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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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2 of my friends, one with a 04 GT and one with a RX-8. They raced rolling about 40mph and the RX-8 beat him by about acar length. but....my friend with the 04 GT had his wife, grandmother and 2 kids in the car, if he didn't have the extra 350 poundsin the car, he should have beaten him.
why would u ever race with kids in the car?? let alone a grandmother and wife [sm=badidea.gif]
Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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i got a buddy with an rx8 and hes scared to match up with me from the dig. but i think it would get me on the highway.
Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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Racing with grandma.... LMFAO... I love it! Does the dude happen to have a mullet?
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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Check this out:

https://mustangforums.com/m_2535935/tm.htm

my friend with the 04 GT had his wife, grandmother and 2 kids in the car, if he didn't have the extra 350 poundsin the car, he should have beaten him.
It's only a 4 seater and he's apparently the product of inbreeding. What a dumbass....
Old Jan 21, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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How would the automatic rx8 fair from a roll against an automatic gt?Doesn't the auto rx8 have less hp and torque?
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 12:33 AM
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No you wont beat it!

race it prove me wrong... and post your results!
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 01:10 AM
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So you are saying a auto rx8 would take an auto 04 gt from roll? I thought auto rx8 were rated at like 197 hp and low amounts of torque. I know from a dig it would be no contest.
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 01:20 AM
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Auto rx8 sucks hard, if you want a reason behind my opinion here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rx8
more speifically[*][:@][:@][:@]4-speed automatic tuned to 141kW (189hp) in some markets, while the U.S. automatic is stated to deliver 197SAE net hp (158kW) [:@][:@][:@]
but the 4 speed feels so damn weak, if you lose to that with an auto 04 gt you should be beaten, drowned, beaten some more the have your car repoed. [&o]

i dont know about this one since i havent driven one of these yet...[*]6-speed automatic (available in the U.S. market as of 2006) developing 212hp (170kW) with a redline at 7,500rpm. [&o]
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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That's what I thought about the auto version, yet I could possibly seeing the manual rx8 being close from a roll. Still the manual still would get killed from a dig.
Old Jan 22, 2007 | 02:14 AM
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ORIGINAL: jusnkris

i got a buddy with an rx8 and hes scared to match up with me from the dig. but i think it would get me on the highway.

Yeah, those things wheel-hop like mad from a dig....

They are nice cars though. Just not fast off the line and horrible gas mileage.






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