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still being eligible for showroom stock.

straight pipes.
tires.
light weight rims.
stock air box mod?
ignition wires
spark plugs
injectors
strut tower bar
front sways

is there anything else i'm missing guys?

i'm fixing myself up a to dolist for all the mods possible to give me that slight advantage in the future.

 

Seat time and driving instruction

 

ah ha no worries, this is just all the planning. there will be more than plenty of seat time under a professional driving instructor

 

why only get front sways? might as well get rears as well. some endlinks too, short shifter, flywheel and clutch. jdm rear foglight accent

 

^^Wants to stay in stock class.....

 

yeah with the front sway enlinks of course. and im not sure but i recall rear sways are not allowed to be modified at all.

and i have to be eligible for showroom stock.

thanks dannobre!

 

while i can appreciate that a good driver makes a world of difference, why is it anytime someone asks about mods someone HAS to add this in? the guy asked about mods not peoples judgement of driving abilitity.

 

This is a good question.

Usually, you'll get that comment from someone who's been there, done that. It is meant with the highest respect. I always loved racing against guys who showed up with lots of trick, new stuff - usually, they either broke, or adjusted themselves slower every session.


Driving fast on a race track in a production car = driving smoothly. There is no alternative to seat time. You will go much faster and use less of the car - especially tires & brakes.

Budgeting for practice days, racing schools, and learning your car and the track is far more important than just showing up having thrown the money into mods. Your learning curve to becoming a safe, competent racer will be much faster and easier.

Without experience and a good racing school, it takes a lot of trial and error to make changes that work. Why not capitalize on someone successful's expertise?

Only when you learn your car and your driving style, can you decide how to adjust your car for max performance.


I could go on, but I think you get where dannobre and I and others are coming from.



(of course, the car has to be up to the task; luckily the RX-8 is not bad at all as a starting point without mods. Just ask the autocross guys.)


I could also suggest the following mods mods: Always start by losing as much unsprung weight as you can afford and the rules allow. Then lose as much weight inside the car as you can. Then look at tires, contact patch and alignment. Then if you find the car is unbalanced, change the front bar (as rules allow).

Seriously, you can change/improve the handling quite a bit with only changes in camber and toe, and tire pressure. My set up would be different than yours most likely, and perhaps not helpful to your driving style.

 

^steamroll'd

 

for unsprung weight, im gonna have to go with light weight rims not sure right now if i want 17's or 18's

and i can't remove anything from the car to make it lighter, or that i can think of atleast. all the seats have to stay.

for my camber and toe adjustment, im just scratching my head in this area, would have no idea what to do, so i think i would just leave it as is unless thats a bad idea?

 

oh and i think i skipped over this. but would using a cobb accessport be alright too?

 

bump/ can i get this moved over to the competition section?