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jdm12a 10-26-2006 07:04 PM

so heres my question, they say a manual rx8 has a stock hp of 238 right? but all the dynos of stock rx8's ive seen and heard of are like 170-180hp. is this correct or am i off? and if so isnt a 60hp loss to the wheels really high? jus a lil curious can someone shed some light on the subject?

phinsup 10-26-2006 09:06 PM

Uhh, no mazda corrected the published hp's and compensated early owners with a $500 gift card.

jdm12a 10-26-2006 10:13 PM


Originally Posted by phinsup' post='842668' date='Oct 26 2006, 07:06 PM

Uhh, no mazda corrected the published hp's and compensated early owners with a $500 gift card.



whats the corrected hp? does anyone know>

Il RX8 lI 10-26-2006 10:25 PM

Where the **** is my $500?

j9fd3s 10-27-2006 09:35 AM


Originally Posted by Il RX8 lI' post='842678' date='Oct 26 2006, 08:25 PM

Where the **** is my $500?



that only applies to the really early ones, the hp thing happened right off the bat. apparently people buy mazda's and then go to the dyno, as you would with any race car.



um pm me the vin and i can tell you if it had it or not

j9fd3s 10-27-2006 09:35 AM


Originally Posted by jdm12a' post='842648' date='Oct 26 2006, 05:04 PM

so heres my question, they say a manual rx8 has a stock hp of 238 right? but all the dynos of stock rx8's ive seen and heard of are like 170-180hp. is this correct or am i off? and if so isnt a 60hp loss to the wheels really high? jus a lil curious can someone shed some light on the subject?



mazda says 238hp and that the dyno confuses the car, and that its got a lot of drivetrain loss

anibalrx8 10-28-2006 12:47 AM


Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='842706' date='Oct 27 2006, 07:35 AM

mazda says 238hp and that the dyno confuses the car, and that its got a lot of drivetrain loss

it is the CPU, i can't remember but one magazine try to do a dyno run and the CPU give them an error message because the car is not moving, so the CPU does not go in to performances mode, in order to not hurt the engine. they try disconeting the front wheels sensor but no luck, after one day messing up with it they give up! i think it was sport compact car.

Black8 11-13-2006 06:18 PM

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I thought these stupid "Mazda overrated the Renesis" threads were done. Hello! This topic is so 2003.

TrackJunkie 11-17-2006 06:32 AM


Originally Posted by anibalrx8' post='842844' date='Oct 28 2006, 12:47 AM

it is the CPU, i can't remember but one magazine try to do a dyno run and the CPU give them an error message because the car is not moving, so the CPU does not go in to performances mode, in order to not hurt the engine. they try disconeting the front wheels sensor but no luck, after one day messing up with it they give up! i think it was sport compact car.

makes me wonder if the magazine folks forgot to turn off DSC. That is essential to making a dyno run.



And yes, this seems a bit 2003. Any research or searching on any board that deals with the RX-8 shoudl turn up piles of results and discussions of this topic.



The original numbers for the car before it was released, for all those who pre-ordered, was 250 HP. They re-rated it at 238. If the stock car pulled 190, which I have seen happen, that is a 20% drivetrain loss, which is not un heard of.

jdm12a 11-17-2006 08:02 AM


Originally Posted by TrackJunkie' post='845746' date='Nov 17 2006, 04:32 AM

makes me wonder if the magazine folks forgot to turn off DSC. That is essential to making a dyno run.



And yes, this seems a bit 2003. Any research or searching on any board that deals with the RX-8 shoudl turn up piles of results and discussions of this topic.



The original numbers for the car before it was released, for all those who pre-ordered, was 250 HP. They re-rated it at 238. If the stock car pulled 190, which I have seen happen, that is a 20% drivetrain loss, which is not un heard of.



yea i looked it up and whatnot and kept finding a whole bunch of different information and none of the sites cleared it up so i figured id ask here and someone would help clear it up


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