whether or not they sold the car and for how much?

SPD-FC

yea it says that and then he was selling it on e-bay for $76,000, don't know if anyone bought it though-

JSE RX-8

yea there is no answer as to what the final decision was by Acosta. I wish they would respond to the forum.

SPD-FC

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2452632260

73,000 was the winner, what a waste of money

JSE RX-8

some people were saying that it was taken off ebay and sold higher. so no one knows. it may very well be that it was sold on ebay but modified mag said acosta was offer 127K for it

SPD-FC

yea he ws offered that at sevenstock

JSE RX-8

and at SEMA before sevenstock. whatever it is, acosta has not been on to confirm anything

ACOSTARACING

The car was never sold on Ebay. The buyer never came. Sorry we haven't been posting on the forum. We have been busy finishing off our Pro Car for this season. I'm not goin to race the car. But i will take it to Englishtown Raceway, When they have the first Big Import Nationals. so that people can see the numbers.

ACOSTARACING

Before people go cracy asking me for Dyno Numbers , again this is what the car made

14 PSI = ( Low Boost Pump Gas) 640hp & 486 TQ
22 PSI = ( High Boost Race Gas) 855Hp & 675 TQ

JSE RX-8

its good to hear from you guys again. what did you guys end up doing the the RX-8? did you keep it? lets us know the dates that you are planning on coming down to englishtown so we can see you guys race

GREAT NUMBERS!! :D

ACOSTARACING

We will. We have been Busy working on our Pro Import truck
and also working on the turbo kits for the rx-8

JSE RX-8

nice! what kind of turbo kits are you going to offer to the public and what numbers are you projecting the turbos will produce

Kel Rx8

that truck is sick
i remember when i first saw the truck in the hackensack
shop when i brought my fd in.
havent been to the new shop but plan on it.
p.s acosta racing you guys seen one evilrx8 around
hes the one that introduced me to you.