Imidazole

Hey guys. Plain and simple. Whats the most amount of power someone has actually produced out of their RX8, dynoed to the wheels, and what have they done to it?

Has anyone come close to the 300hp to the wheel mark yet?

Magic8

What the hell is so magical about 300 whp?

Ajax

Nothing really, but with headers and exhaust plus minor tuning, the 3rd gen rx7 (225 whp stock) could hit 300.

dmp

....it was boosted. (shrug). My old boosted car gained 25hp from just a test-pipe...7hp from just replacing the spark plugs.

apples and oranges.

Ajax

Right, but you put the RX name on something and people expect it to perform like (or better than) the previous RX. It's RX to RX really.

JeRKy 8 Owner

Just wait until someone buys the SSR turbo kit..

Rotoman

I'am the first or maybe the second on their list.. Let's goooooo.... zoom-zoom

Imidazole

Whats so magical about 300 ponies? F-body LT1/LS1, Mustangs, etc are on the road.

Thats what.

Magic8

So what? Not sure about their weights, but are they couple of hundred pounds heavier. Besides even with 400 HP, if your tires can't hack it, it does no good. Think about all the 600 to 800 HP Supras that can't hold taction. Of course there is a reason why these Supras are called "Dyno Queens."

First thing I want to know is the traction limit of the tires and how to increase traction. If I break traction all the time, the power seems kind of useless to me. IMHO

cretinx

Which is why I posted the (as yet unresponded to) thread about what kind and size tires people are running.

I mean, I break traction with DSC on during my 1-2 shift with a totally stock car.

Magic8

Good question. Personally the balance is important. I also want a turbo, but along with my turbo I will be looking for ways to make sure the increase in power is usable. Usable in terms of forward motion and not turning vulcanized rubber into smoke.

Charles R. Hill

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There might be a couple compelling things about the 300 h.p. mark. First, it is kinda like breaking into the next e.t. barrier. People seem to take certain pride in getting from 14's to 13's and 13's to 12's, and so on. With us being at the low to mid 200's that's understandable. Second, with the STi advertising 300/300 for one of us to hit the 300 h.p. mark may be notable, whether at the fly or at the wheels. Of course, the torque is a different story but let's not rain on the parade too quickly. The thing I think that may be the most compelling about the magical 300 h.p. mark is that we might actually mean 320 at the wheels because that is roughly the sacred 10:1 power-to-weight ratio w/driver. In terms of daily driven cars that are reliable enough to be driven year-round with no special maintenence or tuning needed, the 10:1 ratio allows us to get solid 12 second 1/4 mile times which ain't too bad especially for a car that also handles and brakes well. I may be thinking too much about this one because for some it may just be a meat-headed fascination with abstract numbers.

CRH