He pulled alongside and blipped his throttle so I thought "Ok then" held the car on the handbrake and revs at 3500 and then when the lights went green we went for it. 1st gear he was loads quicker off the line. 2nd gear I clawed him back and 3rd gear I went past.

to the guy though as he sat behind me with the cheesiest grin and gave me a thumbsup and a wave

Anybody know what the stats are on the RX8 as I wanna know how well I did

 

They are about 220bhp and 3 lb/ft

 

Or could be the lower spec model

Thas 185bhp and 2lb/ft

 

 

Either 189bhp or 228bhp.

189 bhp: 162 lb ft @ 5000rpm 0-60 7.2 secs, 139 mph top end

228 bph: 156 lb ft @ 5500rpm 0-60 6.4 secs, 146 mph top end



Gareth

 

Is that all they got

 

I'm a bit disappointed now

 

RX-8's are N/A and not stupidly quick, the new RX-7 should be quicker!

 

well considering the RX8 can rev up to 9k odd i'm not supprised that he pulled infront of u after luanchin but as thee only 1300cc and n/a i doubt they have alot of top end grunt. well not as much as a turbo

 

Didn't realise the torque was that low on them, must be why I hated it when I took one for a test drive

 

keep the revs up in the zone an you dont need tourque just gotta be prepared to change gears alot

 

Like Kev said, torque dont matter a toss if your in the powerband.

RX8s aint that fast tho, non turbo