This is why I tell people RX8s, BRZs, 86s are underrated. They're amazing on a track but they dont wanna hear it. Its all about horsepower with most folks.

That’s why I love my rx-8, I don’t care how much HP you have. Can you take a turn going 100 and recover!? The car was designed by a race car driver… just saying… Best street racer for a budget!

That was awesome bro, you are making the value of RX8s go up! I'm itching to get my broken 8 running.

I feel your pain, I don't know how many times over the past 20+ years of track days in my old 240sx's or FR-S that I get behind a Corvette, Mustang, Camaro, M3, GTR etc that is fast on the striaghts, but slower in the corners. They would hold me up for lap after lap. Some would eventually give me a point by, but some would do it on the straight away and they wouldn't back off the gas? Hah, total d*ck move. I think it's just an ego thing and they don't want to admit that their 500+hp expensive sports car is slower on track than a cheap Japanese car, haha. I love it.

Nice vid. I have an RX8 track car and indeed, I can often keep up (or pass) with quite a number of big-powered cars as long as the driver is a notch below my skill level. Or even sometimes they are good drivers, but they are still on the OEM tires (300+ TW rated stuff), And by the back half of the session, all that power has simply turned those poor tires greasy and they can’t drive as confidently. Same with the brakes. The nice thing about the RX8 (or my Miata) Is the superb balance and fairly low weight means it doesn’t beat on the tires and brakes so much, and you can go 10/10 for an entire session with no worries.

I completely understand the advantage of light cars. At a track day I did in my 2004 Volvo S60R I had to point by a number of Miata’s, because they could hold their momentum through the corners. My car has 300hp, brembos, and weighs 3,500 pounds. Which overall isn’t a bad combo, but a car with less than half the power but like 1,500 pounds less could easily smoke me. Granted it was also my first track day so I didn’t have a whole lot of experience or confidence. My dad took his 2007 GT500, which probably makes like 500whp roughly. Lowering springs and lower control arms the only handling mods he had done. And that thing weighs like 3,900 pounds. He had to let a Fiesta ST pass him multiple times. The fiesta was properly setup with good suspension, tires, bolt ons, etc. and that thing was moving. So I realized how much of a benefit a light car is.

Who cares. You're both having fun, driving the cars you like, at a pace within your comfort zone and ability.

There’s something beautiful when you combine a beautiful sounding car and a great driver that really knows how to heel and toe! You become the maestro of your orchestra producing beautiful music! Thank you!!

Just killin’ it!!!! Rock on Erich!!! Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you! This heat wave sucks. I begrudgingly took my F150 in the 101 heat up to NH this weekend instead of my Ocho. Now I really wish I hadn’t. Unless of course you toasted the coolant seals. Sure hope you didn’t. 😬 Looking forward to seeing the compression test on that new Renesis.

The rx8 is the underdog in the group but it pulls harder then 86/brz I had a 04 rx8 it was so much fun to drive I’d leave people in the dust by not lifting off the gas into the corner and as I exit still full throttle! Miss whipping the Mazda rotary cars 85fb12a 86s4 turbo 2 2004 rx8 Some the best runs in my life were driving rx7z/rx8 the balance is unreal

I think one of the major problems is "I can go faster through there than that" isn't what you think with 80,000 on the line

I appreciate putting this car through the paces, there are probably alot of these that people give up on because of the intermittent problems. Thank you for ripping that wonderful sports car.

Dude you are more entertaining than most other channels I have found! I have never wanted an rx8 more in my life!

Love the commentary! Great video! She’s gettin it out there! Keep it up!

NISSAN GTR -Nürburgring Lap Record 7:8.679 Mazda Rx8 - Nürburgring Lap Record 8:42.56 I believe if you drive the RX8 you do below 7 minutes in Nurburgring compare to the RX8 professional driver hired by MAZDA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That was fun to watch! Love your driving

Don't take it easy, my man!! REEL THAT GTR IN BABYYYYY YYEEEEEAAAA :D :D :D This is great! My first time seeing your track videos and I've been a sub for a while. I can't wait to meet you, man. You're a huge help and inspiration, my guy. I just bought and replaced my first Rx-8/ renesis. I am surprised how slow it is, ya.. but The thing shoots straight as an arrow wanting to turn. I can't wait until I'm on a track to push the limits.... It's such an amazing car. The handling is just phenomenal.

