EricB

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Yeah thanks, both my passenger and I were perfectly fine after, i had a ringing in my ears for about a day but that was it, i meant to write to mazda about my experience and how devoted i am to mazda after what happened but never got around to it, maybe they wil send me a t shirt or something

yeah, i think thats part of the fun of it for me. Personally i get really happy when i think about all the different custom ductwork i will be doing and fabricating different things(i love custom work with a passion, call me cheap but why pay when you can do it yourself). I have no problem doing things to my car, the only barrier in the way is knowledge, or the lack of it. Ive been window shopping for the fd for years now and after i saw my first fd in person i knew i had to have one. Its really not a question of IF ill have an fd, more of WHEN and HOW MUCH money i will pour into it.

I think a main flaw some fd owners have is that they are rushed into completing projects. My fd will sit in my garage and contrary to my rx8, the best and most expensive parts will adorn the car. Some purchase the fd thinking they can daily the car which i find hilarious, sure you can do it but have fun paying 5k for a new motor every 60k miles.

Im no where ready for fd ownership and it scares me a little but i cant wait for the experience.

gwilliams6

Hey EricB , a good book to pick up is Street Rotary by Mark Warner. It has loads of info on maximizing horsepower, reliability and all about modifications on rotary engines on all RX models, including the FD and RX8


check on amazon.com for it. I tried pasting in the link here ,but it would not work.

Cheers

EricB

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seems like something i will pick up, i was planning on just using the forums but this seems like a good read to get used to how things work and why they do.

The information on rx7club is very overwhelming sometimes

pistonhater

Write the letter anyway. Corporations like receiving positive letters from customers. Even if you think nobody will read it, somebody will.

In regards to the FD, as long as you have space and tools, I'm sure you can tackle pretty much everything....with the exception of the tuning. That's something that certainly belongs to the few pros out there who can properly tune a turbo charged rotary.

EricB

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tuning and electrical diagrams, to the untrained eye it looks incomprehensible

vanslam

Glad to be part of the group. Below is a video of my new to me RX8. Just livin the car.

EricB

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nice 8! welcome to the club! Make sure to check in often at rx8club, any and all answers on the rx8 are to be found here with the use of the search button or google searching rx8club threads.

you own the best rx8, make sure everyone else knows it and rub it in when applicable

EricB

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just curious, do all of you guys have white caps on your shift *****?

My 09 had a black face and my friends all have a black face.

im talking about the background the numbers are on.

I bought mine with a white fact, and the metal was allllll scratched up, most likely due to someone who was married and their ring scratched the ****.

Gerald Nunn

I noticed quite a few of you have spoilers, I just bought my 2008 40th anniversary in October used and was curious if the spoiler was an option or an included part in the States versus Canada? I'm happy with the non-spoiler look but just wondering.

Pico

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^ Its an option

EricB

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Pico, did your 40th come with a white faced shift ****?

pistonhater

That's a great book. gwilliams6 gave me a copy of that book a while back and it was tremendously helpful as I was starting to learn more about rotaries. The book is very well written and edited. The author - a mechanical engineer i believe - really did his homework in researching and summarizing in just one book important information it would take you months - perhaps longer - to gather from an online forum.

It was an option back in '08. Mine came with the spoiler but no other parts of the body kit. I have grown to like both looks (OE spoiler and no spoiler) but certainly don't like those oversized wings on street cars. Totally different thing if you actually race your car.

Mine is white...which I like because of the contrast it creates.

I'm confused about your description of somebody scratching the metal on the ship **** with a wedding ring. Most people wear wedding rings on the left hand

But mine has some scratches as well. I'm not sure that thing is actual metal though.

gwilliams6

I bought my 40th Anniversary edition in 2008 and it came with the spoiler and side skirts, with rear mud guards and a factory rear wing . My dealer only had the one 40th anniversary edition and it came with those options. It was love at first sight. The car looks great with or without the front spoiler, but of course I like it best with it since I have that. Either way I think the 40th anniversary edition is the best looking of all the RX8s. Unique combination of body color, anniversary emblems, unique red interior and great looking wheels. I just added the front matched-color mud guards to complete the look. They are not expensive and easy to install yourself.

vanslam

Just added Grom's bluetooth/ipod/usb adapter finally hands free talking and a wealth of music. Funny thing is I like the sound of the engine so much I rarely turn the tunes up.

Romboter

I still need to add one of these, sometime this year...

