View Poll Results: What's the deal with the Hi-Power Renesis?
It\'s a 220 hp motor
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30 more hp will appear somehow, someway, someday
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What's the deal with the Hi-Power Renesis?
08-01-2003, 05:18 PM
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What's the deal with the Hi-Power Renesis?
After reviewing all the evidence (anecdotal and dyno results from several different cars and dynos) my take on it is that the Renesis is down 30hp from advertised.
If Mazda knowingly delivered the cars shy on power, they should be ashamed of themselves, especially after the Miata fiasco. They had to know the car nuts would dyno theiir cars and on the internet, word spreads like wildfire. This is exactly the kind of buzz the rotary and the RX-8 does NOT need. The cars have been out maybe two weeks and already there is a major controversy, talk of buy-backs, compensating owners, etc.
What makes it especially sucky is I think a lot of us would have still bought the car at 220hp. (See my other poll.) Had the handlng and steering feel turned me on, I just may have. The styling, interior, and drivetrain feel are good enough, even if the car isn't as quick as its contemporaries.
If Mazda knowingly delivered the cars shy on power, they should be ashamed of themselves, especially after the Miata fiasco. They had to know the car nuts would dyno theiir cars and on the internet, word spreads like wildfire. This is exactly the kind of buzz the rotary and the RX-8 does NOT need. The cars have been out maybe two weeks and already there is a major controversy, talk of buy-backs, compensating owners, etc.
What makes it especially sucky is I think a lot of us would have still bought the car at 220hp. (See my other poll.) Had the handlng and steering feel turned me on, I just may have. The styling, interior, and drivetrain feel are good enough, even if the car isn't as quick as its contemporaries.
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08-01-2003, 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by wakeech
it will be rectified... no question.
it will be rectified... no question.
08-01-2003, 11:28 PM
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08-01-2003, 11:29 PM
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i dont know where this 30 hp came from,first dyno on the car with low miles was 184.we were looking for what,205 or 207.more like a 21 to 23 hp unless math is diffrent in your part of the country.
08-02-2003, 12:07 AM
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Originally posted by akrx8
i dont know where this 30 hp came from,first dyno on the car with low miles was 184.we were looking for what,205 or 207.more like a 21 to 23 hp unless math is diffrent in your part of the country.
i dont know where this 30 hp came from,first dyno on the car with low miles was 184.we were looking for what,205 or 207.more like a 21 to 23 hp unless math is diffrent in your part of the country.
Several cars with various amounts of miles, some over 2,000, are all providing the same result. The engine is definitely not producing as promised. Someone referenced SCC and the stuck ports in another thread... I think they may be on to something.
08-02-2003, 12:37 AM
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Originally posted by akrx8
no offence don,i just remember rotary news that the car had 204 to 207 at the wheels.
no offence don,i just remember rotary news that the car had 204 to 207 at the wheels.
When and where was the RN car tested? That is the first one I have heard of producing over 200 whp.
08-02-2003, 12:42 AM
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im sorry,i didnt say that correctly.i meant the news confrence they had with mazda prior to the usa release where mazda said those were the #'S at the wheels on hi-power
08-02-2003, 05:42 AM
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Rotary News are as concerned as the rest of us: http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7976
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