Dropping off my gf one night (dont all kill stories start this way?) I spot an RX8 with two guys in it driving "aggresively". Instead of turning off to my gf's street, I decide to continue going on the road to see if he will go for it. The driver takes a look at me, then makes the first move by jumping into the clear lane that was between us. I slip in behind him, and when a lane is clear, pull out to the left then go WOT in 3rd. To say it was beat down would be an understatement. I think rsx's are faster then these rx8's. I kept the hammer down to about 160 kph through a slight curve and then pulled into the left turn lane. There was so much distance between us that I was almost able to come to a complete stop for my turn when he finally caught up. The funniest thing is, he turned his flashers on as he passed me haha.

My car is a m6 94 z28 with cai, !muffler, free mods, ls1 driveshaft, and a decent bit of suspenion goodies. I trap 103 mph.

 

yeh i saw a guy driving an rx-8 and i talked to him but he didnt want to run me he said i would beat him to badly

 

Good kill bro.

 

Yea those cars are weak and lacking major torque...good kill

 

good kill, I beat one bad with my grand prix, but am still waiting to find one in the camaro.

 

similar experience with similar car, back of my mind I wondered if the new RX-8's were turbo, apparently not. I had one try to do a surprise fly by. I stopped his pull and showed briefly I was going to leave him.

no zoom zoom, the car is very busy looking not pleasing to the eye IMO.

 

rotary engines really arn't that powerful. The cars have more HP than torque, by a sizable margin. I've heard they're "fun to drive" I assume that's just a small car w/RWD thing.

It would be a good platform for a REAL engine, to be sure.

 

Excellent Kill!

 

so true. sometimes, i think about building a 2nd gen rx7 with a lt1/ls1 engine. it would be nasty having a real motor in a 2600 lb car like that.

 

good kill EH....a boot how fast did you top out EH?

 

Good kill. Rotorary engines are a joke, I don't see what Mazda sees in them; slower, weaker, smaller with poorer gas mileage! Way to go.

 

Don't forget regular oil consumption and horrible reliablity.

 

...and I don't even want to know how expensive they would be to get worked on.

 

Both RX8 and RSX are very underpowered. But both will claim they will eat you alive in the twisties and thats about all they've got. Sadly enough, the public streets are not race courses.

 

I wasn't overly impressed with the RX8 that I drove either. Although, in terms of weight distribution, it's impressive (almost 50/50); but as far as straight line performance, I wasn't impressed.