A little Disappointed
03-08-2003 | 08:08 PM
#51
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Elara:
That's a commercial! Call Mazda and have the residuals sent to RX-8Forum.com!
rael:
Another One! More residuals!
more torque and more hp, good. Less weight, also good. And with those simple ideas, the RX-8 sounds pretty fun to drive.
rael:
All one has to do is understand what the engine wants in revs, best usage of gears and the rest will be rear mirror observation.
03-08-2003 | 08:56 PM
#52
VW coulda had it...
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From: Crystal, Minnesota
Ok, so the RX-8 will be low on torque. The main reason I'm interested in the RX-8 is the (reported) driving FUN, and balance of attributes. Yes, more torque would make the car easier to drive quickly, but I didn't decide on this car based on how it compares to other cars similar in utility, (4-seat, sporty, good performance and handling...hell, we know the RX-8 kinda created its own catagory) as far as acceleration is concerned.
The performance wars rage on, and as soon as one manufacturer comes up with a more powerful, quicker accelerating car, another manufacturer counters with a slightly more powerful, or slightly quicker car. I just want a unique car that can hold its own among other cars with good performance. I don't think the RX-8 will give you the "kick" like the FD, or the Mustang GT for example, but Car and Driver must have had some good reasons why they liked the RX-8 best out of the three cars in their comparison. (and I hope bribery wasn't one of them!) I'm pretty sure the car will out-accelerate the N.A. FC, and the FC I owned (worn out as mine was) was a fun car to drive!
I'm hoping anyway, the test drive will tell me a lot about how well I'll like the car. If I enjoy driving it, we have a winner, as far as I'm concerned.
The performance wars rage on, and as soon as one manufacturer comes up with a more powerful, quicker accelerating car, another manufacturer counters with a slightly more powerful, or slightly quicker car. I just want a unique car that can hold its own among other cars with good performance. I don't think the RX-8 will give you the "kick" like the FD, or the Mustang GT for example, but Car and Driver must have had some good reasons why they liked the RX-8 best out of the three cars in their comparison. (and I hope bribery wasn't one of them!) I'm pretty sure the car will out-accelerate the N.A. FC, and the FC I owned (worn out as mine was) was a fun car to drive!
I'm hoping anyway, the test drive will tell me a lot about how well I'll like the car. If I enjoy driving it, we have a winner, as far as I'm concerned.
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03-09-2003 | 03:12 AM
#53
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Originally posted by javahut
This is just plain WRONG! When everyone here is talking about torque specs, they're talking about peak torque specs. Peak torque does not matter when your talking about over all time to speed specs or time to distance specs. Average torque does. If a 350Z ran 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, and so did an RX-8, their average torque for that time period is identical. It doesn't matter that the 350Z had a peak torque at some point during the run that was higher. It also means at some point during the run the 350Z had torque that was lower than the RX-8.
The rotary engine and the RX-8 apparently excels at having a more linear torque curve, which necessarily means it's peak torque will be lower.:D
This is just plain WRONG! When everyone here is talking about torque specs, they're talking about peak torque specs. Peak torque does not matter when your talking about over all time to speed specs or time to distance specs. Average torque does. If a 350Z ran 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, and so did an RX-8, their average torque for that time period is identical. It doesn't matter that the 350Z had a peak torque at some point during the run that was higher. It also means at some point during the run the 350Z had torque that was lower than the RX-8.
The rotary engine and the RX-8 apparently excels at having a more linear torque curve, which necessarily means it's peak torque will be lower.:D
03-11-2003 | 07:46 PM
#54
uhhhhh....hello?
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