CodingParadox

After an incident at a driver training day, I 95% sure have a totalled RX-8. I'm going to buy a new one, but I'm thinking about buying the old one back and fixing it myself (with the help of a body shop just for the frame damage) to make it into a track car. Just having it as a track car would be neat enough, but if I could ALSO use it for club racing, that would be fantastic.

Does anyone know if the RX-8 does decently in class in club racing?

Imp

Check the T3 results on SCCA.com

--kC

CodingParadox

It looks like the RX-8 runs in GT2. I can't find any results from an RX-8 on SCCA.com though.

CodingParadox

Oh, I see, GT2 or T3, depending on modification level... Now to find T3 results.

Imp

Becuase most of them run in T3.

ULLLOSE

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https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/start-heartland-park-last-weekend-98144/

CodingParadox

Sounds like it's pretty close to top dog in T3. I like it. Time to see how much they wanna charge me for the totalled hulk.

deamicls

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What the hell was that guy in the blue 8 thinking?????

ULLLOSE

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Don't do it.... If that car is the least little bit bent it may never handle right. You would be way better off to wait till after the Run-Offs, as there always seems to be a lot of cars for sale, and pick up a car that is already done for a fraction of what it cost to build one even from a wreck

Mandy

If there's frame damage, it's worthless on the track. (boyfriend (ex. whatever) has a BMW '01 M Coupe as a track car that his mom wrecked. luckily there was no frame or rim damage)

mp5

I read that the s2k will move to T3 next year. That could affect the competiveness of the 8 in the class...

Razz1

We need feed back on Racing Brake.

CodingParadox

That'd pretty much bone the RX8 in T3, as well as the saturn ion.

I hate SCCA classes.

ULLLOSE

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Touring has adjustments for every car. Last year the RX8 was in T2 with full MazdaSpeed Suspension, when it went to T3 they had to go back to stock suspension except the shocks. The same thing will happen to the S2K or they can add weight.

CodingParadox

They'd have to add weight, then. The S2k comes with better springs, better stock shocks, is a good bit lighter, and has lower CG, with wider tires, than the RX-8. It's just a better track car, straight up. Hm.

ULLLOSE

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Shocks and tires do not matter, just like solo they get to change that, the T3 RX8 can use a 245 as the allow up to +20mm over stock tire size. They can all use aftermarket shocks. Adding 200lbs would slow the S2k down a lot.

Speedtoys

Ahh..but you can do so much MORE with a wrecked car, that would be illegal on a fresh car suspension wise...