^ I can believe 150... I've seen 146 in 5th.

 

how may rpms were you turning in 5th?

beers

 

swoope. its a rx8.... theres no telling... theres vitually no redline its so high.

 

right i got it..

beers

 

i am calling bs on this whole top speed thing... it is drag limited.. and yes i can tell you what the top speed with my mods are.... and the rpms and gear it was in....

i can also tell you when the front end got light and when it settled down... with stock shocks and lower springs and d specs..

silverwolf.. your comment about the redline is just stupid...

btw, did you get an rx8 as of 10/18. not so much.

beers

 

Ah come on he was joking.

Mine is NA and I have had it up to 150 up hill on a corner..

A recent coat of wax helps with the drag and pulling the mirrors in.

It is possible in 5th, 6th without mods will not make it there tops around 148 mph.

The rpms in 5th are at redline at that speed.

 

see you know the answers... but they dont.... the only hope they had was a 30 knot tail wind..

how many years to supercharge now?

beers

 

swoope man i gotta say i dont think that was called for... I know your a fan of the be nice rules. what happend? nothing wrong with a little comment. lighten up a bit.

 

you dont know me.... i am being nice....

and ca18detsilvia is the guy you should listen to...

beers

 

eh.

 

so you have an rx8 now?

i am a helpful guy. in moderation.. i give good pm and not so good with people hanging them selves

go figure..

beers

 

Swoope, I believe the rpms were around 9500 or so. Straight, open, empty road. Clear skies, no wind, early march. 70 degrees. Isn't fuel cut out at 9700? Right when I hit 145-146 everything got suddenly louder and I lost my nerve and backed it down. Can you get 6th gear that fast? I read somewhere the 6th will cut out over 6750 rpms or something. Power mods were rb intake w/ ram air and exhaust.

 

no thats not to say i have it. its always the little things that get in the way of the big picture. go figure its just as the history books said.
and what

QUOTE:
i am a helpful guy. in moderation.. i give good pm and not so good with people hanging them selves

dont get it...^^

 

yes,

t-run/8

you have most of it right... except for the rpm.... 6 gear is not for high speed runs...

beers

 

i guess you will figure it out.

beers

 

The fastest I have ever gone is in 5th gear at the rev limiter, on a small downhill slope, probably could have gone faster if I would have shifted to 6th seeing as it was downhill, and maybe if I hadn't had another person in the car. But I was at 156 mph without the pullies and flywheel.

I can hit 150 pretty easily now on flat ground, but the trouble is finding a long enough secluded stretch to go faster than that.

 

well,

guess that has it covered...

beers

 

Right now just short of 2 years unless something comes up that I can't pass on. Or I find a worm hole and a way to travel back in time to get everything done sooner.



Driving east will get a faster speed.

 

Even though I don't think this thread should be where I post my first message...lol. I've hit 125 mph on stock Potenza's that were almost completely bald. Looking back on it, it wasn't the smartest thing I've done, but I had to open it up sometime right??

 

I have done almost 150 in third gear.


Oh you were talking mph ;-)