Hey guys , i just though i should post some pic of my Silver RX-8. I pick it up friday, on sat, i drop the suspension 3", Made a Custom Cold Air system and on sunday race it... On wednesday the car would be tested in Englistown, NJ with a 200 Shot of NOS. well hope you guys like it

 

here's another pic

 

Just my opinion, but I personally can't see why someone would want to do that to such a beautiful car. It ruins the lines of the car to have it dropped like that. How do you go over speed bumps in parking lots?

 

the car drives very very nice drop,,,you dont even feel that you drop the car ,,,,, you go through speed bump like any other car, SLOW

 

Very nice...i guess your werent waiting much time to put your own touch on your 8.
Some people like to keep it plain,but why not spice things up a little?
Have any other plans for your new 8......................

 

No break-in period?

---jps

 

I guess if it was me i might give it 6 months to a year be4 i started making some big changes,but to each his own.

 

Yes we have other plans already, Starting Wed. The car will start getting turbo charge, and the motor would be taken out to get port and polish, I want to see how much this renesis engine can handle. And i would post up all my wins & loss, We would race the car in the next englishtown event, with the turbo system and maybe a NOS system, ( small shot)

 

Looking forward to some results.

It looks like something is broke with it lowered like that. Just my opinion.

 

Nothing is broken, Due to the flares you can drop the car maybe 5 " and it still wont rub , and the car drive very very very nice drop. Just like it did with the stock suspension

 

hey, more power to ya for willing to use your car as guinea pig to test out new setups

let us know how it goes!

(waves goodbye to reliability, hello rebuild!!!)

 

Hey Acosta,
I guess this voids your warrantee once you take out the motor to do the porting if it hasnt already by lowering the car.

keep me updated on how its all going.If you can take some pics of the motor and its internals,process.

Sounds awesome,i wonder when theyll have these motors for solo sale,i'd like to rebuild my 89 13b,maybe i can throw a renesis in it.....lol

 

No problem, i would keep everyone up to date, On the motor setup

 

Since there is no aftermarket setup yet... I am assuming you cut the springs for the car..

*tsk tsk*

 

yep. But i send a set to a spring company to make them knew, but with the same drop.

 

way to break her in

 

Seems like a lot of people arent taking this to well.

 

My reaction is sort of mixed. I'm somewhat jealous that ACOSTARACING has enough money to not only buy an Rx-8 but do these sort of mods immediately. I guess I'm also just not comfortable enough with machining to not cringe at the thought of doing that to a $30K car.

But on the other hand, it'll be cool to see the effects of turbocharging and what not. Please keep us updated on your progress, ACOSTARCING.

 

200 shot of NOS? Uh....

 

Post pics of the port job when you do it.

 

Sorry, i wont be able to post pic of our Ports, that has been a secret to us not even Able Ibarra has seen them, Put i will post pic of everything else, Here at our dyno, we will take the engine to the max, and after it breacks cause it can hold no more, We will Drop it a notch and post it up.

 

Looks like you didnt waste any time starting your mods, I didnt either. My car comes in 3 weeks and I already have placed the order for my Mazdaspeed kit, and my volks. My wheels will arrive tom and the kit will take 45 to 60 days to get here. So you cut the springs....are you going to stay with cut springs or are you going to get a full suspension setup? Tein will have there suspension ready for sale by the end of August....so I have been told. Good luck with your turbo set up! I hope everything works out.

Keep posting as you get stuff done!!!

Ryan

 

just want to make sure, ACOSTARACING you're actually part of a tuner shop right?

I assume the shop is, in effect, using the car as an guinea pig to test out all kinds of setups?

 

We have build race engine for many years now, we build engine for some of the top IMport racer in the market these days. And yes we are using the car as a test dummy,

 

every one is welcome to pass by our lab. 14 locust ave, wallington, NJ 07057