A few from today after a wash

EricB

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^ crisp and clean, no caffeine!

Butieful uncurbed rims!!!!!!!

pistonhater

Haha, I wish my wheels were in such perfect condition.

EricB

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you should see mine, they have pitting on them. the original clear coat wasnt thick enough and now i have black spots all over them.

oh yeah and the previous owner drove through tar or something cuz there is some black **** on one of the rims

oh yeah and the previous owner curbed them alittle

disastrous. Im thinking about taking them off and plasti-dipping them to see what it would look like.

Romboter

HAHA, I wish they were all as perfect as that one, a couple have a tiny bit of curb rash...from the previous owner, I would never do such a thing!


Stayed clean for two days before the rain came, damn weatherman was WRONG!!

EricB

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btw your pic makes me cringe, dont starve your car with no gas

Romboter

Yeah, thats a very old pic. I took it while driving home from Flordia where I had just bought it. Was out in the middle of bun duck nowhere and finally happened on a open gas station at midnight, was scary, but stil had 2 gallons left in her it turned out.

pistonhater

So I don't feel as bad anymore about my wheels, lol. The previous owner of my car certainly didn't care much about the wheels Fortunately, the rest of the car was in excellent shape when I bought it.

I've gotten used to the wheels now, and have also decided not to spend the $$ to fix them - at least for now. As I mentioned before, I think I would rather put that money toward new wheels (whenever the time comes when I get aftermarket wheels).

Also, I'm about to get new tires for my truck and that's gonna be a **** load of $$. So I can't spend $$ on the 8 for a while

Too many toys to maintain

Personally, I wouldn't do plasti-dipping on the wheels. I would rather take them to a wheel shop to have them fixed and repainted. It's amazing what these places can do to wheels. You could also paint them yourself after the shop fixes the curb rash. That could save you $$, but you better have enough time and patience!! I've painted wheels in the past (my cars, friends' cars) and with the right prep work you can achieve great results. It's just time consuming: unmounting the tires from the wheels, prep work, sanding, cleaning, couple coats of primer, couple coats of paint, several coats of clear coating to seal everything good, mounting the tires back in the wheels, etc.

Somebody not too long ago posted pics of how he painted his R3 wheels flat black. Not sure why he did that since the factory color on those wheels is amazing. Point is that the guy did it himself and the results were great. He definitely saved money that way. But I really liked the idea since the our wheels are similar to the R3 wheels. I think our wheels would look awesome in black, nice contrast with the metropolitan gray mica.

EricB

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updatessss, although minimal... sorry.

jdm clear corners! snagged up 10minutes after somebody posted them for sale on the forum, SNIPED!
$35 for clear corners with stealth bulbs, the right side stealth bulb went bad just as i went around the block so i swapped the oem whites back in.



also, since adding my eyelids, i cant stop taking pictures from the front...



oh and im not sure if i added a picture of my helmet yet...

EricB

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I ordered sprint lowering springs guys. Its supposed to give a 2inch drop.

im not sure when my finals are but i will have to attempt it around the 9th of next month, doing the springs myself and as usual, everything takes me forever when doing mods. I cant afford to be stranded without a car when i have class.

ill keep us updated with pics.

pistonhater

Awesome!! Can't wait to see how your 40th AE will look after the spring instal. It might inspire you to do the same.

Actually, I've been wanting to lower mine for a while, but ran out of funds lately since I had to do some suspension work in my truck in order to get it ready for this "4-wheeling" season. Basically ended up doing the opposite of the car; meaning, lifting the truck a few inches and installing bigger mud tires, LOL.

So that took a **** load of money out of my pockets. The 8 will have to wait It gets expensive when you have to keep up with two toys that constantly suck money out of you, haha.

Also, I see you decided to do the spring install yourself. As I said before, if it was me, I would just remove the factory coilovers and take them to a shop so they can install the new springs. That's fast, safe, and relatively inexpensive. I can do leaf spring work all day long, but I HATE dealing with coil springs. Those things are scary Also, without air tools, I just find it annoying dealing with those spring compressors with just hand tools. I guess I'm lazy

Anyway, again, make sure you get the best spring compressor you can find. Really, you do not want a coil spring flying around because of a stupid cheap spring compressor that breaks, snaps or bends half way through the install.

I remember helping my friend do his install a few years ago. he went and rented those cheapo spring compressors at the local auto zone and they bent like crazy. Had to go back to the store to get two additional sets