Some buttery smooth and nice and precise driving man great stuff as always dont forget check your pants👍 😂

You need to settle down dude. GT-R driver seems to be new to track days and/or that track, you can clearly see them brake early & sedately and continue braking once turned in, as well as mid-corner braking. Besides the fact that they’re probably going six-tenths and not nine-tenths like you because they don’t want to risk crashing a much more expensive car that’s not as easily replaceable. You can’t hear a hint of tyre squeal from the Nissan so they’re not pushing it. Neither was the ‘vette. Did you go and speak to the drivers and ask them what tyres and brakes they had?, let alone how experienced they are?

I love how clear your commentary is straight from the car, almost sounds like a voiceover how good we can hear you speak lol

Rx8 is an awesome car. People think they suck because they hear story's. But the a good example previously owned by someone who understands the renisis engine won't disappoint.

Quite often misfires are just a dirty eccentric shaft sensor and a 20 brake pedal stomp, or dirty MAF sensor.

With this video you confirmed what I always thought is possible with the Mazda RX8 even when driving down narrow winding country lanes here in the UK I never need to touch my brakes and everything in front of me is braking on every bend. Nobody knows how much pleasure you get from driving a Mazda RX8 unless you own one yourself I really enjoy watching your videos, only wish I had a garage like you to work on mine

I remember my 86 GXL was definitely not fast, but it was quick. Driving it like it was meant to be, a momentum car, on a tight backroad it was quick as hell and could hang with most anything. In the tight constant turns, 40mph is 40mph. Soon as the straightaways came, of course I got decimated but it was the king of turns. Right up there with my NA Miata I had too. No power at all but a total threat in the turns

awesome vid, just today at work had a vette into the wall guy was alright, he lost brakes video gotme pumped!

the beginning part with the corvette lol as a brz owner I felt that. had a similar experience recently 😂

Awesome driving. Looks like good fun to troll the expensive cars on track. 😎🚗💨

Nicely done!

Great driving! Haven't made it out to a track day since DGRR, but it's a relatively short list of cars that can walk away from an RX8 in the corners.

Nice driving, looks like good fun

Always good to see more RX8 owners in the region ripping them around. In fact one of these days I'll have to meet up with you at the track to have some fun with mine! Do you make it out to Gingerman or Autobahn Country Club? If so have to make it happen!

Respect matey, a Yank that can actually drive round corners, a rare thing ;-) Bigups from the UK.

Love ur ride

That was nice to see. Maybe an RX-8 will be my next Mazda.

Of course, it depends on the track, but on a short track, i clapped a wrx with my 90hp miata, i will always be proud of this

Dude you are amazing driver

I have an rx8 it handles amazingly well great car

Looks 👀 like alot of fun 🚗🏁

Got me stressing. I was like “he going to fast, here comes the turn” ahhhhhhh

Liked & Subscribed awesome video!

Now imagine a dialled in, boosted 8.. 👌🏼❤️

Great driving skills bro but I don't think that you would easily outrun Corvette and Gtr on the track with decent drivers in it 🤔 😉

Great video, what water temps were you running on the track as here in Chattanooga, it's been in a heat wave. My RX8 pushed 215F while togue through the Appalachians

Lol gotta love the cracked dashboard. Still yet to see one in good condition including mine 😆

Just goes to show u hp means a lot less on a track with corners than a good suspension, breaks, tires.

You would love the 2008 350z with the HR motor, dual throttle body v6 that shift at 7600rpm with great 50/50 weight distribution on corners.

you should do a video on the roll bar proces

This video sooooooo makes me miss my RX-8. I loved that car. On another note, this video proves just how big of a difference the "driver" mod can be.

100th like. Good job buddy, looking good out there.

Can't tell you how many people thought they could keep up in the canyons only to fall 100 feet behind in the FIRST turn. Hell one time I lost a mustang on the way to the canyon in a slight curve.

I miss my 2004 RX-8...one of the greatest underrated cars I have owned

for the misfire issue, if your fuel trims are trying to add a bunch of fuel and cant keep up, it might be your evap solenoid. i had a weird misfire issue when the car was hot and that solved my issue. dont buy a 3rd party one though. i did that and ended up having to chase all the problems back to the cheap 3rd party solenoid

If you keep your wheels waxed the brake dust comes right off easy. Just wiping them down with a waxy rag does work at keeping them clean

Microphone addition 👌

Rx-8 it's soo Great on TRACK, the chassi is Great.. with a tune the RX-8 wiil fly even on the Straight.

Colder plugs on hotter days. 😁👍

"look at the body roll on that thing" LMFAOOOOOO when you can’t relate because the rx8 has NO body roll

You drive like a true champion in that RX8. Curious what you could do in an RX7!

What tire and rim size are you running?

🙌🏼💯

Today is the day I’ve decided my first gen will be a street/track build.

