in its current state, it is a little faster than the rx8's (keith and jason know)....but not much.......

by march, i should be faster than STOCK vipers, vette z06's, diablo's, mercialago's, modena 360's, gto's....blah blah........ keep in mind i said stock! i think the fastest one on there does like mid to low 12's in the 1/4 mile...... im hoping for very low 12 to high 11's...... just need to get some drag radials so i dont slip & slide all over the track


note... im talking 1/4 mile times, NOT top speed, road coarse, or auto crossing..... they will eat me alive on all of those! thats why they are such popular cars, besides their looks, they are very versitile cars....... but on the 1/4 mile, i should whoop some ****!

 

From what I hear, that black RX-8 crash near Big Bear was due to driver error, not pure speed. Supposedly the driver panicked and slammed the brakes mid-turn. Luckily, nobody was injured, as the RX-8 seems to have a strong roof.


As always, play it safe out there guys. Racing's best done on a racetrack.

-s-

 

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I think this is one reason Jill no longer shows up. She had one close scare that made her realize why she has the car, and what she should be doing with it. I beleive her last comment (don't know who told this to us, but ti was at one of our last meets), was that she is now spending a lot of time with her Corvette group, going on rides for charity, not for thrills anymore.


Hi Guys:

Actually, just a little too busy and spread too thin these days to do a lot of things I would like to do.....

I'm back to showing my dogs again (shows are on, you guessed it - Saturday and Sunday), and, you're right

I really LOVE driving the Corvette - but don't drive it nearly as much as I would like either - have not driven it for nearly 3 weeks. I did drive the RX8 this past weekend - took it out for a nice walk - little carbon blow out. Have not had the FD on the road for probably six weeks or so...........

Anyway - hopefully, can catch up with you guys sometime soon - hope you are all doing well - I do do check the thread from time to time!

Jill

 

Glad to know you still check in on us from time to time. It would be neat to see your 8 right next to Carribean Spice Boys...I keep telling him about your 8. Good luck with the shows and your new rotary volume know. Lesper tells us your adding another rotor to yours...I knew you would find a way to fit another one in their.

We actually had a very nice meet this last month at the California Speedway...and did you see that we made a calendar? It was quite an ordeal, but I think it turned out well.

 

Where did you hear this scotty, the paper? and somone needs to get scotty an avatar. By the way the moving avatar (headlights) you made for me ketih is almost identical to konigs.

on a side note, now anbody who wants to buy an 04 evo, 320 whp stereo system and some additioanl mods that have not been tuned...so closer to 350whp afterwards, only has 25,000 mile for $26-27,000 (friend of mine from work)

 

Riccio, NICE TO SEE YOU! or hear from you. it's been so long. I can understand ejoyng the drive of a vette. somthing about driving 350 h.p. from the factory, and the handling is awsome to. I LOVE the new ones! that ferrari head light look is awsome. (even though they got away from the tradition of pop up head lights)

well as Keith said, I hope the dog shows go well, and you can make it back out to a meet sometime. we all miss having you there.


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Deos this mean Lesper and Riccio have a 3 rotor now!?!?!? he he he I gues if you count all the rotors on an RX8, we have a LOT more hten 3....

stock
engine = 2
bumpers = 2
seats = 2
headlights = 2 (tiny rotors inside)
hood = 1
shift **** = 1
engine cover = 1

I added
MS wing = 2
rear window = 3
ash tray = 1

Could have
Radio button = 1
wheel ceter caps = 4
valve stem caps = 4
lic. plate "bolts" = 4
oil cap = 1
washer fluid cap = 1
brake fluid cap = 1

 

wow... 32 rotor...

impressive~

 

Huh??

 

look at the brackets...there is a rotor-shaped cut out on each one....I'm surprised you haven't noticed...those pesky Mazda dudes, trying so hard to squeeze as many rotor shapes as possible into the design. I'm surprised that the brake pedal wasn't just a big rotor shaped pad....(hmmm, may have an idea there)

 

The risers for the wing have the two rotor shapes integrated in them......You never noticed?

 

...we must both be on lunch right now

 

Keith - we've been dating too long

 

Stop it!

 

oh yeah....those!

 

then why don't you guys get hitched ? you guys already live together and everything, ya know?

 

oh oh xrider, that might be a bucket of worms you just opened up...

Must change topic QUICK....

So, back to our rotary discussion: I just added 8 new rotors to my car a few weeks ago. Anyone guess where??

 

Racing Beat intake/exhaust/ram air duct....oooh, where are they. I haven't really noticed any on mine.

 

I noticed that you had the RX-8 Rotary center caps on your rims this last Saturday.....is that what you were referring to?

(leave it to a girl )

 

Only a girl would notice such details!
What do you think of them??

Well, you've 4/8....

 

the other 4 are either the valve stem caps, or the lic. plate bots.... I am shooting for the valve stem caps

 

wow...counting all the triangles on your cars.....lol....... .... thats why i love reading the this thread.... always something interesting

 

like changing topics quick status when the word "hitched" is announced right?

 

TEN points for Casey!!


Viper is just jealous because his doesn't have triangles on it...

 

Now if you could get all those rotors to run/turn you would have some serious HP

on a side/sad note my new mod is coming via FedEx...NOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!

 

I see how it is....Casey gets:

but I get:

but the are pretty nifty! One of those subtle but classy details.

(Wow - did I just call Jorge classy?
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