NICK! Where have you been buddy? https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9IgG50Fb7Mi0prBC/giphy.gif The most belated of responses! I've been keeping my head down on the south coast with Hann at her house on the beach (trophy wife). Because of a couple of major events being cancelled due to 'rona, there was...

I remember getting a quote on my MX-5 with Admiral. Listed all mods like a good boi. Then I called up to bring the insurance date forward one day (GOOD BOI ALWAYS YOU SEE) and then I got randomly passed to some guy who for seemingly no reason started asking about the mods, specifically the limited s...

I've cracked a rear iron getting a flywheel undone before, so I'll take a ring gear over that happening again

The 3-tooth design has been used for years and builders use them, too. It'll be reet.

Didn't you use Atkins seals also? I'm guessing that they may not have been kind to the housings either

Yes it will probably be a struggle to get them online in the UK, but have you asked your local Mazda dealer? They've usually managed to get me parts overnight and I do believe sometimes with a small OC discount. I'm pretty sure (happy to be corrected) that the club stock of them came from a UK Mazda...

Davred wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:05 pm

Visited Rotary Revs (Motorsports and Performance Ltd) ...

Dave! Good to see you're still about and enjoying the car

I hope that yourself and the wife are keeping well

Have I missed something or is this the part that is needed and it somehow hasn't been linked yet?
Pretty sure they can be had from Mazda dealers.

https://shop.rx8oc.co.uk/RX8_front_susp ... 72001.aspx

Sounds like Carl did what he did correctly then.

"disconnecting the ESS doesn't make any difference to the compression. However, it doesn't prevent the coils being triggered which could otherwise interfere with the tester readings." Shouldn't that be: " DOES prevent the coils being triggered" ? fixed using my new powers.(Chris) Because, it does di...

Pop the air box back and up (no need to unplug MAF etc). Reach under it, and between the AC belt - unplug the crank position sensor electrical plug. Spark and fuel disabled, is now ready for comp test. A plug out of each rotor, top or bottom doesn't matter. Throttle pedal up or down, doesn't really ...

Being a degenerate who likes to drive sideways, I've found the current combo to be plenty good enough: - CG Lock - Hobo-spec cloth seats instead the fancy leather / pleather / teflon / whatever they make it out of - Peel back the cover on the bottom cushion and literally cut some of the foam out, cr...

IIRC that top "blue" bushing is only under tension when the unit is off the car. Once fitted and on the deck, those bushings are only under forces from the damper motion (right?) because the spring tension is between the bottom spring perch and the chassis of the car where the top of the unit mounts...

Amazing dreams about being a cowboy and riding a horse for 4 minutes.

I had the best nights sleep next to Nigel after he prepared me his special cup of cocoa. Tasted a bit metallic but I was out until 11am.

Yes apologies Rod - nothing to do with the Monos which are lovely units.

Used to belong to a Sidney Clark a few years ago supposedly.

Clive wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:18 am

... we have sold a huge ammout for the RX-8 and never had a complaint ...

Well, you have, you just choose to brush it aside and refuse to recognise it ...

...I have the Street Basis Z (the cheap s**t) and I want to raise the front a bit. If i do that, will I mess with the spring's tension? ... With coilovers you dont adjust height by compressing the spring. You adjust at the lower mount Actually... with the cheap Teins, you do in fact adjust the heig...

The kit won't fit.

Only the one line between coolers should be the same.
The other two that actually attach to the engine use proprietary fittings.

Mishimoto do a set though, if it comes to that.

Possible, yes.

Benefits? Hardly.

Risks? Yus.

I have also used Millers Nanodrive CFS NT+ 10w50 fully synth for as long as I've had my COFS adaptor fitted and it's one of the few areas where I actually don't have a leak. A public advert seems like a bit of an odd place to bring up such an issue, as if it's a problem with the product, when eviden...

The front stack has been undone and partially removed while horizontal... there's a decent chance that the thrust/torrington bearings have slipped and will be crushed if reassembled which would write off a few internal parts. Saying that it'll run is a load of BS. It needs some further disassembly a...

Looking at the bolt pattern, I was surprised that it's possible to fit the wheel backwards but I least one person on here has claimed to have managed it :roll: Well, like our USA forum'd comrades have proven, people can and do say all kinds of silly things on the internet. You can put it on loosely...