How fast is a RX8?

[yfin]

they are fast .. 0-100 in low 5secs... just deceptively fast when you're driving it .. it's like a 350Z which is also very linear in power delivery.. they're just so stable and solidly built that you just can't tell how fast you're going until you look at the speedo. I was usually way over the speed limit without any effort at all. For a standard car .. they're incredible.

Have you got a source for this claim of low 5sec? It has no correlation with any test I have ever read for the RX8 - save for an article on a custom TURBO RX8 in one of the Austrlaian magazines.

Realistically it is 14.5 to 14.8 over the 400m and 6.5 to 6.8 to 100kph.

Why do you think all the RX8 owners were complaining when the MPS3 was released? It is because the MPS3 is faster in a straight line. 5 sec is bull.

[e240]

I had the RX8 for a year and I still don't know how the 1.3 makes that much power..

It makes that much power because its an almost continuous firing cycle much like the 2 stroke (Also why the fuel consumption is high as well) unlike a four stroke...

Four Stroke
1. Compression (Upward)
2. Firing (Downard) - Power Stroke
3. Exhaust (Upward)
4. Intake (Downard)

Two Stroke
1. Compression + Intake (at the same time)
2. Firing - Power Stroke
3. Exhaust + Filling of cylinder with fresh charge...

Rotary
1. Intake + Compression + Exhaust + Power stroke all at the same time...LOL

[aaronng]

It makes that much power because its an almost continuous firing cycle much like the 2 stroke (Also why the fuel consumption is high as well) unlike a four stroke...

Four Stroke
1. Compression (Upward)
2. Firing (Downard) - Power Stroke
3. Exhaust (Upward)
4. Intake (Downard)

Two Stroke
1. Compression + Intake (at the same time)
2. Firing - Power Stroke
3. Exhaust + Filling of cylinder with fresh charge...

Rotary
1. Intake + Compression + Exhaust + Power stroke all at the same time...LOL

It's because the rotary has 3 chambers in each rotor, making it a total of 6 chambers, which have a power stroke in each cycle, making a total of 6 power strokes per revolution. In contrast, a 4-cyl has only 4 chambers and only 2 of them have power strokes during one revolution. So a rotary 3 times the number of power strokes, but pushes only twice the power because the chamber is smaller than in a piston engine.

[joey99]

fantastic explainations

[LO_N_SXC]

why dont you look up the manufacturers website?

Better yet Get your self to a Mazda dealer and ask to test drive one, best way I know to find out.

[JDM.Power]

meh il rather drive in a rx8, than a eg b16a/b18c

[Zilli]

ive chopped RX8's before... low 5 second???wake up to yourselves, they are a great car but they aint THAT fast

[spetz]

I was hoping people would say times that they saw RX8s do at WSID or something so I can compare it to other cars which have ran there. As I don't really like the manufacturer stats

The B16 was quick for a 1.6, as it was fully rebuilt with some mods done to it, but still it wasn't quicker than another car it raced which did 14.3 at WSID

[Da1nONLY]

ive chopped RX8's before... low 5 second???wake up to yourselves, they are a great car but they aint THAT fast

rofl.. low 5s.. thats like in the Sti/Evo Class! ..
lets not go there with RX8 Vs a B18C7..
gotta shift the gears properly in a type R to notice the accelleration..
i.e. 1st gear 8.4krpm..by the time you quick shift to second..your rpm should not drop more than 7.2krpm..which is only 1.2krpm before you shift to 3rd..

[IRI]

RX8's are basically exactly the same performace Straight line/cornering drag/track etc to an S2K (so dats pretty damn slow lol). My friend has one and we can not split them, even when swapping drivers....

Just to give you a real world example...

[Zilli]

rofl.. low 5s.. thats like in the Sti/Evo Class! ..
lets not go there with RX8 Vs a B18C7..
gotta shift the gears properly in a type R to notice the accelleration..
i.e. 1st gear 8.4krpm..by the time you quick shift to second..your rpm should not drop more than 7.2krpm..which is only 1.2krpm before you shift to 3rd..

you know it dude

if you know how to drive your car itll suprise u every time!

[SHIFTY]

my dads got a rx8... fast cars they are.. also handle amazingly!!! have so much stability.. although my dc2r would eat his rx8 for breakfast!!!