Prelude vs. RX-8

Just messin around in some tunnels. Mostly wanted to get a fly-by shot of my friends RX-8. Surprisingly the whole thing sounded pretty nice in the confines of the tunnel. Anyway, yea he won, no surprise.

Only "hp" upgrades I have are:
-AEM CAI
-Thermal R&D dual tip catback. Looks almost stock.

***got a mazdaspeed 6 now. woohoo, i will miss the lude =\

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• honda
• prelude
• mazda
• rx-8
• rx8
• road
• racing
• drag
• fly-by

[Gaguratonix]

I'm going to have to hop in on this one. Owned my 8 for a few years, 2004 120k miles, not a single issue. People turn small things into big ones. The flooding issues are a thing of the past, as are the coil problems. The only thing in the motor that can actually break is the apex seal. Inexpensive to replace, just labor intensive. Just like anything on the planet, if you're looking for issues, you'll find them.

[fnsonicrick]

@kamatayan234 Are you serious? The Rx-8 does in fact not have "two 1.3L engines inside making it a 2.6L"

It actually has 2 Rotors each with 650cc of displacement. So it has two .65L put together. So when talking about RX-8s make sure to say that each engine has approximatley 232HP cause they only have one engine

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

The SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) defined way of measuring the displacement of a rotary is to measure the difference in volume of the combustion chamber between when it is at its largest and smallest. Since each rotor has three of these chambers and there is one combustion event per rotation of the eccentric shaft, a 1.3 liter rotary would burn 1.3 liters of fuel and air per eccentric shaft rotation.

[Gaguratonix]

You are completely correct on that one. Engines usually come from the factory incredibly restricted and bolt-ons open them up. The 13B comes incredibly well tuned from the factory, reducing the efficiency of bolt-ons. That doesn't make it a bad motor, just different. I agree completely, I wish bolt-ons did more. But they don't, so forced induction is the way to go. Thankfully, the rotary does respond well to that.

[Gaguratonix]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS Not saying that you can't make a 808whp civic that makes 300 torque, it all depends on the build. That doesn't mean that it will make less torque than stock down low. I agree, large displacement engines exist for torque, that wasn't the argument. The initial discussion was you said that the 13B Rotary engine isn't a 1.3, and you seemed to have a hard time understanding displacement. You brought up all the other stuff, I'm not arguing large displacement vs small. :P