Car as it is now





Uptodate Mod List

Engine/Transmission:
K&n typhoon II intake
HKS hi power exhaust
REmedy waterpump
REmedy thermostat
BHR ignition kit
Ron Davis aluminum radiator
Samco silicon hoses
Mazdaspeed lightweight flywheel

Suspension/Chassis:
Bilstein HD shocks revalved by fatcat motorsports
390/280lb tein tapered coilover springs
Autoexe 6pt front brace
Autoexe 4pt rear brace
replica Autoexe underbody brace

Brakes:
Carbotech XP8 pads
Girodisk 2 peice rotors
Autoexe brake lines

Wheels:
Rays Gramlight 57f in custom solid gray
Hankook RS3 tires

Exterior:
replica RE Amemiya Front lip
De-badged front bumper
carbon wrapped OEM side flares
VIS racing carbon trunk
3k HID foglights

Interior:
Recaro SPG drivers seat
AWR racing 4pt rollbar
6pt takata harness
Apexi EL gauges
Autoexe buckskin steering wrap

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so i was bored tonight and i decided to clean my car and take some photos, since i did add some new things to the car recently,

here is how the car looked about a year ago



i haven't really done much this year because of the recession and also because i was concentrating more on modding out my bike.

Thanks to influence from certain members on the board and a couple of coworkers, I've started hitting the track more. Everyone knows rx8 resell is crap and i have a pretty high mileage already for an 06, so I've come to the decision that I'll run the car into the ground since its already all paid for, and while im at it, why not slowly build it into more of a dedicated canyon/track car




i've since removed all the cf (de-riced), as you can see my side skirts were hiding some damage to the underbody (battle scars), the new and improved plan is to build a pretty much stock engine car with a tuned suspension and functional aero and mod it as i go, find areas that i feel needs improvements and go from there.

So Recently thanks to WhiteKnight i landed some really good deals on parts and decided to start out with chassis stiffening,






with the autoexe 6pt front and 4pt rear, and tc sportline underbrace, AND the autopower 4pt race bar, the chassis is probably as stiff as its ever going to be, unless i go crazy and decide to seam weld (probably never gonna happen). The suspension is forced to do a lot more work with less chassis flex, on turns its actually making the car roll more than before. Next up on the list of mods to do will most likely be coilovers with a higher spring rate. As of now the car is lowered on Tein S-techs paired with koni yellows, which i feel is too soft .



the car is rolling on potenza re-01rs that i got from the tirerack sale a while back, after using all seasons for almost 2 years i can say that its a HUGE difference. Rims are Gramlight 57fs 18x8.5 45mm offset powder coated in timeattack colors. the rims weigh around 17lbs each if i remember correctly and there is a noticable difference switching between stock rims. I will eventually move up a size to 18x9.5 or maybe even downsize to some 17x9.5. Also on the list of upgrades are stock sized lightweight 2peice rotors. I've been pretty happy with the project Mu brake pads so far but will probably change back to using oem pads for street, and separate pads for track duty.

Also on the list for next year will be a set of bucket seats, front splitter and GT wing.

Thanks for looking!

i leave you with a picture of my favourite shift **** made by razo

 

Nice ride!!! And some nice mods. Lol still paying off my car less then 8k to go wooo! Lol

 

looking hot bro.. keep up the good work

 

Sexy white! I want them bars!!!

 

I like what youve done with it so far

 

awesome btw what kind of camera are you using?

 

sounds like a sweet plan, wish we had more people tracking their cars.

 

lookin great bro nice mods

 

me liky real clean

 

thanks guys! it means alot coming from you guys



rotaryrx-8 im using a 6 year old canon rebel xt with a 50mm f1.8 lens, its really old a crappy by nowadays standards but i will upgrade if i ever stop buying car parts

 

i like the seats

 

Awsome pics! I want those strut bars as well lol

 

clean....

 

too legit to quit

 

First time I ever saw a Tan Interior WWP.

Cool car! Good luck with your build!

 

these seats are heavy as hell, they sure do feel comfy though. The interiors gone through alot of changes, it came from factory with black leather interior, i changed it out for chappral a while back, stupid move on my part, shoulda kept the black, im switching back sometime soon, and weight savings with some buckets

 

Lookin good buddy, you guys are making me envious of your Autopower bars,,,

 

quick update, my friend got these SPGs for his s2k, while hes waiting to get his rails in, im testing them out for a week since they came from a rx8 and already had the rails attached. i just did a 6hr drive from LA to San Jose, and the only uncomfortable thing is my leg cramped up. suprisingly my back is ok and in better shape than if i were to do the drive with stock seats. needless to say i will be sad to give them back, but will look into a set for myself in the future

 

recaros are awesome i did a two 16 hour drives with in week in my old car they were so comfy

 

yeah my Sportster CS is just about the most comfortable seat Ive ever had,,,

 

hey c0ldflame - i'm setting up a small project coming up this year....i got a question for you

 

just in

front desk called and told me i had a package, look at what i found,

these were bought off a member here and sent to fat cat motorsports to be revalved. they're now valved for 400lb front and 280lb springs. Following lionzoo's custom bilstein thread, i will order appropriate springs sometime this week along with the sleeves. bumpstops on the side are fat cats 58mm red/white combo.

 

Hey Thanks for the stuff! GL with the build, loks good so far!

 

Shaik is the genius behind those re-valved Bilsteins.

Great choice! I've ran a set of their custom spec'd coilovers for my Miata and had fantastic results.

 

looks awesome ahaha