RX-8 featured in Fast and Furious - Neela's car
06-11-2006 | 05:44 PM
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RX-8 featured in Fast and Furious - Neela's car
http://cars.ign.com/articles/711/711993p1.html
IGN feature
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=115638
Edmunds tests the car
Maybe repost, didn't bother searching ...
IGN feature
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=115638
Edmunds tests the car
Maybe repost, didn't bother searching ...
Last edited by yellowrx888; 06-11-2006 at 05:50 PM.
06-11-2006 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by adrian-1
Watch the Edmunds video....
6.7 0-60 time
14.9 sec 1/4mile
What a POS.
Get rid of that wing and 19" wheels. Add some tuning to get the most power out of that Greddy turbo!
6.7 0-60 time
14.9 sec 1/4mile
What a POS. Get rid of that wing and 19" wheels. Add some tuning to get the most power out of that Greddy turbo!
06-11-2006 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by adrian-1
Watch the Edmunds video....
6.7 0-60 time
14.9 sec 1/4mile
What a POS.
Get rid of that wing and 19" wheels. Add some tuning to get the most power out of that Greddy turbo!
6.7 0-60 time
14.9 sec 1/4mile
What a POS. Get rid of that wing and 19" wheels. Add some tuning to get the most power out of that Greddy turbo!
yea, that "hks" turbo sucks :p
how do you make a turbo car slower than an n/a car?
06-11-2006 | 09:50 PM
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It looks like a girl's car. I hope my car never "looks" like a girl's car. I think it would be pretty interesting to set it up and race it against a stock 6 speed and see who has the fastest times. So did they add about 1000 lbs to the car to get ~ the same times as a stock 8 or did they forget to connect the turbo somehow?
06-11-2006 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by guitarjunkie28
how do you make a turbo car slower than an n/a car?
"0 to 60 mph in 7 seconds and ran the quarter in 15.4 seconds at 92.7 mph".
06-12-2006 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by aggietiff28
It looks like a girl's car. I hope my car never "looks" like a girl's car. I think it would be pretty interesting to set it up and race it against a stock 6 speed and see who has the fastest times. So did they add about 1000 lbs to the car to get ~ the same times as a stock 8 or did they forget to connect the turbo somehow?
they said it was due to a lot of abuse that the car dyno so low. Apparently a lot of other cars in the movie that previously dynoed higher numbers, dynoed significantly less after the movie due to major abuse.
06-12-2006 | 03:13 AM
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Were the 8 owners driving them, or Professionals who were used to pistons? The reason I ask is because if you stomp down hard on an ordinary car you get excelleration, but if you over do it on an 8 it bucks back a little and you lose performance, you have to find that sweet spot and just let it keep powering up - the abuse sounds like they were pushing them like they were piston....?
06-12-2006 | 02:03 PM
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That would make some sence. However, it really doesnt matter how much horsepower is in the car in real life because its a movie car. Itll probably "have" 400hp or something like that in the movie world it lives in. It may be slow as hell but they will bring in the movie magic and make it look fast and furious.
06-12-2006 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Umbra
looks like crap, performs like crap....
and now they gotta go and make this a chick car.....gah. horrible. s2k was a chick car after that and i guess we're in this stage now.
06-13-2006 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by alfy28
lol good eye btw. and yah those wheels are fugly . are they really trying to destroy the 8's image on purpose? lol
i thought he was talking about the bumper not acually being attached to the rest of the car? or am i just stupid.
06-13-2006 | 02:04 AM
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Here's a link to the video talking about the 8 - http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=115638#2
"The production added an HKS turbo charger system..."
"The production added an HKS turbo charger system..."
06-13-2006 | 03:12 AM
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Man they must make those cars as fast as possible just getting them to perform for a short while and then huck them in the garbage. I wonder how bad Frankie Muniz Jetta was when he got it off the TFATF