I just wanted to say Haha I win Iwin. First post and

I would like to get a listing of Rotary Aftermarket Parts suppliers that will be supporting the 8.

Anyone know about the following:

RotorMotorsports
Pettit
M2
Greddy
Apex
HKS
XS engineering
Racing Beat

I would love an intake, exhaust, headers, and ecu upgrade

Probably most vendors that currently products for RX-7s will continue to support the RENESIS.

Also, I wish they'd make some decent aftermarket exhaust system available as a factory option. Something tasteful and subtle, I'm not talking about a big fart can. Not that that would really give a whole lot of power gain, but I want to actually hear the engine when I drive, and I'm sure the engine will be way quiet stock.

Not to mention something that is lighter than stock and won't rust to pieces.

I will be supporting the RX8 as a supplier of aftermarket parts.
I run the rx7club along with this site and rx7store.net.
Expect to see the rx8store in the near future.

I would assume that most of the large suppliers such as Greddy, HKS, Apexi to be producing parts for the car. Lets hope :)

Jason

Don't forget MAZDASPEED themselves will have a line of performance goodies too!

Who do you think will make the BEST products? Logic dictates it will be Mazdaspeed for the basic fact of funds and the little fact that thier engineers designed and built the vehicle. But that same logic dictates that the best minds as well as the most driven dont always work for the mother company and also that the mother company wont put as much R&D into aftermarket as they did for the production of the vehicle.

i don't know if Mazdaspeed would make the highest performance products for the car, but they would proabbly come with a factory warranty ;)

Racing Beat is world renowned for their Mazda tuning (and landspeed record setting... ;))
they're also known for their sky-high prices... :D

Originally posted by wakeech
i don't know if Mazdaspeed would make the highest performance products for the car, but they would proabbly come with a factory warranty ;)... "Probably"??? The only time I've heard of a warranty coming with an aftermarket performance part is certain TRD parts, and that was only when you paid a certified dealership to install it.

---jps

I have talked wit Racingbeat and they said they will be making a header, suspension, intake and exhaust for the RX-8.

Jason

M2 will also be making high perf parts for the 8.

i have heard rumors that the 8 will not be supporting a turbo and i was wondering how reliable an aftermarket kit will be on the 8, especially since the car will have no previous reference to a turbo charger

Th 8 will probably have little problem with the Turbo. Speaking of this, does anyone know off-hand the Compression Ratio on the RENESIS? If they raised it up a lot over the RX-7, it will limit the effectiveness of a Turbo. The only downside to it not originally coming with one, is kits will be much more expensive. You start adding up the costs of an entire Turbo system, and you're talking about a pretty penny. Figure in an Exhause Header, the actual Turbo, all new intake parts, intercooler parts, etc. Then add the fact that the parts will be selling in small quantities for quite a while, and you end up with a LOT of money.

The compression ratio is 10:1 on all models even the lowpower automatic version.

dont get turbos.....it's bad for ur car....;)

I thought it would be a good idea if there was a list started for the names of the dealers that are offering a discount on the accessories for the RX-8. The owners then can pick which ones are close to their own area.

JayDee

Mazda South: www.mazdastuff.com

http://www.trussvillemazda.com/partsstore/
Birmingham, AL

does anyone know how to get a hold of some of the accessories availalbe in Japan that don't seem to be available in the states?

Particularly I want the red/black leather shifter knob that has the light-up (LED Back-lit) position numbers on it?

And the illuminated start button kit.

It'd be sweet to have an LED-lit knob that says "RX-8" on it...

picturez of those accessories if you've never seen them....

I second the notion on the red/black shifter knob. I'd jump on that in a heartbeat. Anyone have an idea where to get one?

On another thread someone posted about JAPANPARTS.COM. And yes they have every mazdaspeed accessory you could want. They are asking about $222.00 US dollars fort he leather shifter knob. They charge a 5% surcharge to credit card orders and I'm not sure about their shipping charge. However, $222 seems reasonable. Hope that helps and thanks for whoever posted about japanparts.com

It's been over a week and Japanparts.com has not got me a quote yet. I had to fax a part list cause the order pages seems to be down. Anyone with any success?

Originally posted by Goldenhue22
However, $222 seems reasonable.I'm glad someone finds that price reasonable. For $222, I'd want the leather to come from unicorn scrotums!

Originally posted by eccles
I'm glad someone finds that price reasonable. For $222, I'd want the leather to come from unicorn scrotums!

LOL :D

Here is another one!

http://www.finishlineperformance.com/rx8/

Rosenthal Mazda, Vienna, Virginia

I will have pricing for the accessories up this week. I will also be importing alot of the Mazdaspeed and JDM stuff.

www.rx7store.net

MazdaTrix seems to have a good selection of RX-8 stuff. They even have Renesis engine parts! And they keep adding more parts to their website seems like every day.

www.mazdatrix.com/index8.htm

Any good websites that sell a large variety of performance parts? Like high quality intakes, air filters, exhaust parts.. stuff like that?

thanks.

not much
try rotaryextreme.com or japanparts.com or jt-imports.com or corksports.com

I ahve a page of links at:

http://www.time4design.net/rx8/links.shtml

irish that link isn't working for me

http://www.time4design.net/rx8/links.asp works

-Chris

Hey Guys and Girls....I'm fairly new this forum...and it's the only forum I've ever seen....Yeah I don't use computers alot...Anyway I was wondering is there any good places to get performance parts for the Rx8..I dont have an Rx8 yet...It's waiting at a dealership somewhere in Kansas....until Tax season and my next deployment....I was just hoping to be able to find some upgrades so when the Rx8 reachs my garage I can began tweeking it a little.....The only reason I'm really wanting to upgrade anything is because so far on this forum all I've read is the car is awesome...but so many people seem to complain it's not fast enough....

I don't have an 8 yet either, but I'm collecting sites selling parts for the 8. Not too much available yet, but give it a few months...

http://racingbeat.com/FRmazda4.htm
http://www.yawpower.com/
http://www.shaneracing.com/index.html
http://www.renesisracing.com/
http://www.trussvillemazda.com/partsstore/index.cfm

japanparts.com
jt-imports.com
corkmotorsports.com
rotaryextreme.com

Thanks for the replys..I'll check out all those sites....

Also try http://Mazdatrix.com

And http://RX7.com / Rotary Performance will have stuff for the 8 soon also.

Not to blow our own horn, but....we've posted the Borla exhaust in the vendor forum and will have more as time goes on. Our website is being redone to add parts for the 8 as well as well as a few other cars so I'll continue to post in the vendor section till the site is finished.

omg ur back? why god why?

www.rx8store.com

XS Engineering... I have talked to the owner/operations manager that tunes the vehicles and develops the products they manufacture. Basically XS Engineering is a tuning facility and specializes in turbocharging, custom fabrication of turbo kits, as well as tuning. I have been to their facility, met the owner, Eric Hsu, and talked with him before. They CHARGE AN ARM AND A LEG AND A HEAD!!! Not cheap... definately not cheap, but they do a good job at it. Right now they have no interest in the Rx-8 and quite frankly I think they believe the RENESIS to be a P.O.S. and not worth tuning or developing performance products for. They do a great job on other turbo charged cars, and their market is aimed towards those customers. If you want to know anything about the aftermarket community, I most likely know SOMETHING... but XS Engineering is a good company, just not for the RX-8 quite yet... or ever...