The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed an orange stripe has appeared at the head of the forum pages. This is a tribute to the orange army of motorsport marshals who volunteer their time to enable motorsport to take place around the world.
Tragically, a marshal, Rob Foote, was killed in a...
This forum has been created so that club members can post up their modified car, with photo's, and show off the changes. It is one place to look for most if not all of the different kinds of modifications that you can do to your car, inspire you to start modifying, and put you in touch with those...
So I figured after a year of ownership it was finally time to make one of these. Although my car was only on the road from April until November last year it was thoroughly enjoyed during that time. (And the reason why its been off the road since november will become very apparent.) Purchased with...
Evening all :)
Finally have my 8 running with no issues so no more mechanical bits (for now) and I can focus on the bodywork. Currently Velocity Red but with a bit of surface rust on the rear arches and a pretty chippy bonnet. The rust should be good once sanded down and treated but the problem...
So I have taken a punt for £150 on an engine that has sat op under a bench for circa two years. It turns easily and there are compression “ pulses” from the plugs holes but also it’s grating slightly so I think that circa two years with open plug holes may have resulted in some rusted internals....
Quite a few know by now what I will be building for next season's Nippon Challenge Super GT class so I took delivery of an RX-8 rolling shell from Steve D that’s gone straight into the paint shop I thought we would get a build thread up n running.
Many know I raced various tin tops for many years...
So 5 months in and had my first worrying moment at the weekend.
Short drive engine not quite up to temperature, but still warm when I stopped. Came back about an hour later and took an unusually long crank to get her to start.
Probably 10 to 15 seconds.
P1120330.JPG P1120329.JPG P1120328.JPG In the early hours of Sunday 1st March Nigel and I were exchanging texts with Ranjan in New York about his troubled car and the outcome was that he generously gave the car to me!
RR54 is standard aside from a rebuilt bridgeported engine with possible issues,...
Since I still have to wait another two weeks to have the car registered on our roads, I did some preventive maintenance on it. Started with coils, leads and plugs.
The plugs I took out looked in good shape, so will keep as spares. Coils were a mixed-and-match with two different serial numbers and...
Here goes, my original intention was to only fix the broken things on my Rex, followed by any essential maintenance, absolutely no mods. Then I joined this owners club, and that was that, next thing you know I'm sporting Eibach lowered springs, and buying RR coils :roll: . So the new plan...
After having had a pretty smooth 18 months of ownership it's time to start fixing some of the little issues/niggles around the car, bring it back to it's prime and start taking it to some track days.
Start off with a little bit of history, after the fortunate uneconomical repair bill for my old...
So I decided I would start a project thread for the recent purchase we (myself and my step Father) made. Some of you may be familiar with the £500 Nemesis that was listed in the for sale section recently. Well, it landed at our doorstep last night around 9pm. Its a lovely...
I'll start with how I came to own the car and then update the thread as I work my way through the car to bring it back to life.
A friend bought a nice looking one-owner RX8 192 about 7 years ago and I'd always quite liked the look of it. When I caught up with him recently he mentioned it hadn't...
Project thread for my new 8 that is picking up where the old one left off after I ran that into a wall at Fuji Speedway 2013/10/30 (more on that trusty vehicle in my old project thread here:
At first I was a bit at loss to what car to get, especially seeing that prices on late RX-8s had...
So then gents
I have an ex development Cosworth FA20 supercharger kit that I have been modifying the bejesus out of to get it to fit the Renesis in my Rx8
I've been slowly getting this setup together over the last year and while I'm not finished thought I'd put some photo's up so I can pick...
I did all my research - coils, hot start, compression tests, comprehensive service history, rust, don't buy the first one you see etc etc.
So I got a message from a friend of mine saying he knows someone selling a non-runner near me for cheap - not really that interested in buying a dead car and...
Right, so, as I seem to be collecting RX8s and amalgamating them in to one super-red-beasty, I figured I may as well start a project thread... Bit late and all that, but hey ho.
I'll put in some details and basics today and will try to update bits and pieces as and when they happen.
After 10 months of ownership I think it's about time I started a thread to help me keep track of the work done, better late than never!
I finally think I decided on the name Winter for my 8
So I had an interest in the RX8 for about 3 years after seeing an aurora blue one parked...
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I have decided to build a pit in my garage,I had a couple of days off work this week so I hired myself a digger and set to digging the hole it was a tight fit operating the digger in the garage but I got it done the only problem was max under dig of the digger was 1.65 meters and I needed 1.85...
Hi - My name is Martin White and I have inherited my late brothers RX-8 which he had from new. He had it imported.
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It's been sat for just over 18 months without being used and has now been delivered to me. It doesn't start and I have just started to investigate. I am happy around...
Yes, some of you read it right, I began looking for a replacement, and yesterday I found her. And drove her home. :mrgreen:
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I've not taken any pics of my own yet, they will follow. There are a few minor things to work on, and now that I have a new start, I can finally have the...
I'm really sorry for the title, I couldn't resist.
