Rx8 Hp Low
#1
what HP does it say on the window stickers or RX8's 6 spd, high output ones? was there point when the # posted was higher than what is posted now on the stickers? and is mazda really doing anything to compensate for this?
thanks
ben
thanks
ben
#6
IF you bought it before august you got 500 bucks AND free maintenance for the warranty period. If you purchased the car in that time frame you would have also gotten a letter from Mazda with the offer. Ever since the car has been rated at 238. It used to be rated at 247.
#9
I noticed a new Mazda ad in Racer Magazine plugging the new Star Mazdas (they have renesis engines) and they leave out the HP while bragging about the powerful engine.
They have a pic of a RX-8 with an engine hoist over it and a Star Mazda in the foreground. Caption says "What and RX-8 engine does on weekends".
It is obvious that they never state HP just 0-60 times etc...
I did read somewhere else in Racer that the Star Mazdas are putting out 240 HP in race trim. Thats w/ a Motec and open exhaust so you do the math.
They have a pic of a RX-8 with an engine hoist over it and a Star Mazda in the foreground. Caption says "What and RX-8 engine does on weekends".
It is obvious that they never state HP just 0-60 times etc...
I did read somewhere else in Racer that the Star Mazdas are putting out 240 HP in race trim. Thats w/ a Motec and open exhaust so you do the math.
#10
Originally Posted by Black8' date='Mar 20 2004, 03:51 PM
It pisses people off, but the real horsepower is around 220.....
Feels good to me though.
Feels good to me though.
Although if I remember right, and I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong, the Speedsource guys are also running motec's for the Grand Am series, and when we where over there I heard that the engine was doing about 245HP. I never heard if that was crank or wheels though.
I've dynoed twice. once at 180 and another at 184. stage 1 was good originally for 22hp more or less to 205, but the original fuel map wasnt my favorite. New one is much smoother but since my car reflash I have been having some issues and will need to load another map, so we shall see what that gives.