ACOSTA RACING 2004 RX-8
AS SEEN ON MODIFIED & RX-7 MAGAZINE



CAR SPEC:

Make: Mazda

Model: RX-8

Year: 2004

Miles: 1525

ENGINE SPEC:

800hp 20B Three rotor engine. The engine has a T72 dual ballbearing turbo.
It is the only one in the world with this engine set-up. The car has the best of everything. Nothing cheap on it. Here is a list of all the mods. The engine has. Everything works on the car like a factory car. Even the A/c & Power Steering.

1. Acosta Racing Port and Polish motor.
2. Water jacks on the motor, (for better cooling)
3. Extra down pins (for high boost safety)
4. 3mm Apex seals
5. 46mm Tial wastegate
6. Tial Blowoff Valve
7. Custom Acosta Racing Intercooler.
8. Accufab 90mm Throttle Body
9. Acosta Racing custom stainless steal turbo manifold
10. Custom Down-pipe
11. Custom Down-Pipe Back exhaust
12. Aluminum Intercooler Pipes
13. Microtech Fuel Management system ( laptop programmable)
14. Custom Acosta Racing Fuel Rails
15. 2- Internal Fuel Pump
16. High performance fuel regulator
17. 6- High Performance Ignition coils
18. High Performance pulley
19. High Performance clutch
20. High Performance flywheel
21. High Performance Fuel lines
22. Complete engine is polished.

SUSPENSION & BODYKIT & WHEELS

1. 5Zigen 19” Hyper 5ZR wheels ( 19x8.5 front & 19x10 rear)
2. Custom Hankook ventus tires
3. High-Performacne JIC Coil-Overs ( better handling)
4. Custom Front Bumper w/ turbo inlet opening
5. Star Shield Armo clear bra


Ebay link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6316&item=2452632260

What a monster! Only a few minutes left, so link may not work.

Only one bid, so far, anyone tempted?

Call me crazy, call me whatever you want but I'd rather fork over the extra 7K and get a viper.

I would like to strap that puppy on a dyno...and then take it to the saltflats :)

It's gone...ya snooze, ya lose.

id rahter just put that extra 40K into the rx-8 myself or buy an evo and have 2 nice cars

Congrats Acosta Racing!

RotaryStalker

Question for those who know a bit about ebay. It seems there was only one bid, was 73K stated as the miniumum bid possible?

For Ebay, you can have any starting bid you want, then you can set a reserve price of what you'd like. Since they had it for 73k starting, they didn't put a reserve price.

Also if you have buy out price of say 100k, and someone bids the starting 73k, the buy out price is removed, and it starts going from 73k.

I'd hope this guy is serious about the 73k bid since he only has 3 positives. Because if he doesn't pay, Acosta gets shafted with a huge listing fee. And it would be horrible if the guy pay by Paypal..hahaha, the credit card fee on that would be sick.

Rather sad considering in the article with the car shown, that someone offered them 127k and they refused to sell it because it was "putting them on the map." And now they sell it for 73k. They could have sold it for 127k, buy a new 8, and fix it back up with even better parts because now they know all the labor and equipment they would need to achieve it.

If I had the money I would use the BUY IT NOW. For some reason I would rather have an 8 than any other sport car regardless.

I like the 8 myself, but if I didn't have house payments or other junk I had to pay montly, I would have purchased a Viper GTS as my next vehicle. Still planning to get one before I hit 30 years old, then buy a Ferrari Modena class before I hit 35. Don't want to be too old driving a sports car or else people will laugh at you.

I am not so sure that it actually sold. I'll email Acosta and find out...

it ended at 73k, with no reserve price. It has to be sold.

you can get listing fee refunds for NON-Paying bidders.

Originally posted by Outlaws eXtreme
Don't want to be too old driving a sports car or else people will laugh at you.
I think that's why shift_zoom8 is so cranky.....

I thought I read in Modified Magazine that he was offered $127,000 for the 8 at SEMA but turned it down. Anyone else read the article?

Originally posted by RX-8 Pimpin'
I thought I read in Modified Magazine that he was offered $127,000 for the 8 at SEMA but turned it down. Anyone else read the article?

Yeah, I saw that. He said he turned it down because the car was getting the shop great publicity. Could have been an exaggeration or a $54,000 mistake. Ouch... I tend to believe the former.

i saw that to, so did they took something out of the car to sell it at lower price or what?