Mine was 2854 on a set of scales I calibrated myself (15 years in the scale business, in another life).

This is a Base Model with:

Sport Package
Racing Beat Exhaust
Racing Beat Front bar and Endlinks
18x8 SSR Competitions
275/35/18 Hoosier A3S04's
8 Gallons of 100 Octane Race Gas

Add 16lbs for the stock wheels with 275 Hoosiers.

 

Excellent news. So i'd be looking around 2800 give or take a few pounds. I drove a white 6MT with sport package no sunroof last night. I think I might go back tonight and leave with company..

 

Sorry if this has been covered already, but did you happen to weigh the stock exhaust and the RB? That rear muffler is huge, I would think some pounds could be saved there.

Supertrapp anyone?

JV

 

SSHhhh!!!!! How the heck amd I supposed to get an advantage with stuff like that on this place???? :D

 

Not "officially", but I can tell you it's heavier than the stock unit by at least a couple of pounds, and WAY heavier than the Borla. I think if weight is that critical, and money is NO object, the titanium exhaust may be the way to go (for a daily driver).

Supertrapp would be good, but MAN is that going to be loud!!!

There are pics of the Borla and the RB exhausts at the link in my signature.

 

Loud? **** bro, I don't care. It's not my car. :D

I'm just thinking out loud. Back when I was autocrossing my FC turbo I had a buddy with an FC NA - RB headers to a race pipe to a two-in / two out flowmaster. THAT was loud. I imagine with the cats the RX-8 has, and a factory manifold, it wouldn't be too bad. Plus you can take out all the diffuser discs and make it fairly quiet.

Hey, Cliff - what RPM range do you find yourself in at the big autocrosses? Thinking any torque loss from a straight pipe might be moot if you're above 5000 most of the time (which I suspect you are).

John

 

easy to say for someone that doesn't have to drive the car everyday.

On the A lot this year, it was probably over 4k almost all of the time. 5k...dunno.

I could show you a bar graph if I'd had something to log data with this past year, though, if you catch my drift. :p

 

Yes, yes... I'm with you.



I'm saving my pennies. Find my unemployed chemical-engineer girlfriend a job and we can do some serious shopping...

JV

 

KUMHO expands V710, ASX lineups

FONTANA, CA … November 1, 2004… KUMHO Tire U.S.A. will add several sizes of its new ECSTA V710 and ASX tires in 2005.

The ECSTA V710, KUMHO’s new DOT race tire, has done very well in SCCA competition since its introduction earlier this year, winning dozens of road races and claiming 21 titles at the SCCA Solo National Championships. The tire is currently available in seven sizes, ranging from 205/50R15 to 315/25R18. Five new sizes of the V710 will become available in January--215/50R13, 195/55R14, 205/55R14, 225/50R14, and 225/50R15. Five more sizes in April--215/40R16, 225/50R16, 245/45R16, 245/35R18 and 285/30R18.

 

D'oh! No 245/35 until April

Looks like we will have to start off on the S04s...