ive been asking alot about the rx8 lately, but one of the main things i want to know is if the rx8 can be a good drift car, not illegal drifting, but sanctioned or on privately owned property.

I apologize if this is in the wrong place in advance, just wanna know your thoughts on it or perhaps i should look at an rx7? 350z or g35? or sumthing else RWD.

Eric.

 

I remembered reading somewhere that one of the top Drifter's chariot is an RX-8. Like any other cars, it wasn't stock of course. YMMV.

 

great drift ,build yourself a 240 sx.With sr20det swap

 

The 8 is a great car for drifting, rwd, perfect weight distribution, extreemly torsionally ridgid, come with lsd. Drifts well, but a little more power would help

 

You may be thinking about this...
http://www.jdm-option.com/eng/feature/05_09/report.html

 

rx8 it still shall be then!

Thanks guys!

and by the way the one im probably buying is already turbo'ed (greddy) and ill probably do a greddy turbo delete first off to lay down some more ponies.

Eric.

 

check out the mazdamanic turbo upgrade if it already has the greddy turbo kit on it.

 

Didn't you learn from Tokyo Drift that the RX-8 is the god of all drift cars?! Geez...

 

you mean this one? http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=115638

putting down 191 turbocharged hp...

lol dont get me wrong i love the movie but the only thing i really learned from it was that bow wow is as bad at acting as he is at rapping

EDIT: N_rider that was the upgrade kit i was talking about lol, thanks man.

 

Actually, it wasn't turbocharged when they dynoed it. I remember reading the figures somewhere on Mazdausa.com but it's not there anymore. It was well putting over 230whp.

 

that would make more sense, i would find it hard that mazda would DETUNE the rx8 for japan... more likely for them to detune it for the US lol

 

I dynoed my completely stock car and got 182whp. Dynoing at 191whp is actually pretty good for a stock 8 in Tokyo Drift. Man... I wish I was doing FI...

 

yeah im glad my target car has already got a greddy turbo kit installed, borla exhaust too but ima take off the borla and sell it for an HKS hi power single aswell as get the mazdamaniac turbo upgrade headed my way (using money from selling my old car)

Eric.

 

I'm so jealous...

 

dont be lol, i just hope i dont act stupid and wreck it or not take care of it, stupid and youth go together.

 

i drift in mine. no i learned on a cheep rwd car. why? oops i hit something... duck tape.

 

lmao my friend always bragged about being able to drift his civic and i finnaly told him one day, "dude... its front wheel drive, your not drifting, your FREAKING SKIDDING!"

he got all mad but didnt boast about it anymore

 

well, it is drifting if he can pull it off, not FR drift though, FF drift require high speed attack with controlled on and off e brake application while countersteering and controlling ur throttle so that the front wheel don't overshoot(no drift) or not go fast enough(spin out)

granted, it is still much slower form of "drifting" since you are not pushing with the real wheel, instead you are braking with the real wheels.

 

i love the way someone ask about a question about a specific car and someone else says hey get this knowing that that person probley knows the 240 is a great drift car but he didnt ask about it did he?

 

Touge Factory is developing a suspension for the rx-8. My car is the test car. I am looking forward to getting their suspesnsion.

 

oh snap touge is??? i saw a video of their skyline get roasted by an RE amemiya rx7...

but touge is good stuff in my book none the less

 

Yea I hear that Mazda has created a well balanced vehicle for the RX8 50/50 but you might need more power I heard, to gain greater speed I think because you have to rev even longer to gain top speed for good drifts. But overall I say yes its a good drifter.

 

3.5 year bump.