how did you make that emblem!? its fantastic!

 

i had it made at emblemart, the guy was pretty cool, tho he cant do chrome right now.

 

That trunk design sounds awesome! Can't wait for pics

 

so off comes the old suspension parts



and on goes the new ones





the ride is now more smooth due to the better valving, the spring rates are 400 front and 280 rear. I have not aligned or corner balanced yet, right now as it sits there's some under-steering issues, but hopefully that will get solved once i align. I also raised the car a little bit (half an inch) so i can have slightly better ground clearance. Once everything is done i will post some impressions on the overall setup.

and saw this beast getting moved off the lift, sounds very badass, will upload video tommorow

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIUDvE02RF8

 

i saw that fastback over the weekend. 13B power..

Good job on your car flame. Coming along nicely.

 

that's one of the baddest(cool) miata's i've ever seen.

nice build thread c0ldflame

 

Do you have adequate stroke on those front dampers? After the helpers compress it doesn't look like there's much space before the bump stops, it could be my eyes though...

That 13b Autokonexion miata is pretty cool!

 

oh yea when we first dropped the car down and it was slammed on the front and the rear was raised like a 4x4

 

did some wrenching yesterday, had to adjust the height a little bit so i can get aligned next week



and decided i'll install a few bits, little did i know it'll take me 5hrs

excuse the crappy photos from my phone

 

a better pix, raise the back a little bit more, going to get corner balanced and aligned tommorow w00t!

 

good stuff man, keep it up

 

Nice progress!

 

Dam buddy! Lookin great!

 

soooo thats why u sold me these sweet konis !.

new setup looks great!

 

yupyup hope you like

 

So last week after i came back from Seattle, i yanked the Auto-power bar out of the car because i ordered a AWR racing roll bar. Yesterday i drove down to San Diego where AWR is located to pick it up.

AWR specializes in making rollcages, and have made many bars for spec miatas and one off full cages for mazda race cars

First thing to in order was to rip out all the seats in the car, to make room for the bar. Since unlike Auto-power where everything attaches by bolts, the AWR bar is welded together.

On the website it lists 200lbs for the AWR bar, which i was a little apprehensive about the additional weight. To my relief i found out this 200lbs weight is the shipping weight, the actual bar is a lot lighter and significantly lighter than the Auto-power.



This is what it looks like in the cabin. The bar clears the sunroof and dome light. Yes it was a bitch to put in



Over all i think the AWR is a much better constructed piece. Its a simple but functional approach to making a rollbar for the rx8. The rear attachment to the babyseat mounting points is elegant, and preserves somewhat the usefulness of the backseats that makes the rx8 special.

 

wow thats a nice piece looks quality, awr makes some good stuff for the fcs so its nice to see em offer stuff for the 8

 

with everything in

 

Love it.. Price???

 

thanks, its $700 dollars, i think they discontinued it, but they can probably make one to order since all they do is cages

 

damn thats hot and its a bargain for that price

 

maybe we could start a GB list and intice them to reproduce a small run of the bars?

The only thing coldflame would no longer be one of the only ones with it...

 

I also want to see a pic with someone in the back seat, regardless if its practical or safe to actually put someone back there or not.

 

haha according to some numbers on the back of my bar, its the number 11th made. My friend Atom who's also a member on here has it also. I dont really care about being exclusive with my mods, would much rather see more nice modded 8s

edit: oh yea i will try to get pix of people in the back seat tommorow since im going to the shop to do some brake upgrades