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...
Looking into upgrading my exhaust system on my 40th to something a bit chunkier, nice tips and sounds nice, but not too noisy, anyone got any suggestions on type, trader for supply and fit, etc.?
Thought I’d put a little thread together showing the custom headlights I’ve been building.
Currently awaiting new Bi-LED projectors to replace the factory xenon due to a ballast failure
Will post some pictures from when I first started and update when the new projectors arrive
So………..I’ve had the car for a few weeks and have poked around it enough to have a fairly good idea of what it’s about and thought it would be good fun to document the journey of discovery here.
I’d like to say I purchased it because of the excellent compression test results and extensive...
so i might now be the porud owner of a 2008 iveco eurocargo.... race lorry anyone?
only one slight issue, its 350 miles away! going to pick it up saturday, first idea was to fly up but although cheap it looked like being a pain in the arris, so im driving up. slight issue, cant drive 2 vehicles at...
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...
im going to use this thread to showcase some of the more interesting work completed by Kernow Rotary Specialist..
my first customer arrived today after sadly having his car fail its mot. the computer showed a apv solanoid circuit fault and a bank 2 o2 sensor circuit fault. the apv was not...
i got a pm from a member about a week ago, telling me that due to circumstances beyond his control he was never going to be able to drive his rx8 again. it has at this point been sitting for over 3 years and he expects he will never be able to drive a manual again. he then offered me the car for...
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...
Well, as some of you may know - i've gone and got myself a banana RX-8! :yeah: :beers:
Today was the day of the pickup so nipped down to Stafford to sort a few bits out beforehand, and the transporter brought it back up! Got my work cut out for me over winter, it's in need of a full interior,...
Just thought I’d put together a thread on the progress of my Mx5 to document the progress so far.
I bought this as a cheap project to see me by when the Rx8 is broken every other few months
So straight away I welded new front chassis rails in and some other small bits of welding that was...
Time to let go of our beloved Rx8. It has sat in my garden to long and I am not going to do anything to get it back on the road.
I was the original owner from new and then when I stopped work I passed it onto my son, who no longer drives it. Hopefully of interest to someone on...
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...
This is a little project I've been working on in my free time. I wanted actual gauges that work (not the fake ones on the cluster :roll: ) but I like to keep my car OEM+ . Which means I don't really want big gauges everywhere, so I set to work.
My idea came from other gauges you see that replace...
So, you wanna know what an Android unit in your dash is like, eh? well make a brew and buckle up for a long read with (sadly) not too many pictures in it - this is in progress :)
This is a full in-depth review of my unit and not an installation guide - I will be doing a DIY for the installation...
The opportunity has come round for me to buy back my first Mazda RX-8, which was also my first car, my 192 affectionately called Punchy . I sold the car shortly before lockdown to a friend of mine in Lancashire who has proceeded to blow up the original 51k miles engine, then hydro lock the...
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...
Boys and girls,i present you with Danielle!
I have picked her up yesterday from a fellow enthusiast,she is quite clean but does need some work.
Her purpose is to get ready to serve me in the near future for all my track events.
The car is a 2004 231 model,had an engine done at RR few years back and...
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...
After approaching 13 years of ownership my 40th is being delivered to Josh @ Black Star Motorsport tomorrow for an engine rebuild.
I had previously approached Rotary Revs and Ryan Rotary Performance regarding a rebuild. Revs didn’t seem bothered & Ryan Rotary were booked up for about 8 months. I...
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.
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...
Following on from my disassembly of a few engines here & here , I thought I might aswell make an actual thread for all my engine disassembly-ness, and hey - maybe in future i'll make one for when I decide to do the reverse and actually assemble one for a change :lol:
Hi guys!
I am working on a project which is at the drawing board stage at the moment.
The car will be Velocity Red with the aero kit (front lip,skirts,spats and splash guards),wheels,strakes and badges will be done in pearl white.
Now i am not sure what to do about the black diffuser as i am...
My last train journey was probably back in 2006 and boy have trains changed since then. Quiet running with no clackety clacking wheels, electronic information signs and red lights for reserved seats or green lights for free. Plus it also ran on time, well it was 5 minutes late!
The reason for the...
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So after a lot of to ing and fro ing we have found the best low tax body shell we could find. Firstly, we would like to thank the seller for a seemless transaction, and Paul AV for giving it the once over before buying.
Rust?,what rust? ,...
A re-introduction of sorts, but more than anything I finally wanted to show off my, in my opinion, beautiful example of an RX8!
After 2 years of saving, set backs, seeing examples I wanted come and go, I finally found the one. It is literally the example I've been looking for all these...
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.
So, after having settled on keeping the 192 then discovering sorting the bodywork out properly would be prohibitively expensive, an '09 R3 came up at a bargain price of 3.5k.
After driving it home tonight I've discovered that there are definitely some rough edges to smooth out, unsurprisingly:
I thought it might be interesting to detail some of the trials and tribulations of installing CarPlay in the plank.
I’d like to say from the outset it would have been easier and substantially cheaper to buy a standalone CarPlay unit from Ali express various than build one myself. Wouldn’t be any...
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...
Hello boys and girls :)
As most of you may know i am now the proud owner of an Evolve bought from a club member.
I have bought this car with view to bring it back to its former glory and offer it to my wife's cousin which is a great hardworking kid and in love with these cars.
Now at the first...
Thanks to the Massive help from everyone on here … I’m now the proud owner of Rex46. A 2007 limited edition Kuro 46/500. ( I was definitely excited to have Rossi’s number. )
My hubby bought me membership for Mother’s Day but the cat slipped out the bag, so I get to share pics of Rex46 with you guys...
I suppose it's about time I made this post as I've owned my PZ for over seven months now 😁. Regular attendees of the Northants/Beds/Bucks meet will know me by now otherwise you may have seen my PZ on the timeline at Combe a couple of weeks back: PXL_20220709_081520998.jpg
So, having had a long standing rotary itch and a wish to start hillclimbing this year, last summer I got hold of my 1st RX8 and so far it's been great. Fresh engine build just before I got it and tatty enough not to be too upset if/when it has an argument with something solid.
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,...
Having finally got RR54 up and running successfully, I hope, no I believe the addiction to spannering it has created has resulted in me buying a sort of running Kuro which arrives on Tuesday so this is the start of another saga folks…..
As received photos below I gave the car a coating of pre...
It's a start
She was put on a SORN this morning, which makes me very sad🤧 the thought of not driving her😪 may be able to get everything sorted by the new year, although still got to stump up for Gaskets, Engine Mounts and Hoses.
So i think ive settled on a name for my new whip, new to me but not new to the club. After buying another crap MX5 (this one was crap, my other one was good but broken) i got disheartened at the prospect of spending out on a car i didnt love, while having the brakes looked at i discovered the rear...
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?
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