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Old 05-19-2005, 12:20 AM
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Highest Speed travelled in your 8...?

Hi all, besides the obv. (look at thread title) question i'm going to ask, i just want to put in a disclaimer...im not trying to support street racing or anything here, so please no picking..

I just want to know what are some of the higher speeds u guys hav gotten upto in the 8...?

kno i dont know if this has been asked b4 ...? (do point out) but, u can just mention the speed, or add in "where" detail, ie NSW m2 motorway, sunday morning b4 10 am for instance...

Oh yeah dont make it a competition....oh btw, id love to see your response choppy.... :D :D
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There is actually a thread in the general forum:
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/top-speed-9066/

For me though the fastest I have taken the 8 to is 110km/h.
On the track of course

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Old 05-19-2005, 02:14 AM
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110 km/h and the car felt solid as a Rock!!
With this chassis, I reckon 280 km/h easy!!

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dam! must be a long straight I'm pushing 170km on QLD raceway :o
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110Km/hr
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110 and ran out of road , still looking for a safe road to keep going

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201 on the main straight of Sandown although to me it felt a little soft (light at the rear end). Sandown has a pretty bumpy straight!
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Does a "little" over a hundred around a 45 indicated count? Kid's went riding, I went and exercised the "horses". Lotsa fast corners not so much straightline.:p
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60 count?

Through a red light followed by hot pursuit with cop! Can't disclose the speed there.



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Ran out of road at 110.

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Motor tested the rx8 to puff out at 235?
So I'd assume, given more road, top speed testing would be pointless.?
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110 on the way to canberra

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110 on the way to Sydney from Wollongong.... :p

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110 km/h on freeway without realising, whilst overtaking...

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While some of the responses are entertaining, I reckon Mikeyr has made the best point.

Let's face it, there are a number of other cars that will do the RX8 over in straight line acceleration and top speed. It's the ability to hold speed through corners that makes it so addictive to drive. That and the pure fun of revving the thing to red-line. :D
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1880 km/h.

Oops, that was at 47,000ft
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Jet engines dont count :P
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Originally Posted by Wildcard
1880 km/h.

Oops, that was at 47,000ft

Huh.... My wife travels faster than that at the Myer Boxing day sale :D :D

Or is it she just swipes the visa faster than that
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110 kph on the Hay Plain. The car has 3000 rpm to go, but I think it was starting to bounce against a speed limiter.

Solid though, it could have gone a lot faster without losing shape.

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Originally Posted by dbb
...Solid though, it could have gone a lot faster without losing shape.
Before or after the swabar broke?? :p
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Originally Posted by xxup
Before or after the swabar broke?? :p

Hmmm ... I guess before. Since the swaybar broke last night, and I am in Adelaide at the moment. Even if I wanted to, there is no way I would travel from Hay to Adelaide at night, damn Kangaroos everywhere.

Nah, I've done it twice, last year in October, and the year before that in September.
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Originally Posted by MissRx8
Why and how would a sway bar break like dat??
I take it you've never carved up the hills on the way to Lobethal...... :p

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