Rx8 Aust. Bolt Ons
12-07-2003, 06:02 AM
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Rx8 Aust. Bolt Ons
HAVE DEVELOPED MY RX8 AND HAVE SOME BOLT ON GO FAST THINGS.SWAY BARS , EXHAUST , FRONT BRAKE KIT. ANYONE INTERESTED.
12-07-2003, 01:35 PM
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Pics please, dyno results etc. We are all into information sharing here.
And BTW, how 'bout you find the caps-lock on your keyboard and turn it off
How bad is the front brake kit anyway?
Cheers,
Hymee.
PS - the name Rick Shaw does ring a bell to me in racing circles - coincidence?
And BTW, how 'bout you find the caps-lock on your keyboard and turn it off
How bad is the front brake kit anyway?
Cheers,
Hymee.
PS - the name Rick Shaw does ring a bell to me in racing circles - coincidence?
12-07-2003, 03:26 PM
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Hymee,
My thinking re the front brakes also. If I was going
to change something last, the brakes would probably
be it. The thing stops extremely well, and the ABS is
no fuss hero tech.
My thinking re the front brakes also. If I was going
to change something last, the brakes would probably
be it. The thing stops extremely well, and the ABS is
no fuss hero tech.
12-07-2003, 04:01 PM
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Hymee
You make a great softwear engineer but a lousy detective , check rick shaws profile all your questions will be answered.he he oops
michael
Hymee
You make a great softwear engineer but a lousy detective , check rick shaws profile all your questions will be answered.he he oops
michael
Welcome aboard Ric!
Cheers,
Hymee.
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12-07-2003, 08:55 PM
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Originally posted by Hymee
I dunno about being a bad detective, but my hunch was right then.
Welcome aboard Rick!
Cheers,
Hymee.
I dunno about being a bad detective, but my hunch was right then.
Welcome aboard Rick!
Cheers,
Hymee.
... coming mother ...
12-07-2003, 11:05 PM
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Hey Ric, nice to have you on board!
Ric fitted the Racing Beat sway bars to my 8.
All round nice guy and genuine GURU. Can't wait to see the stuff he's developing.
Ric fitted the Racing Beat sway bars to my 8.
All round nice guy and genuine GURU. Can't wait to see the stuff he's developing.
12-08-2003, 02:16 AM
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thanks guys for welcoming me onboard. EMACKs sway bars work realy well, i have road tested them but noy on the track. As always time is a problem and so things happen slowly with developments. I would like to have a track day in Sydney, Wakefield Park , if enough RX8 owners wanted to.
Yes the std brakes are good but a bigger kit option like the Nissan Z350 "track pack" i thought would be a good idea.
The rear muffler i have developed is nice and quiet but flows very well giving us an increase in performance on the dyno, it sits in the std place and looks as the std one does.
Any one in Sydney want to have a road drive day on a weekend ?
Yes the std brakes are good but a bigger kit option like the Nissan Z350 "track pack" i thought would be a good idea.
The rear muffler i have developed is nice and quiet but flows very well giving us an increase in performance on the dyno, it sits in the std place and looks as the std one does.
Any one in Sydney want to have a road drive day on a weekend ?
12-08-2003, 02:46 AM
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thanks guys for welcoming me onboard. EMACKs sway bars work realy well, i have road tested them but noy on the track. As always time is a problem and so things happen slowly with developments. I would like to have a track day in Sydney, Wakefield Park , if enough RX8 owners wanted to.
Yes the std brakes are good but a bigger kit option like the Nissan Z350 "track pack" i thought would be a good idea.
The rear muffler i have developed is nice and quiet but flows very well giving us an increase in performance on the dyno, it sits in the std place and looks as the std one does.
Any one in Sydney want to have a road drive day on a weekend ?
Yes the std brakes are good but a bigger kit option like the Nissan Z350 "track pack" i thought would be a good idea.
The rear muffler i have developed is nice and quiet but flows very well giving us an increase in performance on the dyno, it sits in the std place and looks as the std one does.
Any one in Sydney want to have a road drive day on a weekend ?
12-08-2003, 03:56 AM
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Originally posted by Hymee
Ric - A track day? Yes please. There is the excuse I need to drive down! As long as it is "Driver Training" I might be able to get a pass out
Ric - A track day? Yes please. There is the excuse I need to drive down! As long as it is "Driver Training" I might be able to get a pass out
i can just visualize , a convoy led by our estemmed moderator hymee, heading towards sydney , maybe staying for a few days of R & R. NO nagging wife or kids , yeah im on my way .
RIC SHAW WELCOME to the forum .
12-08-2003, 04:52 AM
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hang in there with me guys i'm a mechanic / race driver and not to crash hot with the key board if you know what i mean. bloody computers !!!!!!
nice to be along.
nice to be along.
12-08-2003, 04:59 AM
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Computers are just mechanical devices at the microscope level.
(complete with a fascinating array of electron hills, strange magnetic effects and blistering heat levels)
(complete with a fascinating array of electron hills, strange magnetic effects and blistering heat levels)
12-08-2003, 05:00 AM
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hang in there with me guys i'm a mechanic / race driver and not to crash hot with the key board if you know what i mean. bloody computers !!!!!!
nice to be along.
nice to be along.
12-08-2003, 05:00 AM
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mechanics and computers...yeah I know what you mean. Always funny watching dyno operators key in details into computers.
Hey, aren't cars computerised these days?????????
Hey, aren't cars computerised these days?????????
12-08-2003, 05:11 AM
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Speaking on computers, lets change the subject ( I wrestle with them all day) back to oil.
Ric : since you work on Rotaries for a living , what is your stance on synthetic vs. mineral oil? I'm using Pennzoil purebase mineral. Some people on this list (and some Mazda dealers) are using synthetics like Mobil 1. Rotary Heaven in SA swears by Amzoil 0w-30 synthetic for rotaries. ?
Ric : since you work on Rotaries for a living , what is your stance on synthetic vs. mineral oil? I'm using Pennzoil purebase mineral. Some people on this list (and some Mazda dealers) are using synthetics like Mobil 1. Rotary Heaven in SA swears by Amzoil 0w-30 synthetic for rotaries. ?
12-08-2003, 05:21 AM
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Dont let Ric Shaw get away with such modesty (mechanic/ race driver). If as I assume , he is THE Rick Shaw, he is an absolute guru of perfomance rotary engineering as attested by his customers and his racing results.
I for one will be paying attention to hsi technical / perfomance posts!
Rob
Dont let Ric Shaw get away with such modesty (mechanic/ race driver). If as I assume , he is THE Rick Shaw, he is an absolute guru of perfomance rotary engineering as attested by his customers and his racing results.
I for one will be paying attention to hsi technical / perfomance posts!
Rob
12-08-2003, 05:56 AM
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dbb... did I meet you at the Mallara RX8 test drive day in July?
I went across the boarder as I missed out the day in Victoria
Mallara is nice to race on I like that track.
I went across the boarder as I missed out the day in Victoria
Mallara is nice to race on I like that track.