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I still dont know what to think about those cars.
Yes the hp and tq are great numbers but the car has kind of a funky look.
Almost like they tried to hard to make it look futureistic. Maybe it will grow on me.
I would love to take one out by myself for a day and drive the shit out of it like a rental.
Did u see the sweat that goober left on the headrest! if that was my car i would bitch slap him.
Yes the hp and tq are great numbers but the car has kind of a funky look.
Almost like they tried to hard to make it look futureistic. Maybe it will grow on me.
I would love to take one out by myself for a day and drive the shit out of it like a rental.
Did u see the sweat that goober left on the headrest! if that was my car i would bitch slap him.
vpSPOONsol
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i dont really like how it looks....
tail lights look like s2000 lights....
whats the performance?
tail lights look like s2000 lights....
whats the performance?
vpSPOONsol
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.....the rx8 has seats that cool the driver by releasing water.....dohcvtec_accord
WRX Sellout
dohcvtec_accord
WRX Sellout
Honda: 150 ft-lbs with a 2.0L engine
Mazda: 159 ft-lbs with a 1.3L engine
Honda could only hope for those kinds of numbers.
RX-7 > RX-8 > 350Z
people dont seem to notice that the RX8 is getting the same HP numbers from the same size engine (1.3) NATURALLY ASPIRATED that the RX7 got with twin turbos
the japanese car makers are starting to test the waters for sports cars on the US market again so depending on the success of the models that are here now you will start to see turbo models once again in the near future
and thats when shits gunna get sick
the japanese car makers are starting to test the waters for sports cars on the US market again so depending on the success of the models that are here now you will start to see turbo models once again in the near future
and thats when shits gunna get sick
The RX-8 is not intended as an RX-7 replacement... it's here to get the Wankel back into the mainstream. Mazda's not commenting on it, but they're not denying rumors that a new RX-7 is in development, and that it would hit the market if the RX-8 is successful.
I remember that red and blue RX-8 well... too bad I didn't take any pictures at our local Rev It Up event. We were all too busy driving the piss out of Mazda 6s and beating the MazdaSpeed Protege around the test track. It wasn't raining either- so it was tons of fun.
I remember that red and blue RX-8 well... too bad I didn't take any pictures at our local Rev It Up event. We were all too busy driving the piss out of Mazda 6s and beating the MazdaSpeed Protege around the test track. It wasn't raining either- so it was tons of fun.
Originally posted by dohcvtec_accord+May 28 2003, 09:41 AM-->
Honda: 150 ft-lbs with a 2.0L engine
Mazda: 159 ft-lbs with a 1.3L engine
Honda could only hope for those kinds of numbers.
I completely forgot about displacement 
i think it has something to do with the fact of how a rotary engine works. it has one or more spinning pistons that spin with the drivetrain instead of pistons that move violently up and down. less power lost, makes sense in my head, lol. i dont know the exact specifics, and feel free to correct me if im wrong.
here ya go
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/rotary-engine.htm
page 4 has a good animation of the rotary engines combustion cycle
dohcvtec_accord
WRX Sellout
Right, although they're not pistons, they're rotors. The power loss that comes from a reciprocating assembly (pistons travelling up, then violenty forced down by the combustion cycles) isn't found in the Wankel design, which leads to alot more power realized.
The 13B found in the old RX-7's had two rotors and twin turbos, the rare 20B found in JDM RX-7's had 3 rotors and twin turbos (drool!), and the new 13B Renesis has two rotors and no turbos.