RX-8 Forum's Comparison to Evo 8

What are YOUR OPINIONS. I heard the RX-8 side, what do you guys think.

 

Isn’t a comparison between these two cars like comparing apples to oranges? They both serve different purposes.

One is a rally inspired, 2 liter turbocharged, AWD bad *** that’s 271 hp that can serve as both an everyday driven sports sedan and track car. While the Mazda RX-8 is a 250 hp (MT)1.3-liter rotary sports coupe. It may be argued that the difference between a sports car and sports coupe (such as the Infiniti G35) are the same, so Mazda's claim to be the first and only true four-seat sports car is stretching things a bit. No matter what you call the RX-8, it's a great car with an innovative approach and admirable engineering but it just doesn’t compare to the EVO.
The EVO wins hands down.

The RX-8 is best compared against the likes of the Nissan 350Z.

The EVO compares to the Subaru WRX and Dodge Neon-SRT which doesn’t even hold a candle compared to the others.







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I dont get this, just race and see whos faster

 

"Actually, I just noticed something funny. I think none of the rx-8 owners even argued that the 8 performed better than the evo. This thread is just a bunch of evo owners justifying their purchase of an evo over the 8 (except for ike of course ). It seems to me that you evo guys are jealous of the 8 and need an ego boost, and the rx-8 people here have a big enough ego already"




oh hell no!

these guys are jealous for sure

 

This is always going to happen, i remember on the S2K forums this **** went on all the time... but oh well, it was always 350Z or Camaro vs the S2K, i havnt been on there lately though, but cars like the S2k or RX8 just cost so much to make faster, it costed $6000 to make that damn s2000 run 13.9 not worth it

 

The RX-8 actually has closer to 230hp. Most owners dynoing them get in the neighborhood of 180-190rwhp, which, with a 17% drivetrain loss, comes to 216-229hp. Most of the lower hp cars were ones that had relatively low mileage, so the higher end of this range seems to be the case. Unless Mazda made one of the most parasitic drivetrains in a modern car, it looks like even the corrected 238hp is an overstatement. This means that it's slower than a Z but faster than the current crop of sporty coupes (Eclipse, RSX-S, Celica GT-S) and most definitely handles better. It's pretty much in its own category, especially with the suicide doors and decently sized back seat. Being compared to an Evo or STi is a little bit of a stretch, for all the reasons already mentioned in this thread.

 

People are always trying to compare the evo to some other car because of fear. They just can't accept the fact that the evo is better than most of the other cars out there(especially for it's price) It is a superb purpose built rally car that just so happens to be a serious street and dragstrip threat. So if a Cobra or a Viper or whatever beats it on the street or dragstrip I wouldn't be suprised. As a matter of fact they better beat the evo because that would be shameful now would it. To really see the evo's performance, bring your muscle cars to a rally track for a real flogging

 

You couldn't pay me to own an RX-8.

 

I think the Mazdaspeed Miata will be a bigger threat to the Evolution than the RX8. When people start modifying the featherweight Miata things will get scary.

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but a mechanic was telling me the other day that the rx8s were recalled because the engines weren't putting out what they were expected to. He said the engine instead of pushing around 230... said it was pushing 140 instead.

 

Yep. Mazda overrated the hp. It has 238hp & like 165 lbs of torque.

 

who cares about the rx 8 this is an evo site. and the rx looks good but the evo will owne it. there is no comparsion.

 

Guess who started that thread.

 

LOL. Yes, alot of them got very big egos. Bsds how it looks "subjective" the evo stomps the rx8 in basically everything. Gas mileage, drag, track, mountain racing "which is a weekly thing now for me," carries 5 people, and guess what cheaper insurance rate "all depends on driver but I got a cheaper quote on the evo."

 

Yeah, but imagine the difference here in Jersey where we get 94 Octane!