aespo22

Incase anyone is interested there are a few videos on streetfire.net that feature my Mazdaspeed 8 and they are all PROFESSIONALLY FILMED/ EDITED using camera mounts/camera cars etc...and HD versions are available. Two of the three videos have been out since July, and the other was just posted 2 days ago and gives a really dark spin to the 8, tearing up empty Philadelphia streets. A video of profesionally timed runs was also taken and resulted in remarkably low times of:
0-60: 5.23 seconds
0-80: 8.2
Here are the links to the videos:



"RX-8 Assault" Tearing up curving backroads:
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/R...008_171553.htm

mod edit: links removed- zoom44

Rotr8

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These are repost,,,,
And the vid with the 0-60s and 0-80s are kinda quick there are people here whom are getting quicker NA times...
Nice that you put them all in one post though...

sssuperman82

WOW, this videos are breathtaking but i hate the wing on that 8 everything else excellent!!

nuke0907

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how many times are you gonna post these videos? there's already 5 threads. don't get me wrong they are nice vids but still.

chancejat

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the reason your 0-60 is like that is because your speedometer is off(tires size).... in 2nd gear at 9k rpms you should be at ~67 mph your car was at said 100kmh or 62 mph so(62/67=.925 then .925x60= 55) thats equals a 7.5% off speedo......my car goes goes 0-55 mhp is 5.2 sec too im sure...

chancejat

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqpvGvyKC0c
lets check it out

yep id say about 5.2 sec to 55.....and thats my car with ram air and a midpipe

aespo22

that makes sense, but there is no speedo error and if so very little because a timing device was used that does not take into consideration tire rotation. At 5.9 seconds it had already reached 66 mph I highly doubt that the error would be anywhere near 6 mph considering the tire size is only slightly different from stock and still on 18 in rims.

aespo22

either way yours took closer to 7 seconds dropping the clutch at 5 seconds and reaching 61 at 12

chancejat

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i was saying 5.2 sec to 55mph...
id say mine was just over six seconds to 60

aespo22

I just checked car and drivers review of the 8 and they said the gearing was: 65 mph top of second gear @9000 rpms, if you watch the video very closely again and consider the camera angle which is off to the left mounted on the window the angle is going to be very slightly decieving, meaning what looks to be around 9100 rpms you will notice that the speedo is reading 105 kph...105kph / 1.615 (properly converted) = 65.015 meaning close to 0 speedometer error!

chancejat

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any plans to take it to a track and see times and trap speeds?? cool vids btw.....10 times better than my quick cell phone vid on youtube....lol

aespo22

thanks, and yea i was planning on taking it to raceway park, aiming for a 13.9 hopefully Ill be able to pull it off

chancejat

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when do you think your gonna go.....make sure its a cool night and you might pull it off....although launching at a drag strip is very different from the street.....

Bumble_Bee

This is the first time I see them...

Very nicely done...as I do some video editing myself... makes me wonder why I haven't done one for my "8" yet... Hmmmm....

Renesis07

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Id be amazed if you did better than a 14.3.

Bumble_Bee

^Wasn't planning on breaking the speed record... Just a simple video...

aespo22

its a goal i never said i would be able to pull it off first time...ive been racing quite a bit and have taken other cars to the strip before...just not the 8, im upgrading to 295 section rear tires after fender shaving that should cut down time off the line

Kris

Why would you go that wide in the rear? youre not making any major horses with the mods you have. Invest in some lighter wheels to keep rotational mass down before going with wider tires for no reason. If you plan to stay N/A tires that wide wont do much for you. Cut some weight first.

Kris

vX-2

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I really like the video clip for no. 3 "the assault"

And really nice way to finish off the clip with a drift...
Nice musics, nice camera technique and awesome effects and transition from one to another... it'd be nicer if some scenes have the original roar from the rotary..

aespo22

all scenes have the "roar" from the rotary, only a few select shots are slightly distorted, but origional sound is kept. Thats the k & n ram and turbo xs straight pipe/catback at work

Mikeluvs8

nice vids..

HockeyRX-8

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sweet film skills.

zoom44

3 of the 4 videos were clearly against forum rules and their links removed. the last one i left is a bit more ambiguous as to the speeds and type of road you are on.

your other thread i closed due to the multiple posting.