Still no contest...............FD. maybe an FD with issues? But a healthy one, no way.

 

I personally think the FD3S will take it, hands down.



Of course it'd have to be in top condition, but still, the FD3S vs RX8 would end with the FD3S pulling 13's.

 

Trini,



Age has nothing to do w/an FD's performance. Even if it had 150K and still ran like it did out of the showroom, it'd perform just as well as say.....a 26K FD3S stock.



It all depends on what condition the car is in. You can't expect a beat up FD3S(which is a sin mind you!!) with fucked up seals and sputtering to hold its own against an RX8.

 

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you've gotta be kidding me. you think a 10 yr old FD will be as fast as a new one?



hey buddy, things break and these cars are no exception. i rarely meet an RX-7 owner who has his car running in perfect condition.



did you read that article in car & driver (i think) and sport compact car where they tested teh cars from 2F&2F. those cars were nowhere near stock in performace, and they even had some performance upgrades.



it would be a close one between the 7 & the 8, assuming the 7 was stock and 10 yrs old, and the win would go to the driver. new, the 7 would win, obviously.

 

I raced a few rx-8's so far, all of them on the highway though. (one from a stoplight, but no corners, ) The FD pulled away from all of them no matter what the speed. I know one of them wasn't the high power model, but I know at least 2 that were. I am sure that it would hurt me in the corners, but in the straights, a stock FD kills a stock 8.

 

btw, have you seen that titanium color one running around CS? I pulled on him in my CRX, I wasn't too impressed. (might have been that he doesn't know how to drive it yet, or is still breaking it in though, who knows)

 

yeah, saw it a night, dang it looked real hot! there is a red one also, i saw both on the same night.



you live here in CS?

 

I am there every weekend as my fiance works in a microbio lab there on campus (looking for a Sysadmin job, no luck yet) I am usually tooling around in a black FD or a Red CRX