twice? my mates raced an rx8 in his h23a1 lude non vtec he just lost.
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twice? my mates raced an rx8 in his h23a1 lude non vtec he just lost.
rx8's are awesome cars.. have such a good feeling 2 them. feel so stable and they handle so well due to the 50/50 weight distribution.. the wankel (hehe wankel) engines are real nice, smooth would be awesome with a turbo or 2 on them, but then id guess that so called reliability these modern wankel rotars have would be out the window!
i get the feeling that many of the people posting here have never actually driven an rx-8 but are giving second hand recounts of 'races' that have way too many varibales to be an accurate indicator of a cars performance...
haha well even tho dislike em, gotta admit, looks pretty damn good
i had a chance to drag a Rx-8 on the straight at wakefield last time round. Stock rx-8 vs 110hp swift. Was pretty even the whole way down the straight, he pulled only half a car lenght for a 700m drag race.
No fair, you probably had a better drive out of the last corner .. hahaha :wave:
Hiaks...at the end of the day, you drive what you like...who cares if its fast or slow. Are you Happy? Thats all that matters.
If we use the quarter as a guage, there are 1 minute civics and then are sub 10 second civics...
^ wakefield park straight.. alot of it depends on the speed u exit the last corner on....
rx-8 is also not about straight line like most honda's its about handling as well, which is seen with its 50/50 weight distribution... although can not be compared 2 a dc2r for example, iv swapped cars with my dad (rx8 is his daily car) and he loves the itr... thinks it has awesome handling... i think similar about the rx8 although it is more luxuries (more mature package)... it is a nice car, but personally i love the rawness of my itr :)
One thing I don't like about the rx-8 is the lack of headroom!!!!!!! my hair touches the roof and it's really annoying! (rx-8 fitted with electric seats + sunroof) same shit happens in the e46 330ci (elec seats + sunroof) ARGHHHHHHH
my dc2r is mildly stock - lighter fly, falken rt615, additional bracing, some exhaust work etc and i have the privilege of driving a rx8 (hard) on a regular basis. my conclusion was that the rx8 is one class above the dc2r.
rx8 is superior to the dc2r in terms of speed and stability when you drive it fast. the main reason with the dc2r is understeer (as expected) and unfortunately because of this, it just loses out a lot in terms of the speed which the car can take around corners. while dc2r handles great, it's incomparable to the rx8. the rx8 is far more stable around corners - the chassis feels more in control, and the steering is tighter and more responsive than the dc2r.
for example, around one corner using exactly the same line, i could feel understeer creeping in noticeably at 80kph in the dc2r, but the rx8 ate it up comfortably at 100kph. no, the car doesnt have that much power in the low revs, but thats not an issue when you drive it fast. unless its pretty heavily modified, the dc2r is simply not on the same level as the rx8.
and this would make sense, because the rx8 is the same class as the 350z and s2000. anyone who reckons the dc2r is faster is just kidding themselves.
why you would be using the same line for a fwd and rwd car is beyond me...