Miatamoto

LOL, I wish. There is no such monster yet, but I've been very impressed with the relatively torquey 2.0L in the MX-5. The low end and midrange is much better than the 1.8L Miata I had.

The MX-5 is bone stock right now, but it's getting a set of RX-8 sway bars and some springs. The 4x4 ride height has to go.

I'll see ya around. Either in the black MX-5 or the grey 8 in the sig, but with stock wheels (gold is for the R-comps).

eviltwinkie

Spotted...VR on 290...slowed down revved at you to get your attention and waved...

Heh...you appeared spaced out...

Raptor2k

I'm saving up for springs too, the car is just way too high off the ground. And it's a pity the light flywheel doesn't help at speeds of about 40+ mph....I'm craving nitrous.

Do you live in the area?

Miatamoto

Nitrous, been there and done that with a different car. Just make sure you use it carefully and do a good installation. It's an awesome power adder when used right.

I live in Lowes Farm, do you live in Mira Lagos?

CosmosMpower

I may have a set of MS springs for sale after the weekend.

Crztrtldck

if you do how much are you gana let them go for?

Raptor2k

Grand Peninsula

Yes, how much Cosmos? What's the drop like?

eclipsegsx

anyone spots a CR shinka on the NW side of houston, its most likely me.

canaryrx8

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So i saw a white one in front of Best Buy yesterday, think the girl and her boyfriend saw me too, but they looked pretty young and are probably not on the forums. I also spotted a tit grey while in Dallas Tuesday, it was located on commerce (?) kind of near the "west end", me and a coworker of mine were driving around trying to find market and elm, then we had lunch at spaghetti warehouse. I noticed it had like chrome wheels, but i think that's it, was my first time being deep in downtown Dallas, pretty interesting deal

Crztrtldck

the drops like 1 1/2 inches

CosmosMpower

$200, PM me if you're interested they will be out tomorrow and available unless my friend wants them.

CosmosMpower

Advertised drop is .8" I'd say in reality it's more like 1.2 or so, it's not as much as 1.5". I bought them mainly for the higher spring rates, the drop is nice though, I hate the "slammed" look and the car handles like crap if it's riding on the bump stops with those 3" drop springs.

canaryrx8

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Blasphemy!

I like it, but it's all a matter of how you get there. I have seen some perfectly good cars ruined just because someone was after a look, and they didn't take the time and money to engineer it properly etc. (ex- cut springs, rigged suspension etc.)

I totally don't think this looks bad at all, but I'm pretty sure it has adjustable suspension and doesn't roll around like this on a daily basis:



/hijack

Shini

^^^ Ewwww

canaryrx8

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pfffft, I'd take that over 4x4 with tons of gap any day

j_tso

Ok, here's one raised:

canaryrx8

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that picture makes baby Jesus cry

Crztrtldck

i'd take the raised rx8 over the dropped one. the dropped one is gross. thats way to low

canaryrx8

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o brother, go buy a pickup then.

and now to desperately try and get this thread back on topic, saw a black one in our parking lot at work today, I even took a break outside hoping the owner might come out or something lol

Crztrtldck

maybe i will
haha



i always see a vr heading 610 north from the westhiemer area and goin I-10 east to i dunno. its got the rotary accents, no window tint, and usually a female passenger

canaryrx8

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actually, an Rx-8 pickup would be sweet,



^ crazy swedes, if it can be done to a Porsche, why7 not our car?

j_tso

Like that RX-8, here's a raised Porsche that actually gets things done:



And does anyone work at the HEB in Austin on Pamar&I35? I always see a black RX-8 there in the back of the lot. I carded them, but no show.

canaryrx8

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dang it Joe, since you keep showing pictures of rally cars, I just had to break these out





oh, and this one



nobody spotted this morning, first time in a long time too

j_tso

<kool-aid man>oooooooohhhhhhhhh yeeeeaaahhhh</kool-aid man>

I've got high-res of the rally one, and I was gonna bring footage to the next meet, but it's all in Greek and there's only like 10 seconds

canaryrx8

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shweet!