"Beep Beep"
09-11-2005, 12:08 AM
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"Beep Beep"
Anybody remember the old 50's song "Beep Beep"? Anybody ever thought about how it applies to the RX-8? :D
(what is the 8's top speed in 2nd gear, anyway?)
Krankor
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(what is the 8's top speed in 2nd gear, anyway?)
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09-11-2005, 05:40 AM
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try this link to the Beep Beep question, oldies but goodies :D http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~afl.../beepbeep.html
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09-11-2005, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by alnielsen
Is the song your looking for the theme song for the Road Runner cartoon series?
Top speed in 2nd gear is about 65 mph or just over 100 kph.
Top speed in 2nd gear is about 65 mph or just over 100 kph.
09-11-2005, 11:39 PM
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Yeah, juikster has the song. I wasn't looking for the song, I know it, I just wondered who remembered it. The idea of a car doing 120 in 2nd was absurdly comical, but with the 8 it almost seems attainable. 
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09-12-2005, 09:47 AM
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The current lambo murcelego will do 72 in FIRST gear! Ive tested that one out myself....muwhaha!
lots of the fast cars of today will do up to about 62 (100kph) in FIRST so that they can get a little quicker 0-60 times....since they have such massive wads of power, they can use these really tall gears to get a great top speed as well as fast accel!
lots of the fast cars of today will do up to about 62 (100kph) in FIRST so that they can get a little quicker 0-60 times....since they have such massive wads of power, they can use these really tall gears to get a great top speed as well as fast accel!
09-12-2005, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Aseras
sounds about right.. then again i've missed 4th and found second at 100 mph and it gladly went in and put my tach and inch and a half past 10k... right next to the digital speedometer
WOW You were lucky. I did that once with a RX4 (only a 4 speed) and the clutch disc blew so quick it was instant neutral! Was coming down the grape vine into LA and coasted until the next uphill and had to wait for a tow. Belive it or not Mazda covered the repair!
09-12-2005, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by firestick
Well of course when the song was written, 3 speed trannys - manual (most on the column) and auto (2&3speeds) were the norm and 4 speed manuals were "exotic" British, Kraut and Italian things. So yes 2nd gear had some legs - back then.
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09-12-2005, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by firestick
I do know 0-60 in mine is just under 5.4 sec with 120lb passenger in back seat with digital stop watch watching speedo. Revved to 5k at clutch drop and then simultaneously floor.
so basically, your saying you can go FASTER than the magazines that did 5.9 with an 8000 RPM clutch bomb, but you did it WITH a passenger in the back? Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
09-12-2005, 06:55 PM
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This isn't as unbelievable as everyone is making it sound. He's got a guy in the back seat running a stop watch and eyeballing the speedometer. Obviously there is inaccuracy in the starting and stopping of the stopwatch and the speedometer is also going to be a couple of mph optimistic. This is probably really a 0 to 58 time. And the guy ing back could actually be helping traction.
Doug, I used to race a 1962 Dodge Lancer 426 hemi among other things.
Doug, I used to race a 1962 Dodge Lancer 426 hemi among other things.
09-12-2005, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Krankor
Yeah, juikster has the song. I wasn't looking for the song, I know it, I just wondered who remembered it. The idea of a car doing 120 in 2nd was absurdly comical, but with the 8 it almost seems attainable.
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09-12-2005, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by firestick
And thanks, BeachDog, sure nice to speak with someone from the old Hemi days.
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