I wasn't awear of BHRs lighter flywheel
Mines being fitted now anyway

 

More progress on the build lookings sick
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Nice, now throw all the EBC junk away. Worst sport pads on the market.

 

Almost finished
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Looks pretty good. Are your wheels painted? How much did it cost? Also, are you planning on getting the door jams wrapped too?

 

yer its going back in to get finished i needed it back for Christmas so its getting finished after and around the 4-5,000 mark

 

i hate you for having that exhaust

 

why change that beautiful R3 blue?

 

And this image is why its a bad idea to paint a car a completely different color.
Notice the blue inside the door.

Hope you weren't planning on selling it anytime soon, as you're not going to get much when they see the color change.

I would only ever paint a car one similar color to another.
Like Brilliant Black to Sparkling Black Mica.
Unless, I was planning on stripping the car down to its frame, and paining the whole thing, like it was sent from the factory.

BC.

 

I want a rear fog light and headlight sprayers :-( lol

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

And yeah door jambs and the engine bay are those parts that usually make a complete paint job, a lot of body shops over look them thinking most people won't notice.

 

well i did say earlier on that its not finished and theres alot more work to do! hence the (build) thread i need the car back for work so they left it in a sate i could drive it away and it didnt look daft

Am guna get a video up of the car and how its sounds...
The pettit racing exhaust is by far the best sounding one around its unreal

 

he didnt paint it --he wrapped it didnt he?
I like the white R3--best looking oem rx8 out there.

 

whites the best like
i duno weather to leave the back bare as it is or put the Mazda logo back on but in gloss black like the alloys....

 

its a wrap man, didnt you see it in the pictures?

 

Curious as to why?

Many years ago I bought a set of EBC pads for my JCW Mini along wiht Zimmerman slotted and cross drilled rotors. I promptly did a track day and was blown away by the brakes. So much so I bought a set for my RX7, I did a few track days with the EBC Pads on it and, on some tracks, when I had an instructor in my car, I was always complimented on how deep I could brake that damn car.

Never had fade, the pads lasted reasonably good for how I was abusing them, I never had a complaint.

The OEM pads on my RX8 are done with 17K miles on them, unfortunately, I have no idea what the first owner did with the car to wear them out so fast. I am not impressed by the short life of the pads, but, at the same time, impressed that Mazda put on a softer pad that probably bites real hard. My OEM pads on my FJ Cruiser lasted 75K miles and were not very good.

I am throwing on a set of EBC pads next weekend, I guess I will see for myself how bad they are, even though my experience with them over the last 8 years has been positive.

 

yellow stuff pas i have on are awesome great stopping power at high speeds
and the discs are more for show than anything else but they are making a difference

 

No offense, but a wrap just makes it look flat and ugly. While the blue is a beautiful paint with deep shine. There's no way that will make it look better, no matter what taste you have in color.

 

well at the end of the day its my car and i want it to look that way

 

BOOM!!

Agreed, I like that you only wrapped it, now the stock paint is protected under there being preserved.

I think it looks pretty cool.

I would love to hear your review on the flywheel and how you like it.

 

Well tbh i had Exhaust and flywheel on at same time so carnt really tell individual differences but its unreal to drive now its alot more powerful of the line.
wheel spins alot more easier now and 4th gear has alot more pull which i noticed

and i wanted a white one but they where all more money and had more miles on them so i opted for mine with 22k miles for 9k and it came with the cool number plate lol

i will be making some videos and some decent photos will follow...

 

Since the exhaust power gains are negligible , I would say everything you are feeling is flywheel related.

Someday down the line, when I need a clutch, I am going to throw a lightweight flywheel in as well.

Any bucking when driving slowly?

 

Absolutely, I know it's a bit "rude" of me to say, I just think it's sad to hide that deep beautiful color. But at least you're keeping that under there in case you sell it.

 

i want to do a flywheel, but i A. dont have a lift, B. dont have the necessary flywheel removal tools, C. am too scared because i never done it before, D. dont want to pay like 400 bucks for a shop to do it for me lololol

 

flywheel did make a huge difference for me as well in 4th gear. It used to be disgustingly slow in that gear lol. With the BHR flywheel there is a bit of bucking under 3k rpm, but that's usually because my car isn't fully warmed up when it does happen. When it's warm it completely goesa away though and off the line performance did change considerably for me!