I do enjoy his driving and most of the commentary, but the biased hate on the other drivers/ cars kinda sucks. I seriously doubt there’s only 8k into this RX8. Tires, wheels, brakes, etc. The GTR is probably bone stock with older street tires, driven by a not so confident owner that probably bought it in retirement and not too crazy on pushing it to the limits because he plans on enjoying it the rest of his life. I’m not disagreeing that even amateur drivers will almost always be faster, safer, more confident in a lighter nimble car. Also, this guy in video is a great driver

Vets are hard to drive on track because your practically sitting on the rear tires. It makes it hard to feel the corners.

Don't race to beat the other car. Race to beat the other driver.

Great result and good work there with the underdog Rx8 although they are getting a good reputation for fast track cars ….ps your 8 could do with some more power, as it seems slower than what it should be….what are your compression numbers?

Love it🥰🥰

The rx8 chassis is 2nd to none

Do you also have the issue of your rx starving of fuel on long left hand corners? Because mine does sometimes

on a tight circuit rx8 all day, but on a big circuit, ill take my cls55 amg. handles like a dream, and accelerates like a jet

What where the highest water temps you saw? Also, how high do you think you can go before risking water seal failure? Thanks:)

Awesome stuff. And this is still on the stock suspension as well? Mine feels kinda squishy, especially in the rear department..

Vette and GTR need a driver mod and that rx8 wouldn't keep up

Same as the FK8 Type R - I’ve munched a lot of much faster cars both on the road and the track, cars like this (made for corners) are just so capable. But it also is all about the driver😂

Here comes the butthurt people that couldn't accept the fact that a rx8 actually can be a good track car.

What strut bar is that?

Where can you find tracks like this? I want to get into driving like this but there’s no tracks around me I could find. I live in upstate ny

Mazda’s stability in the corners is well thought out. Not only the RX-8 but the Mazda 3/Axela , the 6 and most probably everything in the zoom zoom line up is good at cornering and weight distribution.

Anyone who has been in an RX8 knows they are literally one of the best handling cars ever produced..with sticky tires you have race car levels of grip as for the engines. Garbage they don't last more then 60 or 70k miles without the need of a rebuild..the automatics are pretty slow..the manuals are pretty quick but require a good launch off the line they make small amounts of torque these cars live and make there power above 7000rpm..great car for a track with long straights and a few sharp turns .

im doing a build now and im in between deciding to do a drift or a time attack rx8. Im a better sim drifter then a sim grip driver. Just want to put theory into practice. Also dont want to waste my hard earned money on the wrong build. Here in the UK rx8 prices are started to creeping up, and im not sure if i want to build a drift rx8 then broke it on the first drift day. Do you think the rx8 would make a good drift car? Or its more suitable on the track?

@11:20 IT REALLY SHOWS HOW GRIPPY THIS THING IS. he felt the whip and said " whapow!"

Excellent.... truely. I'm in the UK....owner of a REX for 8 years.... Are there any specs on your car atal anyway on your channel? The chassis is extremely well balanced....my car is tuned but very soft on standard under pinning.....many thanks in advance

Welcome to that race pad life lol Bro gotta drive over turn 1A rumble strip lol

Are you racing with the renesis or 13b?

There is also the problem of the cost of both cars I mean even if power to weight and driver skill are not in the equation old m8 in the gtr is probably not wanting to push it to the limit that's probably is dream car and doesn't want to lose it. Great driving from both drivers 😁👍

If your really a hardcore rotorhead you switch your heater on when chasin someone down : )

Love it, love it, love it, the balance of the RX-8 is so incredible, it makes the car easy to drive fast. Seeing the RX-8 Pacman those much faster cars on the track was great.

All about the driver, a gtr and an rx8 aren't comparable on a track man.

Lmao, those right side dashboard cracks, every rx8 has them

If you can do your taxes in the RX8 while on the straightaways, then I can write a book in my NA Miata!

I know it's beat to death but with a turbo the rx8 would have punched way above its belt out there. Mazda did a great job and I love thrm but even a 320 horse turbo rx8 would be chewing down the corners.

Camera and mike on the noisy end please

What temps do you start cooling down? Like at what point is a rotary too hot?

lol you call it the cackle toon too?

Wicked combo would be a 600hp rx8 speedy in straight and corners

Gtr driver seemed terrified

I lost sight of your buddies BMW gee it must be quick

Zoom Zoom Zoom! MAZDA FOREVER! ✌️✌️✌️

i love following boats on the track too they think they are jesus because they have 600hp

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i bet you hurt some feels that day