Highest Revving Road Car?

digitalwolf · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:28

Here is a question for you!

What is the highest revving road car in production at this present time?

It wouldn't shock me if it was a Mazda but then again it probably isn't!!

Moeks · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:30

The Honda S2000 I should think, they are winding up production this summer as far as I know, so weather or not it is still being produced right now I'm not sure but if it is, it wont be for long.

The_Dark_Side · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:32

S2000/RX8?

melchy · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:34

I'd imagine a bike engined 7 varient of some description.

arcamalpha · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:35

Bike-engined Ultima GTR? (Perhaps not a road car in the sense you had in mind though).

Moeks · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:36

Oh what about the Chateram with the Hyabusa engine? ...I totally forgot about that, assuming they still make it. I think there was a Chateram Fireblade or something aswell, so one of these could qualify

Vigoro · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:36

Moeks said:
Oh what about the Chateram with the Hyabusa engine? ...I totally forgot about that, assuming they still make it.

Westfield megabusa would be the same sort of thing i would have thought, and i think that is still in production

Moeks · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:38

Oh yes that's it, the Westfield Megabusa and the Caterham Fireblade. I thought my spelling of Caterham looked a little off, now I know it was

digitalwolf · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:38

Whats does an E46 M3 rev to? Just under 9,000?

Radical SR8 - 10,000 RPM is another contender - not really a road car though tbh.

Morba · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:40

digitalwolf said:
Whats does an E46 M3 rev to? Just under 9,000?

Radical SR8 - 10,000 RPM is another contender - not really a road car though tbh.

Why even consider the E46 M3? Its not been produced for a while

digitalwolf · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:41

Morba said:
Why even consider the E46 M3? Its not been produced for a while

Good point.

The highest revving production car in the US in 2005 was the Honda S2000.

Anything beaten that over the last 4 years?

melchy · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:43

Technically the S2000 isn't in production any more either

The RX8 probably holds the record at the moment if you discount bike engined cars.

nicRob · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:44

Well, the USA S2000 was a 2.2 liter iirc, and doesn't rev as high as the uk/jdm ones. A bit of googling suggests that the RX8 rev limiter is 9.5k, which will be the highest of any standard road car (excluding bike engines etc)

digitalwolf · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:49

9500 rpm, that is pretty impressive!!

st@nners · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:50

Yeah but you can disregard the rx8 because its not a piston engine its a wan-kel so cant really compare it.

digitalwolf · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:51

It's a what lol?

Janesy B · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:52

Why can't you? It's a high revving production car? :confused:

The_Dark_Side · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:55

st@nners said:
Yeah but you can disregard the rx8 because its not a piston engine its a wan-kel so cant really compare it.

Why not?
It's a car engine that that uses revolutions of its internal components to generate power. Discounting the Wan-kel is like discounting forced induction.

loltim · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:56

Pretty sure S2000's rev to more than 9k? One of the best 'all motor' 2000cc engines ever made :cool:

Spoon Sports made an 11,000rpm Civic too.

rypt · 28 Jun 2009 at 17:57

melchy said:
Technically the S2000 isn't in production any more either

S2000s are still being built - this is the final year