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I was at a light and one rolled up, the guy and his girlfriend were going on and on about how bad it is.
He takes off and I give him a car head start, I reeled him in quick and waved bye bye as I passed. The look on his gilrs face was priceless. I kind of felt bad because he still had the temp plates on it, bet he was thinking twice about his new investment. Got his a$$ ripped up by a P.O.S. 5.0. It was very pretty and nice looking though! Sean37868.7625578704
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Think again, nothing wrong with it, and yes I know he was racing because he broke the tires in the first three. My stang has quite a few mods, I say P.O.S. because it is no new car. Sean37868.7742939815
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[QUOTE=mdvaldosta]Musta been somethin wrong with it or he had a something stuck under the accelerator, those things are badass... thats if ur stang is a pos like u say[/QUOTE]
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That is one of my pet peeves.I can't stand liars, and teach my kids the importance of honesty daily. I just thought I would share a kill story, as I posted before if you believe it or not, that is what went down.
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Um, Sean isn't lying.
If you guys knew anything about RX8's then you would know about Mazda's offer to buy-back the new RX8's, as they are rolling under 200hp on the dyno's.
I can easily believe Sean mopped up the floor with that RX8. Do some research before you start flapping your lips.
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RX8 comes in under 200HP unless it is the 6 speed which has 240ish. On the other hand, one thing rotaries never have been able to do: torque. Piddly torque numbers, not THAT great of HP numbers and a car just a smidge above 3000 pounds. The RX7s WERE badass because they weighed in at close to nothing. Not so the RX8.
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RX8's run low 14's stock at the track all day long and run mid 5's 0-60, about the same as a stock mustang. If your car is a "POS" than one would assume its not running well, hence it was safe to say the RX8 shoulda had u if all other things were equal. Im not a ricer by any means, but I watched a Car and Driver show when they flogged one of those, and I was impressed.
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KB subframes (welded), lower chassis brace, E303, MSD Digital 6 w/ blaster coil, super conductor wires,Mac headers, Bassani X, straight pipes (no mufflers), Densecharger, 76mm C&L, 65mm TB, Track heat intake w/1" heat spacer, 4.10 R&P, 24# inj. alum. rad, powermaster alt., Tri Ax shifter, 190 LPH fuel pump,Tokico 5 ways, 1.5" drop, CC plates. I probably left some out, but it is late and I am tired. And for the second time, the reason I said P.O.S. was it sure as hell isn't a new 30 G car. Sean37869.0496990741
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[QUOTE=frostymug] can't handle a Mustang though[/QUOTE]
Well, my friend has an rx-8, and I went for a ride with him on some twisty backroads. If you see one there, try and take him. Unless you have some serious suspension work, you will get left quick.
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the rx7s were bad to the bone, but the rx8 is nothing remotely impressive as the the rx7 before moving to louisville, i watched a couple run in gulfport and i saw a 14.95 and a 15.23 out of two six speeds. nice cars, bad power to weight ratio. now that its a 2+2, i don't even think it holds a candle to the previous model.. the previous rx7 was a beautiful car
Supposedly from what im hearing, they are coming out with a turboed rx-8 in the near future. Im not sure if my info is accurate, but thats what i heard on some import forums. im sure a turboed rx-8 should be quicker then a rx-7. Besides that the rx-8 arent anything to be impressed about performance wise. But they are great looking and well designed cars.
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