Track day tires for us euro guys!
 

Continuing from here: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...44#post3203344

I could see that thread getting locked

Why? poor toolboy! the mods could just clean it :)

You never know,

=)
Back in topic anyway!
I love how the advan a048 run, 235\40 r18 for an all motor NA rx8 are enough imho :)
I usually buy them on www.camskill.co.uk since they prices are so sweet!

I drove a s2000 with those on and it was pretty amazing

Camskill has no A048 in 235/40-18 right now

I know that, did you mail them? They can usually order the wheels they don't have in stock! I discovered that delticom (gommadiretto.it etc ) has got the federal rs-r 595. 200€ a piece or so...

I emailed them, asking the price but they said they were out of stock, I thought about trying them out and if I like them I'll sell off my Nt-01's.

I might take your nittos :)

275/40-17's ?

Nope, i need a human size!

I have a set of 18x8 OZ's that I'll be selling soon if you know anyone that is interested. They have no damage at all. Just got my new wheels ordered so I don't need the 18's anymore.

Ultraleggeras?

Yes

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How much do you want? They sell for around 800€ new here. I have a couple of friends that were looking for wheels these days.
I need a spare set to install the new track day tires! I am running on a set of very ugly rims...

make me an offer, just remember they are perfect I take real good care of wheels. I should be ready to sell at the end of this month.

I still have the boxes for shipping

I don't have enough money right now, i'm going turbo :)
I have a friend in luxembourg though that could be interested! Tell me how much you want for them and i will mail him!

500 euro or so

Nice price!
If only shipping was less expensive i would take a deep breath and buy them :)

If I could fit them on the plane in Nov. I would bring them to you when I go to Rome

Fitting them would require some good friends at the airport :(

Would shipping be that bad if I shipped under four seperate boxes, I've never used the german post yet.

Aren't you german? :)
It would be around 100€ i think.

hi from germany

stutart when you re planing to drive at the ring again in the rx8

i m gonna go next weekend , do you know if the saturday the 12 is open for driving, before i drive all the way there.

No, I'm American

I'll be up there the 19th and 20th


The 12th its open from 17:30 to 19:30
13th its open from 8:00 to 19:30

looking forward for your build thread, when are you planning to start the project?

Don't know yet, i'm still trying to find the "donor" kit :)
Then some months for Jeff to build the upgrade and Charles to upgrade the kit in general (bov, hoses, couplers etc) and finally the install. Hope to make it by this January!
I will make an extensive build thread when the time is due!

these days i'm doing some reinforced motor mounts for some friends plus preparing some examis, i don't really have time to source the parts etc :(

ok im going on sunday 13 to the RING and friday 11 , saturday 12 a will be in GERMAN RACE WARS partying :rock:

I'll go up the 13th if I can have my car back together.

what are you doing to your car

Gutted my interior and trunk for Roll cage measurement, battery relocation kit, fixing ignition, brakes, sways, and routine maintenance.

what kind of ignition problems?

wow sound like a lot of work , are you doing it yourself, hpefully you can show up ,do you know a good rotary tunner that do installation of turbo and tunning

hey guys, I need a little piece of advice regarding my next season track tires
I'd like to stay with street tires for now, narowed my choices to:
Falken FK-452
Hankook Ventus V12
Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31
any opinions about those vs track?

I was having a weird idle again so I was changing spark plugs and repositioning the BHR kit better. But I broke one of the connectors on the spark plug wires so now I have to order another wire.

It is alot of work but I enjoy doing it, I do my own work. I used to build hondas in the states so I've only been messing with Rotary motors since I bought my car here in 2006.

I don't know anyone here that is good with rotarys just mainly Skyline and Evo guys here around Stuttgart.

You can easily contact Charles but i'm sure you know it :)
I consider him, as well as the rest of the crew, as my "teachers". It is thanks to them if i know something about rotaries :)

I'm going to relocate the coils to a different position so I have to give him my measurements for the lengths of the wires.

There threads on here are about the only ones I listen too and trust. I've learned alot about rotaries, hell I went from making 10 second hondas too loving the sound and feel of high revving rotary more than hondas.

Well that's a big "welcome to europe" then :)
We don't really love straight-line cars considering the tracks we have! I believe that Charles drag raced too though.

Yeah I know what you mean there was one road course and 3 drag strips in a 2 hour drive from where I lived in the states.

The Nurburgring was one of the reasons I took this job over here when I finished school. I always wanted to drive on that track and many others in Europe.

Oh so you are selling your OZ for 500 EUR? if they only was 9" wide then I would purchase them in a heartbeat.

Im out looking for 17"x9" or 18"x9", my rims are only 8" and thats not optimal for my 235 wide R888 tyres.

I run 245's on the 8" rim its optimal enough

well it works but its not optimal (speaking of R888 now) toyo says that 235 requires 9,2" wide rims and I agree.

Your tires at the picture also seems a little bit to wide for that rim.

Ok maybe for the R888, but for my tires set up it looks better than the 225 falken, I going with 275's next

well 235 wide wheels will mount on a 8" without problems. 9 would be better
What's your job stuttgart? :)

I'm an Engineer