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General
Make :
Mazda
Base price :
$27,000
Model :
2002 RX-8
Production :
N/A
Powertain layout :
Mid-Front / RWD
Origin
Japan
Dimensions
Wheelbase :
2703 mm / 106.4 in
Width :
1770 mm / 69.7 in
Length :
4427 mm / 174.3 in
Weight :
1374 kg / 3029 lbs
Height :
1341 mm / 52.8 in
Front Track :
1496 mm / 58.9 in
Ground clearance :
N/A
Rear Track :
1506 mm / 59.3 in
Engine
Configuration :
RENESIS Twin Rotary
Bore :
-
Valvetrain :
-
Stroke :
-
Displacement :
1308 cc / 79.8 cu in
Compression Ratio :
10.0:1
Power :
177.5 kw / 238 bhp @ 8500 rpm
BHP / Liter :
181.96 bhp per litre
Torque :
215.58 nm / 159 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm
Redline :
9000
Transmission
Gear type :
6-Speed Manual
5th gear ratio :
1.00:1
1st gear ratio :
3.76:1
6th gear ratio :
0.84:1
2nd gear ratio :
2.27:1
7th gear ratio :
-
3rd gear ratio :
1.65:1
Reverse ratio :
N/A
4th gear ratio :
1.19:1
Final drive ratio :
4.44:1
Chassis & body
Body / Frame :
Unit Steel w/Aluminum Hood & Doors
Brake types :
Vented Discs w/ABS & DSC
Steering :
Rack & Pinion w/Power Assist
Front brake size :
323 mm / 12.7 in
Front tires :
225/45ZR18
Rear brake size :
302 mm / 11.9 in
Rear tires :
225/45ZR18
Performance
Top speed :
N/A
60-0 braking :
N/A
0-60 mph :
6.1 seconds
Lateral Acceleration :
N/A
0-100 mph :
16.0 seconds
EPA city / Hwy :
19 mpg
0-ΒΌ mile :
15.0 seconds
Article:
Enter the final production model of the RX-8. The RX-8 incorporates both genuine sports car styling and an interior package spacious enough for four adults. It also includes a further refined front-midship layout as well as a four-door configuration without a center pillar. Exceptional driving performance comes through 50:50 front/rear weight distribution and small yaw-inertia movement.
RENESIS is the name for the next-generation rotary engine. It's compact design and increased power can be attributed to a new side-intake, side-exhaust layout with the exhaust ports moved to the side housing of the rotor chamber. This allows the size of the ports to be freely set, resulting in an expanded air-intake port area. Naturally aspirated, the RENESIS is smaller and lighter than Mazda's previous turbo rotary engine (13B-REW), and it is only 338mm high, the same as the transmission. This made it possible to mount the engine about 60mm further rearward and some 40mm lower than in the RX-7, which already has the engine's center of gravity behind the front axle.
In addition, the adoption of dual exhaust ports for each chamber achieves twice the port area of conventional designs and also allows exhaust port timing to be delayed for increased thermal efficiency in the expansion process. Unburned hydrocarbons are retained for combustion in the next cycle, which greatly reduces emissions. A three-stage induction system, featuring shutter valves at the intake ports of each rotor, utilizes the incoming air's dynamic charge effect and improves filling efficiency, while twin electronic throttles precisely and flexibly control the valve operation.
Active-safety measures include large-diameter 17-inch ventilated disc brakes on each wheel, a four wheel ABS and newly adopted DSC (dynamic stability control) that senses when the vehicle begins to skid or spin, and counters it by controlling engine torque and applying the brakes as needed.
