I was driving in to work on HWY 401 East, and passed one cruising the limit in the middle lane. I was just talking to myself to keep me from falling asleep during the morning rush and kinda labelled the car and driver as just another guy who buys a sports car but would never use it. I have no idea how quick these things are so I was curious. I was in the fast lane waiting for a van to move over and realized there was a nice stretch of no traffic up ahead. I get ready to casually accelerate when I do my routine mirror check and see this same Mazda all of a sudden 10 cars behind start pulling on me fast. WAKE UP DUDE it's 7:30am!! I dropped it in third doing 60 and he is now 2-3 cars back. I quick shift 4th and run to red line...his pull stops 1-2 cars back. I am in 5th and get her up to 110 and have to stop cause of traffic with him now only 2 cars back. Are these top end cars and what kind of power are they making? I have no idea if its stock or what. Anyone else play with these things in their travels?

 

Why do you say it was a turbo? To my knowlegde they dont sell them with a turbo from the factory yet. They are a mid 14 sec car.

 

Yeah I wasn't aware that we had a turbo model in the U.S.

 

hell no. i blew the doors off one a few months ago. i was cruisin and then a light blue one pulled next to me and we just took off and i was on him like 4-5 cars quick. and my A4 Z only had a lid and loudmouth.

 

No turbos on RX8's.......you were racing 260 hp RX8.

 

Only 260HP?... yikes! WTF, either I really was asleep or I misjudged his speed when he came up behind me.

 

they look pretty sexy though.

 

260HP is overrated I believe and was correct by Mazda. They sux on Torque and I've heard they feel powerless till you get into the high RPM 5-9K

 

That's typical of and exactly why small displacement motors suck.

 

I think their mid 14 sec cars stock. Something you shouldnt have to try hard to beat. Its hard to pull on someone even an Rx8 if they already have a good run on you.

 

That is so true! Been there done that. You have to have a lot faster car to catch up when they floor it first.

 

Are you gay? Calm down... I'm just kidding I think they look really sweet too. Just far too underpowered for my tastes.

 

Last Generation turbo rotary engine + RX8 =

 

401 east, where??

To answer your question though, NO, I've never raced an RX8, but I've raced a new 350 Z (similar car class, aren't they? ) and beat him pretty easily. Well, technically I didn't blow the guy away, but I was only doing about ~1/2 - 3/4 throttle, and trying to prevent roasting my back tires, and I still stayed ahead of the 350 Z! I could hear the guy power-shifting and everything too. He called me on, saying "I'll give your big V8 a run".....well, sorry dude, but your lil' V6 needs more than what you got!

 

argh you ***! I've always had a thing for the RX-7 and RX-8's looks. would make a nice change from riding in my missile-looking car, although I'd still prefer another f-bod by a long shot because of the power issue.