first time at the strip
 

15.497 @ 85mph

Not bad I suppose for the first time ever at the strip. Temp was in the mid 60's. Got to feel what wheel hop is, and how much I never want to put the car through that again :(. My goal was mid 15's and I got it on my second run. First run I left DSC on accidentaly. The 3rd run I had a passenger and launched at 3k instead of 5.5k as in the first two runs. I'm gonna stay off the strip until i get some decent mods, particularly something to reduce that wheel hop.

I agree with those that say the RX8 isn't a drag car, and I didn't buy it because I thought it was one. I had more fun having everyone gawk at the car and even the announcer shoot me props on the PA system.

did you reduce tire pressure? I think the 2nd one has the car title swapped. The hop should be able to be eliminated with practice.
See my posts back about August about my trip to the track.

yea, the cars are swapped on the 2nd one...i fixed it but for some reason it uploaded my old copy.

although i havent checked, the tire pressure is whatever the dealer put it at and no TPMS lights. i'm skeptical about dropping pressure, as we all saw what happened to judge ito. would raising or lowering it help the wheel hop at all?

edit: found your post, seems like dropping the pressure will lower 60ft times...althought I thought my 2nd 60ft was decent, i'll consider it :-/

not to bad times..good shit...keep practicing so you can catch up to judge ito....he's running 14.2's..

i'd be more than satisfied with 14's...stage 1 ought to help :)

Good runs.
On your 15.4 run did you miss a gear?
only asking beacuse of your low trap.

yea, missed 4th but it was right before the trap

Why were you shifting into 4th when you hadn't even hit 90 mph yet? 3rd still had some leg left.

like i said, it was right before the trap where i was probably going 90 or over. missed it, gave up, decided to coast the last split second and lost 2 mph.

You will never need to shift out of third gear in a stock rx-8. once you shift into 3rd keep it floored.

Dont listen to them.
You should be shifting into fourth right before the end of the 1/4 mile.

i coulda held 3rd, but it was just creeping up to redline.

If you hold third you will be in the 9000+rpm range.

And if you look at the dynos power drops after 8000.

I think short shifting a little bit (8300-8500) would yeild the best #s.

I dont know about that. every dyno I have seen shows it max around 8500. besides, you are just about at the end of the 1/4 even around 8500 as you stated. So now you have to shift and by the time you do you will have lost time.

Just my .75 cents

yea mods will definitely help out but a 15.4 is similiar to what an IS300 runs stock so not so bad straight from the factory

1.) Shifting into 4th is a bad idea and will only slow you down.

2.) The guy in the STi was either a bit of an inexperienced driver or the track was a little slow. He did botch a launch pretty badly, and his trap speeds were all over the place, so the former is most likely the case. Though there's still a chance the track was a bit slow so maybe you could shave a couple tenths off just by going to another track.

3.) The Car names are reversed on the 2nd slip :)

The 60-foot times for both cars were slow, particularly for the new 8 driver. But that's ok... it'll come down.

4th is a very bad idea. I agree with Ike.

Now, time slips will bear this out, but you gotta wind motors like these for all they are worth before shifting. This will put you further up the power curve when you engage the next gear... which is more important than shifting right *at* the power peak.

I see it with my 125cc shifter kart. Shifting at the power peak is 1 second slower a lap than taking it all the way past the power peak just before it falls flat on its face.

The 1.795 from the STI isn't anything to scoff at, but certainly could be better.

pretty good run for a first time out. the pros at motor trend did a late 14's run at like 92, so your run was almost on par with them, if you didn't have a passenger with you it would have brought it down a little more!