Well, here I go. I picked up my first RX8 last Monday and am loving every minute of owning it so far. Other than it obviously having something up with the front suspension, on inspection it seemed in good mechanical condition and for the price I...
The plan is to build a 400+hp car using the renesis engine.
As some of you are probably I have purchase Graham's old track car with Peripheral intake and Exhaust ports in the engine as well as a host of other mods.
I already have a NOS kit with plates and controller...
This has been a long time in the making and god know where to begin so il just type away as it comes to me and hopefully it will make sense.
I wanted a proper place to keep my cars and to fully kit out to cover any and every task possible that is car and bike related as well as a cool place to...
So I think its about time I posted a thread about this car.
A very brief history:
Just over four years ago, Malcolm (casey) agreed the purchase this RX-7 from someone who had contacted him via the Mazda Rotary Club. It had been off the road for about ten years and we knew from the previous owner...
Brief intro-Bought this in October 2020 after my Alfa 159 Q4 died due to bearing failure. Wanted something fun and reasonably quick, but still wanted 4 seats. Chose this one because the price seemed good (£2150), and more importantly the advert said it had a recently reconditioned engine, which I...
I picked this up a couple of weeks ago from Kent Rotaries. It had full rebuild by TPS 3k miles ago.
Modifications as it came:
* Wheels (badly) painted black
* Grilles and bumper painted black
* Unmatched rear coil overs (one KYB, one stock Mazda)
So far I've replaced the rear coil overs with some...
People keep reminding me that I promised to post a project thread for my car, so this placeholder might just guilt me into doing just that - when I can find the time...
I have really got the taste for trackdays having now completed 6 or so in my stripped out Rex.
The more I do the greater my confidence to explore the cars limits.
Probably the biggest weakness in my set up is my driving ability and skill level. These I am addressing through practice and instruction...
So about a month ago I got the keys to my Kuro RX8 which came with the 40th anniversary rims, hence the nickname (I however was not smart enough to think of it). Ever since I got it I have been umming and ahhing over what I wanted to do with it.
So I finally decided today on what my vision is. And...
I have been to pick up my new digger this morning,there are constructed one hour south of were I live,I ordered it 2 weeks ago
It is a Phoenix ph 400 .I will do a build thread hopefully it will not take to long as I have work for it to do.
Mark
Ever since getting back into RX-8 ownership with the purchase of my panic buy shed RX-8, I have fancied the idea of getting a great condition, lower mileage, ideally special edition car, which I could take a bit more pride in. Don’t get me wrong, the last car was brilliant, and having got the track...
Jamie on mrc is building a rx8 powered Lotus elan.
He wants the stock rx8 dash cluster to work.
But no abs so can a gps canbus emulator be used so stock rx8 dash will work and display speed.
Or am i talking rubbish?
good morning all,i thought i would start my own thread here, as i can keep track of my ownership of these truly gorgeous cars.
i am fortunate enough to own 2 of these wonderful kuro's ,and just as importantly ,covered space to both work on them and keep them dry.
the one in the pics is kuro 1...
Thought I'd introduce myself and kick off a bit of a project thread. This is a collaboration between me and my brother's to build a resonably low cost track car at first and then potentially into something we can take to some competitive events, sprints, track day trophy and maybe a series...
Hi guys,
Just making a little project thread for my Rex so I can document what s been happening with it. Feel free to have a read etc but I won't be offended if you get bored and give up :thumleft:
After months of searching, found an rx8 for sale in Scunthorpe that was exactly what I wanted,...
Hi all I bought my standard brilliant black 231 in late 2013 it was quite a clean car apart from it having engine failure, binding brakes and a few dents ( it had been sitting on the side of the road for a while) image.jpg
If you seen my little post in ,I am new here you would know that I had...
Thought I'd get a few pictures and details up about the new set of wheels. I got myself a 93 RX-7 FD imported from Japan Android unregistered on the road from BigPete. He got it through an MOT and got most of the paperwork together for me.
I've been waiting some time now for the DVLA to send the...
Thought it was about time I put together a little thread of my own, to keep track of the cars progress through my ownership and see how it changes as I become better acquainted with it. My aim is to improve the reliability, get her running and driving better and make a few modifications...
So here's the back story....... back in March I discovered that both my rear springs had snapped on my R3. I had always planned, when it was time to replace them, i would upgrade them for Tein monosport.
My R3 is the only car I own and is only really used on weekends or...
Well I finally gave into temptation Today and bought this. It belonged to Andy Barker ( former member aka Bigguns ). I don’t think I will have any problems finding it in a packed car park. Some pics taken today 912321E0-4C05-49DF-B18C-EA0F596E854B.jpeg 61214E69-69AF-40FF-9E4E-B678CD926E63.jpeg...
Thought I would make a few notes on the tasks I have been doing during lockdown. Memory isn't what it used to be and I thought this might help me remember what I'm supposed to be doing instead of surfing forums and porn sites.
It all started with having to change the dust seal on the front, right...
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