Mr. Ed's rx-8

well i've been reading for a couple hours now!!! but i am very satisfied with the outcome and congrats with the install!!! i'm gonna keep an eye and see how everything goes for ya over the next couple of months and then i plan on purchasing my turbo kit as well! i wanna do a few suspension upgrades and then i should be set!

bad *** and can't wait to see more!

Petrus

I donīt want to be rude but judging by the way you "drive" I really donīt think you need neither the car or the turbo. =) I actually couldnīt "see" the extra hp or tourque, it looked just like my own 8 judging by the acceleration. I want to see some R E A L driving in your next vid! ...and remove the lenscover next time. =)
So,,, I think I better get a planeticket to the States and take your car home to where it REALLY belongs...Sweden! =) Then I car post a vid with some real driving that shows the potential of the turbokit. Ok? =)
By the way, is it a HP or a LP 8 you have?

Just kidding with you...Nice vid man!

09Factor

He has the HP. So far Greddy only make the turbo for the M/T.

D@mN Greddy

philodox

lol.. I started reading this and was starting to get rather pissed off :p.. then I read that you were joking.. hehehe

I'll have the camera setup in the car this sunday when I hit the drag strip. I just hope the weather holds up.

zoom44

^ and yet when i treid that tactic a few pages ago you didnt believe me for even a second :D

Petrus

To me everythingīs fun at the moment (4:30 in the morning here and Iīm almost about to fall asleep at work) Hope you can excuse my bad sence of comic right now? But I really enjoyed the clip. Glad you understood the comic in my post.

Serious: Can I get your car? :D

philodox

Well, you are a moderator.. I figured you wouldn't mean something like that

philodox

No worries Petrus.. I'm kind of stressed right now.. I'm studying for a written exam for my Helicopter Instructor rating this Saturday morning.. Think I need to take another drive and let the "zoom zoom pssst" relax me some more

AvatarQAZ

definately bad ***. Also, congrats on treading where most fear to go. Hopefully you can actually 'drive' that machine of yours at the track and post some real time slips for all to oggle at

MazdaManiac

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How is it that you aren't getting any of this ridiculous rain?

I keep trying to go out and get video for the past few days and I keep getting rained on.

JeRKy 8 Owner

So the speedometer cant keep up? Well - that sucks.

\\Konig\\

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jeusus how do you shift that quick and smooth? Care to share your technique with a semi-noob driver?

philodox

The rain stopped early this morning here where I live.. the SUN actually came out today and dried the roads up. That's the only reason was able to drive like that tonight..


Well, I do have the Mazdaspeed Short Shifter in my RX-8. So that helps.. I've been driving manual for 10 years now.. I guess you get good at it after a while

ScudRunner

Helo pilots live and die by the words "quick and smooth"

philodox

Amen! Nothing like dropping the collective, tipping the nose over, and heading straight at the ground only to flare and recover at about 25ft above the ground.. talk about a rush

ScudRunner

In my primary flight training, we did autos all the way to the ground for the first six months or so. Then, we switched to power recoveries with 2 to 4 feet as the envelope. Quite frankly, stopping it 2 feet off the ground is WAY harder than just flaring it all the way in. In the -53, we're not allowed to recover any lower than 40 feet. Not quite as exciting. But we get shot at a lot, so I guess we're not lacking in excitement. :D

xdrian

do you think all the rx-8's can meet up somewhere in new jersey like trenton to get a look at your car on how it performs ? Id definatly be there!!!!

ScudRunner

Speaking of -53s, I wish GReddy would come out with something for us. :D

philodox

Man.. 2-4 feet is really pushing it.. how fast do you come in? I've done some quick decents before (80 knots) and starting my flare at 25.. but kept it at that height.. anyhow.. back to the topic at hand Can't believe I was about to hijack my own thread.. haha

p.s. There's only so much you can do in a 300cbi.. someday I'll get to fly the good stuff.. for some reason a MD-500 (OH-6A for you military types) comes to mind

ScudRunner

Nothing wrong with hijacking your own thread. 500s look like they'd be fun; a little small for a guy my size (6'2", 250 or so). On the 2-4' recovery, we would ride down at around 90 KIAS til 50 feet, flare, ride the flare to about 15 feet, level, then add power to bring it to a stop at 2-4 feet. But, you're right. Back to the subject at hand.

p.s. I've flown off the wing of some AH-6s before. Nimble, but surprisingly slow.

Cam

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That video was AWESOME!!!!

Thank you Jon!!

And I concur with the others that you shift/rev match extremely well.

Ajax

That short shifter even sounds different. It sounds like the short shifter on the 3rd gen rx7's, clicking in and out of the gates. I notice you hardly ever shift into 5th or 6th, and in fact spend most of your time driving around in 3rd in the video, hehe.. Just watching the tach told me that as car velocity is 10:1 in third (10mph for every 1k rpm so 40 at 4k) in third.

I can shift pretty close to that in the standard shifter when i'm driving hard. My 1-2 isnt nearly as good though. I actually have more trouble driving slow than I do fast because I tend to shift slower.. I slow everything down when I should always shift at the same speed.. Oh well.. that's me.

Nice vid. I loved it everytime you got mad wheelspin like that. Just wonderful.

Iwannarex8

hey just watched the video........nice! too much traffic though,

Favorite Quote:........is that a mustang?? :p

you gonna change the tires when you go to the track??you need traction :p

PoLaK

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Then he bitches to me about getting 12mpg.

Ajax

Yea.. i was gonna ask.. i granny shift around town except in first.. i've found 1-2 is easier to plateau around 5k and then shift all the gears around 4k.. i skip 5th entirely tho..