i have a road test of the 1980 racing beat imsa car



its specs....



280hp@9500rpm

160lbfs/ft@8000rpm

wieght: 2250lbs (!)



0-60 5.6 seconds

1/4 mile 14.1@106mph

top speed (w 5.67ring and pinion) 137mph



skidpad 1.04g

mpg 6



the rx8



0-60 5.9 seconds

1/4 mile 14.5@96

148 mph top speed



.91 on the skidpad

and gets 18/24 mpg



not bad for wieghing in @3029lbs!



rx8 is prolly cheaper too

I llike that 1st gen.

slip an np sticker on there https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

yeah, but...........................



the IMSA car gives me WOOD

Does an rx8 really manage 60 in 6 seconds?



Mark

yeah i know, body kit still available too!

really, some one chop an np sticker on there and get that circulating

The RX8 does it with alot less horse too.

hmmm, fuel injection vs carb?

Probably a first gear that tops out a 70mph in the race car.

**** it i'm moving to mmexico

My carbs are pushing out 150bhp/litre with a likely 30+ mpg.



Mark

imsa cars were injected in 1980 https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

gears for the rx7 are



1st 2.350

2nd 1.608

3rd 1.240

4th 1.000

5th either .881 or .839



they list a 5.67 rear gear but i dunno if thats actually in it for the test



rims are 16x10 and 16x12



rx8 is



1st 3.76

2nd 2.27

3rd 1.65

4th 1.19

5th 1.0

6th .84



with a 4.44 rear and 245/45/18's



gearing is pretty close?



and actually in the rx8@ 9500 rpms second is like 60-70 mph

That's surprising the acceleration of the RX-7 is so slow then, but it's still in first gear for quite a while.