Holy crap!!
Abs lives!!! Where the hell you been buddy?

Fortunately, I don't have a problem in my FD when I'm idling around town. It pulls just fine in 2nd gear even if it is just trumbling along.

The benefits of a turbo!

 

I have been here... lurking around silently... been super busy at work... finally, with things calming down and the weather getting warmer, the fun times are coming!

How you been pal?

 

Tell me about it.
I still haven't gotten the FD out of the garage yet.
Gotta get some good weather on the weekend and have some time to troubleshoot the car.

Things are going alright.

Are we going to see you around more often now? I know how busy work and our private lives get nowadays.

 

Yah man - I am going to try and come out for some meets and try to become a post-***** once again. I miss the good ol' days.

 

Postwhore? who?

my siggy really shows you postwhoring at its best

 

I agree wholeheartedly with you Thunder that the 8's are one of the best handling cars on the planet. I don't feel the urge (yet anyway) to enhance the handling characteristics of the 8' with suspension mods and chassis stiffening but I do feel the need to attempt to address what this thread is about and that is a lack of low end power. With that said - I'm going to the drag strip at Cayuga for two reasons:

1. It's the best legal place to practice fast tire chirping (read: perfect hookup) launches with my new 8'. I think most of know that with some good throttle / clutch management we can sidestep the low end torque issue most of the time. I just dread to think what the automatic (paddle-shifting) RX8 crowd has to put up with.

2. To set the 'stock' benchmark 1/4 mile time before I begin pouring on the MODS: intake, exhaust, COBB, and flywheel to start. + I'll dyno my car at this point before taking it back to Cayuga for more real world testing.

 

^ I agree with both of you. Though the rx8 is a road racing vehicle and not known for its straight line speed its always a good idea to have a baseline start point....and why not have some fun by going really fast and trying to beat your own time..try not to get too addicted to it. hehe.

 

Fixed.

 

Ditto
Did anyone buy there 8 for speed? It's the HANDLING! Best car I've owned and one of the best I've driven.
I've had two supercharged and one turboed, a couple big blocks>>> and the 8 is still way more fun!
It's just a go-cart for the road.

 

It probably is as slow as a car with peak 100hp and probably makes 20hp at those revs. The RX-8 doesn't have a ton of power and it makes it all way up high.

I started thinking about what I wrote and looked it up. Interpolate the graph lines.
Here's a 94 Civic: http://www.modified.com/features/060.../photo_07.html
Here's a random RX-8 dyno: http://www.dragtimes.com/2005-Mazda-...phs-12408.html
Interpolate the lines and they make similar power below 2000 rpm. If you want something with low-end power pick something with more displacement or one or two small turbos.

As for the use of the word "speed", it implies rate of movement, not rate of change of movement (ie. acceleration). The RX-8 has speed in corners.

 

Drag strip and the RX8 hmmmmmmmmm. I would guess a 7,000rpm side step of the clutch might work to get it to launch. HOWEVER........you will be picking up driveline pieces shortly after that. The driveline in the RX8 was never designed to have clutches dropped to make the car launch or be flat foot shifted like you need to do on a drag strip. If you try and ride the clutch to build RPM all I think you will do is cook the clutch disc, but I am real curious to how you make out! It will take lots of experimenting to sort that out. Have fun, I alway did love bracket racing!

 

Hey I was in the exact same boat as you... but I do feel a difference even at low RPM... and I have nearly the same km's as you too.

 

I lose speed when I switch from a Jetta 1.8T chipped to the Rx8...but thats on the straight line only though

On ramps...Its omfg so fast

 

if its really bad under 4000, like reeeeeeally bad, try replacing the two leading coils