RSVDon Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 The internets (W!!!) yields conflicting information. I looked very briefly, but I saw on one forum that the car is drag-limited to 134mph, and someone else said electronically limited to 150 in 6th gear (you can go faster by revving higher in 5th though, where the speed limiter won't kick in)There's video of an RX-8 pulling 184 on a dyno, but without wind-drag, that's not really relevant...I find 134 to be very low. My 140 hp Eclipse could get to 135 with the right amount of room. That's a 100 hp deficit over the 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 eclipse drag coefficient = .3rx-8 = .31so yeah.. it seems like the rx-8 should go a big faster with 100 more horse and just slightly more drag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwilli Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Thanks for your concern guys, I got away. BTW I wasn't in an RX8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vw151 Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) Yah, not sure why people are hating on the rotary engine. Sure a V-8 is better in some applications but the rotary is cool for it's own reasons. Come on it's a triangle in a circle.Either way, from what I gathered from some googling, it goes around 150-155mph so if the guy is ballsy enough he could out run a police car as I believe they are done around 140. If he was smart he got off the highway shortly after the chase began after the cop was out of site. It being a small displacement engine that revs high, a highway pursuit would be this cars element too. All top end. Come on, all you 4 cylinder riding motorcycle guys should get this, the 600cc CBRs and Gixxers are the same way, slow in town and screamers on the highway. Of course all this is also assuming the RX8 is stock. I do believe the tuning possibilities for these rotary engines are pretty serious.I'll throw in a comparison too. My 2006 GTI is 200hp and it hits the electronically limited top end of 130mph (140mph indicated) with a decent amount of power left. The guys on the VW forum that have chipped their cars, giving them closer to 240-260hp are seeing indicated 155 no problem. This is a VW hatchback. I don't find it to be odd to think an RX8 can do 150. Edited December 18, 2009 by vw151 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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