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Old 06-03-2009, 04:29 PM
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any ideas about what a top speed of a stock 2009 RX8 6MT would be saying i was to drive on a test track????




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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLnPLKNWoI


here you go
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118mph???? thats insane... oh well, i didnt buy it for top end speed anyway. i bought it for the twisties.
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118??? are you sure?

people with 04s have sed that its 149
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it should be capable of more. I know a guy who did 144 mph in his 04 M/T. (on the track....of course)
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Where the hell did 118 come from?
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
it should be capable of more. I know a guy who did 144 mph in his 04 M/T. (on the track....of course)
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my car did 184mph...







on a dyno
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wait a second....
why the HELL are we even having this conversation?! This topic has been discussed a million times on here already.

Search function is your friend.

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i always call myself searching but i end up reading tons of other threads that are irrevelant to my question and then forgetting to find the answer to my question.

118mph came from converting the 260kph that people seem to stop testing their car at on youtube.
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the people on youtube obviously don't know how to drive an RX-8.
They're wrong.
More importnatly, I'm right.

see post #5.
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lol 118 mph my ford contour could go to 140 even..
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Don't listen to Jedi - Post #8 is where it's at.
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dont listen to either, post 15 is where its at
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Originally Posted by adam_mc
i always call myself searching but i end up reading tons of other threads that are irrevelant to my question and then forgetting to find the answer to my question.

118mph came from converting the 260kph that people seem to stop testing their car at on youtube.

Heres the problem .. 260 kph is not 118mph !!! Its actually 156 mph !!
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Originally Posted by Red-x8
Heres the problem .. 260 kph is not 118mph !!! Its actually 156 mph !!
it should be 161+ mph.

take 260/1.6 = 162.5
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It is a TRAP and post 8 is the only one that can save you.
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POST 19 IS WHERE IT'S AT YO!

Oh snap!
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CAUTION: i cant convert distances

$hit. thats where its at. see thats what happens when people let me alone with the wrong conversions...............i'm so used to converting lb's to kg's at work i just used that to convert the kph to mph. 140-something sounds ALOT better

o well............


post#1,3,11 and 20 is where its not at
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155 GPS confirmed, yes, it was a friggen pain to reach it, but it did it..

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how bout that. #22 pwns all
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Alright 155 it is!
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Originally Posted by Hidef1080
Where the hell did 118 come from?
I believe 118 might be the speed restriction put on by the Japanese govt (either that or 112 or something).

So unless it's a Japanese-spec car, it should go way beyond 118.
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Originally Posted by MICHGoBlue
I believe 118 might be the speed restriction put on by the Japanese govt (either that or 112 or something).

So unless it's a Japanese-spec car, it should go way beyond 118.
Diid you bother reading the rest of the thread? You post, what ever # it is, Fails.


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