Will the automatic RX-8 ever see 250HP?
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Originally posted by Haris
Could mazda give auto tranny like 7K RPM but with 250 HP it would still be fast? It just seems as mazda didn't even care about auto tranny but just to make extra sales.
Could mazda give auto tranny like 7K RPM but with 250 HP it would still be fast? It just seems as mazda didn't even care about auto tranny but just to make extra sales.
As I said in a previous post, I'm certain that there will be a new 5 speed automatic in the RX-8 by the 2006 model year, along with a sequential 6-speed semi-auto. Both will likely be engineered to handle the revs of the current Renesis, along with the 300 hp of the 1.5 litre version that will be in the new RX-7.
If you can't drive a stick and have to have an auto - either buy one now and live with only 210 hp, or wait a year or two and get all the power and a much better auto trans!
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Hmmm. Need some advise. I believed until now that the standard engine with 192HP and the manual 5-speed here would be o.k. for me. But if I read this carefully about the engine, ports etc. I get some doubts.... Any idea? Is the high power the "real" thing against the standard?
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Originally posted by maverikk
Hmmm. Need some advise. I believed until now that the standard engine with 192HP and the manual 5-speed here would be o.k. for me. But if I read this carefully about the engine, ports etc. I get some doubts.... Any idea? Is the high power the "real" thing against the standard?
Hmmm. Need some advise. I believed until now that the standard engine with 192HP and the manual 5-speed here would be o.k. for me. But if I read this carefully about the engine, ports etc. I get some doubts.... Any idea? Is the high power the "real" thing against the standard?
...the only real unknown (at least to me) is the strength of the 5 speed tranny... the 6 speed has been proven in countless turbo Miatas which have way more force per rev than the RX-8 will see in the hands of most, so it's not a huge problem in that regard.
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well, i'll say again that 190hp isn't slow by any measure... that's a helluva lot more power (30hp) than the last incarnation of the 6 port motors were making back in '91.
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yeah it is
the turbo option you speak of is what i have been saying ever since i read through the press kit
i mean 6 ports suck on fi. any of those vortech supercharged fc's show that
and to reply to how you learned about cars, i learned much the same way but i just happened to have a father who was a mechanic
I have always hd a thing for engines I have like 3 of those clear plastic engine models 4 cyclinder a V8 and a rotary
i built the 8 with my dad when i was 9 that was fun
im 16 now and alas wakeech does know more than me and it pisses me off, well at least he has better writhing skills
the turbo option you speak of is what i have been saying ever since i read through the press kit
i mean 6 ports suck on fi. any of those vortech supercharged fc's show that
and to reply to how you learned about cars, i learned much the same way but i just happened to have a father who was a mechanic
I have always hd a thing for engines I have like 3 of those clear plastic engine models 4 cyclinder a V8 and a rotary
i built the 8 with my dad when i was 9 that was fun
im 16 now and alas wakeech does know more than me and it pisses me off, well at least he has better writhing skills
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If my Grand Turisimo memory serves me, the Rx-7 had maximum torque @ 5500 rpm and maximum horsepower @ 6500 rpm. and I thought the rev limiter was 8K, but power dropped off quickly, so I would upshift @ 7K
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Well automatic NSX with 3.0L runs 0-60 in like 5.8 seconds. If mazda made a good auto tranny, or at least used mazda6's 5 speed auto but to redline at 6500 rpm, then RX8 auto would still be sporty. I mean right now, if it's slower than mazda6 auto, then I dont know whats so good about it except better looks and RWD. I guess I'll just wish that mazda makes or somehow uses mazda6's 5 speed auto insteaad of 4 speed.
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