Ford Focus vs Rx-8
#52
The roof scoop is what? Driver AC? Can you banish someone for mentioning the rx8 and that ford car in the same sentence. Oddly CNET has the 2 cars in the same grouping as 4 doors.
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I'm not really sure what you're laughing at. I'm actually kind of confused. It's a race car, the wing and scoops are functional. I don't know, that just doesn't seem funny to me. Maybe it's because I didn't eat my wheaties this morning.
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Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Dunno, but those scoops and wings are a hoot!
At least they actually serve a purpose!
Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Dunno, but those scoops and wings are a hoot!
At least they actually serve a purpose!
Our front scoop and diffusser are fake, but this Focus WRC has them painted to look bigger (see higher contrast close-up) . Maybe what's good to cool a competitive World Championship car is not big enough for the tuning-oriented customers.
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You know I love my 8, but before I had the 8 I had an 03 ZX3. Honestly I loved that car. It had the 2.3 liter pzev engine so it had a higher output and the torque was great. After some mods, the body roll was non existent, the car looked great, and it picked up pretty close to the 8 (without the nitrous) if not faster (with the nitrous) I loved that car and am still considering getting a focus some time soon! Its comfortable, the rides amazing, the mileage and storage are great, but that doesnt mean i wanna get rid of my 8 for one.
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
To keep it on the ground.
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#66
Yeah. I'm going to lay it out for you. I'm an aerospace engineer, you're not. I understand wings, you don't. The wing makes mucho downforce at the speeds the car runs. It also offers a yaw moment when the car is sideways. I'm going to have to side with the professional race car engineers and aerodynamicists on this one.
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as much as i'd like to imagine it'll be reaching those atronomincal speeds, it'd hardly be wishful thinkin. ![Cwm27](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/cwm27.gif)
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Ever put your hand out the window at 60 mph?
A bit of force is applied to it when you move it up or down into the wind.
Just an example, now imagine if your hand was 5 feet wide.
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It was meant to be a joke blue....and by astronomical, i was refurring to aircraft speeds, not just fast.
I'm very well aware of the effective downforce provided on a real rally/race car. Although you think you're the only one that has grasped the concepts of physics in this instance, try not to be so closed minded. You may have a further understanding then I, but I've had to study physics in-depth for almost 4 years just to get an understanding for gamma and x radiation...which included a basic understanding of aerospace engineering before going more in depth. Same field, no...same idea, yes.
But I will be humble and admit the miscommunication. Sorry if it came off too seriously.
I'm very well aware of the effective downforce provided on a real rally/race car. Although you think you're the only one that has grasped the concepts of physics in this instance, try not to be so closed minded. You may have a further understanding then I, but I've had to study physics in-depth for almost 4 years just to get an understanding for gamma and x radiation...which included a basic understanding of aerospace engineering before going more in depth. Same field, no...same idea, yes.
But I will be humble and admit the miscommunication. Sorry if it came off too seriously.
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
It only came out serious because you said it twice. ha
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
Yeah. I'm going to lay it out for you. I'm an aerospace engineer, you're not. I understand wings, you don't. The wing makes mucho downforce at the speeds the car runs. It also offers a yaw moment when the car is sideways. I'm going to have to side with the professional race car engineers and aerodynamicists on this one.
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RX8 lines are already busy -bordering the baroque- (with all those fenders, wheel arches, fake scoops and diffussrs, rotary accents and all), so another ornament should not hurt much...
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I was refering to the front grille, I got a little bit carried away and used "scoops" instead of "scoop". A/C and oil openings seem genuine
. Are they called scoops?
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