off the line..
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Ive had my 04 rx8 for 2 years now, have had 2 engines due to the normal problem both covered under our awesome warrentys! I've recently gotten into auto x car runs awesome but ive also hit the drag strip and have had horrible times and bin smacked by stock cars even almost a civic , I find my car is terribly slow off the line. Now with saying that half of it is the driver! any tips on getting our cars off the line quicker?
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Yes.
Buy a different car with alot more power and tow it or push it off the line.
This isn't a drag strip car, never will be. Torque, especially low end torque that matters so much at the strip, is incredibly low.
If you want a car that does both auto-x and the strip well, get a corvette, or any other number of cars that have both torque AND handling. We only have one. We do well at it, but we still only have 1.
You shouldn't even be asking this. (and will get flamed for doing so)
Buy a different car with alot more power and tow it or push it off the line.
This isn't a drag strip car, never will be. Torque, especially low end torque that matters so much at the strip, is incredibly low.
If you want a car that does both auto-x and the strip well, get a corvette, or any other number of cars that have both torque AND handling. We only have one. We do well at it, but we still only have 1.
You shouldn't even be asking this. (and will get flamed for doing so)
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No matter what you do you will not be able to add enough torque to the car. The RX-8 has very low torque especially on the low RPMs. You add a turbo to help you maybe even NOs but you will have to drop a lot of money and you will still get dusted by many off the line.
Ps. Making the car lighter would be a good start
Ps. Making the car lighter would be a good start
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Ive had my 04 rx8 for 2 years now, have had 2 engines due to the normal problem both covered under our awesome warrentys! I've recently gotten into auto x car runs awesome but ive also hit the drag strip and have had horrible times and bin smacked by stock cars even almost a civic , I find my car is terribly slow off the line. Now with saying that half of it is the driver! any tips on getting our cars off the line quicker?
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I got a good laugh out of that.
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Didn't even think about that... traction control is a quick way to ruin any quality launch.
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