dos

I wish the Speed channel would show this too. I hate the almost 24-7 NASCAR coverage on Speed.

chiketkd

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^ Normally Speed Channel has a highlight show of the race.

This news is the awesome-sauce!!!!

zoom44

NO because it is not a Mazdaspeed project. It is a Mazda Australia Special Project done completely separate of Mazda Corporate.

Id be surprised if they are running it with a pcm tune since they dont have access to Mazda's tuning people for these things.

If it is it would be using an aftermarket flash ability like Accessport or Hymee . Havent read gomez's article but they probably have just gone to a Motec.

zoom44

getting? sir you've long since been more marshmallow then rock thanks for the scans

Bryan@BNR

Speaking of this race, a couple years ago there were 4 FD RX7's in this event and 3 of them were running my Stage 3 twins. Some turbo company knocked off what I did and I haven't sold anything else to austrailia.

Bryan@BNR

zoom44

Yeah its pretty clear this is a series 1 although not THE black one. The article mentions this this is the 5th Horsley has played with. So thats at least the Red one



the Black one

*cant find pic just now*

this repainted one and 2 combinations in between.

The red one had those hood vents and I think the black one did too.(mind you , I've always wanted those vents since the prototype) Its interesting what they did with the fenders putting the Series II on. Nice to know you can make them fit with bumpers designed for series I since i have been contemplating just that- Series II fenders with that new bumper from Autoexe that Mazmart sells.

Its also pretty easy to figure out whats in there since its a greddy kit mounting position we know what size will fit. and he's running 6psi according to the article..

Sorry but Alan for all his past credits is still in my eyes looking pretty lame with this . We have plenty of people on this forum doing just this thing and running it on the road for years- not to mention the Superchargers.

Ill give him and Mazda Australia the credit for running in- and hopefully winning- the Targa Tasmania but they are offering nothing new here and quite possibly something a bit behind where the after market is currently.

It s probably "just" a 3071 stuck on a greddy system with a motec running it.

RK

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I'd hump it.

Imagine he has to run a pretty conservative setup to keep from running afoul of Mazda. He puts something on there that isn't relatively tried and true or if he cranks up the PSI and then starts blowing engines I can see Mazda getting a tad peeved. They seem to like that the 8 has gained a decent rep for enduros even though it's rarely run with the 13b Renny when it competes in those.

Still nice to see someone in a semi-official capacity continuing the pursuit of FI rotaries.

Really makes me want to live in Oz.

alienRX8

from the engine pic it looks like a greddy turbo kit or something close to it since we can see the turbo is not a top mount and by the looks of the setup it resembles a greddy kit a bit

Aipex8

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Love that vented hood. Very subtle.

CyberPitz

It is a GReddy running 6 PSI. It's all in this post. https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...6&postcount=19

ASH8

Under the Hood inner guard skirts look black to me

I have an exterior pic (on my other PC) of his All Black with SP plates.

I would like to see pics of his other RED 8, as I have not seen that one.
Ash

zoom44

i meant it might not be THE ONE black one you are talking about. since he claims this to be the fifth it could be the 4th one was also black and is repainted for this one. see what i mean?

Brettus

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don't know how you got to that conclusion from that post . The tube going to the thotttle body is not a greddy tube for starters .....

Gomez

Hiya...nah I don't need a donation .

My mighty 2001 twin turbo RZ is going great guns, no dramas.

This SP will hopefully do well, but it's up against a top field of Porsche's and R35 GTR's so I wouldn't be holding my breath hoping for an outright win.

That said, I hope it goes well. A good showing would put pressure on Mazda Australia to churn out a few dozen of the things.

Cheers

Renesis_8

exactly it just says its a garrett turbo
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CHILDREN NEXIUM

ASH8

The 5th meaning his FIFTH SP Generation..

RX-7 (FD) SP (Local production)
Eunos 800 SP (1998) (local Production)
MX-5 (NB) SP (Local production)
Mazda 2 (DY) Extreme Rally (one of)
RX-8 (FE) SP (Black) (one of)
RX-8 (FE Bitsa) SP White, (formerly Black)
RX-8 (FE) Extreme

That makes number 5 SP's..
I am pretty sure he has not made 5 or 4 RX-8 SP's, for who and what reason.



RED one Found!...remember that Charlie

zoom44

"the pearl white rx-8 on these pages is actually the fifth turbo rx-8 he's built"

ASH8

HA.....HA.....Would like to see that from Mazda Australia...sure..

The only way they will do that is to shift all those GT's that are not selling..
Sad, I think this is the last year of new RX-8's in Australia..sad really.
Some dealer stock here has had a birthday. Want a 40th Anniversary?

Most of Europe are no longer selling the new 8 (never had it), South Africa no longer imports them.

Another victim of the times..

ASH8

Where are the other 4, where were they used?

zoom44

well the red "extreme" is 1 the black is 2 this white is 3 so only other "2" we are looking for probably just test cars with different set-ups. maybe they tried a top mount.

and note it says this is also just a development model and the full race prep one is still in the works.

erx8s

Once Mazda Australia had done its RD on the Turbo sp rx8 they were destroyed under the Supervision of the Jap masters

I know because i had my hand up for one of them

Cheers
Michael

CyberPitz

Uhhh, misread while drinking? :p

ASH8

Seriass Michael!!!,

What a Blooooody waste

secret8gent

what do you think the [turbo] manifold is?

based on the description it sounds like [a similar configuration to] the greddy...

too bad we can't get more info about the setup~ (Engine management, etc.)

I wouldn't be surprised if it was using the AP and a MM upgrade kit ;-)

oh well, maybe a local can find out.

blackenedwings

It's a very similar setup if it isn't the actual GReddy kit base. They certainly have the expertise to fabricate whatever they want, but for their purposes if they are going with a low-mount turbo, its probably easier to use at least the GReddy manifold. Because of the location/size issues and the advertisement that it is a Garrett turbo I expect there is a 3071R down there, but the engine management could be anything. For a purpose built racer they are probably using a stand-alone ECU.

I do think its funny that the setup they are going with is basically the same as mine. Hopefully they do well.