Looks like RX8 hp rating is getting revised down
08-23-2003, 07:49 AM
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Well, Mazda's are still nice cars: Miata, RX8 (hp debacle notwithstanding), 6...
Rai, don't know about the current M3, but the previous ones, and the 3.0L's seem to underrate.
Rai, don't know about the current M3, but the previous ones, and the 3.0L's seem to underrate.
08-23-2003, 10:14 AM
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i'd doubt theylll buy it back at the price u bought it....
i got one of the supplement issue to road &track. the guy who made the car said it is a true sport car n not a sedan. he even said evo 8 n the wrx arent even sports car but rather sporty sedan.
i got one of the supplement issue to road &track. the guy who made the car said it is a true sport car n not a sedan. he even said evo 8 n the wrx arent even sports car but rather sporty sedan.
08-23-2003, 12:09 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rai
[B]Well I never heard it, but the M3 also sounds low 333hp to me while it's not much slower than a 375hp C5 while weighing a good deal more.
[B]Well I never heard it, but the M3 also sounds low 333hp to me while it's not much slower than a 375hp C5 while weighing a good deal more.
08-23-2003, 07:56 PM
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Mazda doesn't really have a choice. I can't believe they screwed up the miata a few years back and now this. It's pathetic a company like that can't bother to dyno their engines to see what type of power they make before they start selling them. Now they're saying they only make 2 HP less than our engines yet they dyno about 20 HP less than ours do. Either they have a very inefficient drivetrain or they are making good use of their 5% rule on engine output and they're really putting out closer to 225 HP.
08-23-2003, 09:04 PM
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Originally posted by Chris S
C5 doesn't make 375hp, and it actually weighs quite a bit less than the M3.
C5 doesn't make 375hp, and it actually weighs quite a bit less than the M3.
You're right the C5 has 350hp but it has 375 TQ that's where I got confused.
So the M3 is heavier with a 17 fewer HP but more than 100 lb/ft less TQ and yet is within a few 1/10th of the C5.
