The car's revised suspension, which drops the ride acme by about 1 inch, improves the accepted car's chic arch dynamics and adds to the concept's beheld impact. Abeyance modifications focus on new specification, stiffer Eibach springs that advice advance the already absorbing anchor offered by the RX-8's multi-link advanced and rear suspension. The revised abeyance settings, which advice abate anatomy roll, added acuminate responses from the car's electric-driven arbor and adhere steering.
Promising appreciably added ability and torque than the accepted car, the RX-8 Motorsport Concept appearance a Renesis rotary agent complete with a baptize cooled Garret turbocharger active 7.5 lbs of addition burden and a ample air-to-air intercooler. These modifications and a re-programmed Ability Control Module that maximizes the engine's ability are accepted to addition ability by added than 52 per cent over the assembly RX-8. The engine's affairs power, or torque, receives a abundant addition over a advanced rev band, with it peaking about 260 lb-ft, an access of about 65 per cent over the alley car.
Using a almost baby and low-boost turbo ensures acceptable burke acknowledgment and maintains the free-revving attributes of the alley car's commonly aspirated rotary engine.
The RX-8 Motorsport Concept's compression arrangement and redline are unaffected, acceptance the turbo agent to chase to 9000 rpm.
A larger, free-breathing bankrupt arrangement ensures best ability accretion while a new muffler additionally aids breath and delivers a throatier, added bent bankrupt note.
Braking is by an Alcon six agent antagonism arrangement that appearance 335 mm vented and acclimatized discs. Similar systems are acclimated in apple rally, Japanese GT, V8 Supercar and NASCAR racing.
Other automated upgrades accommodate a abate but added able battery, while a beyond amount radiator ensures the agent runs aural its ideal temperature ambit beneath all conditions.
Specifications :| Chassis | |
| Brakes F/R: | ABS, vented disc/vented disc |
| Tires F-R: | 235/35 - 255/35 R19 |
| Engine | |
| Type: | Wankel-2, Turbocharged |
| Displacement cu in (cc): | 80 (1308) |
| Power bhp (kW) at RPM: | 362(270) / n.a. |
| Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM: | 258(350) / n.a. |
| Redline at RPM: | 9000 |
| Exterior | |
| Length × Width × Height in: | 174.3 × 69.7 × 51.8 |
| Weight lb (kg): | n.a. |
| Performance | |
| Acceleration 0-62 mph s: | n.a. |
| Top Speed mph (km/h): | n.a. |
| Fuel Economy EPA city/highway mpg (l/100 km): | n.a. |
