Vance W Jaqua wrote:

Paul - I am afraid that I may have to bring a putty knife over and
scrape your happy crazed body off the overhead. Car and Driver
just arrived in my mailbox, and they rated the RX8 best of the
three in the Mustang, Infinity shoot out - still no mid range
"punch" tho! Vance

Jim Mederer of Racing Beat and E-class land speed record holder in a third gen
RX7 fame assured me that Mazda was listening when I suggested a
super charger for low speed squirt. Help could be on the way.

Paul Lamar

Paul,
More importantly, did they listen to your suggestion of a larger rear swaybar (or stiffer rear springs or maybe even a smaller front swaybar) to decrease the understeer???  I would love to drive one - the pictures make the car appear to be understeering and it may need a little more chassis tuning to be a little more neutral.

Ken Powell

It does indeed under steer.
Big problem with a four passenger sports car is weight distribution and
sway bar tuning. When the back seat is loaded it probably over steers :)
I suggested a cockpit adjustable sway bar which would be a first on a 
street car. Common equipment on a race car.

BTW Csaba Cesere (Chuba Che ser ray) managing editor is a former student
of mine. I taught him all he knows about cars :)

Paul Lamar
 
The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.  Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            
Copyright 1998-2002 All world wide rights reserved.