What modifications do you guys have?
Hey Rx8club members, I haven't been such an active user for this forum and used it mostly on getting information about my Rx-8 and wanted to change that. I wanted to start a little thread on just listing your modifications and hopefully people who plan on buying something of the same mod that someone has and owns could give some insight on how they like it or not. I've had a couple questions myself since I am changing my setup to be more competitive for track use.
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I'll go first:
-K&N Typhoon v2 Short Ram intake -Turbo XS Header-Back Exhaust 3" -Rota Grid 18x9.5 +38 -Sumitomo HTR ZIII 255/40/18 -Tein S-tech Springs -OEM Rear Aero Flares and Front Air Dam -REP MS Sideskirts -APR GTC-200 w/ 2.5" Risers -R1 Concept Drilled Rotors -Hawk HPS Pads |
Thanks for sharing information.
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Turbo xs midpipe, stock cat.
Intake baffle removed. Coolant bypass. Flux capacitor. |
This could be fun lmao.
AEM Cold Air Intake Wrapped in DEI Gold Reflect A/C Removed Racing Beat Header (Ceramic Coated) Racing Beat Non-Resonated Midpipe (Ceramic Coated) HKS Hi-Power Single Exit Agency Power E-Shaft Underdrive Pulley w/ A/C Belt Lip Milled Off RotaryFX Lightweight WP+ALT Pullies CSF Racing Aluminum 52mm Radiator HKS Radiator Cap (18.5PSI) Racing Beat Radiator Screen Custom Oil Cooler Screens SAMCO Silicone Hose Kit (White) Black Halo Racing Ignition Kit Oil Catch Can Z-Enterprise Grounding Kit Air Pump Delete Throttle Body Coolant Bypass Racing Beat Street Port Mazmart Oil Pressure Regulator Mazmart Water Pump Mazmart 170F Thermostat SOHN Adapter Cobb Accessport with MazdaManiac Calibrations PowerTrix Race Coilovers with 11k/8k Springs Progress Technology Sway Bars Whiteline Adjustable Spherical Endlinks Hawk HT-10 Brake Pads Cheap Blank Rotors ATE Super Blue Brake Fluid Agency Power Stainless Braided Brake Lines Agency Power Stainless Braided Clutch Line Axial Flow Brake Master Cylinder Brace 17x9" +37 5Zigen ZR+520 (Street) 17x9" +45 Enkei RPF1's (Track) 17x10" +38 Enkei RPF1's (Track) Interior/Stereo Completely Stripped for Weight Reduction Custom Plexi Sunroof Replacement Panel Sparco Circuit II Driver Seat Sparco Evo 2 Passenger Seat Crow Enterprizes 6 Point Harnesses Momo Mod.08 Steering Wheel Momo Steering Wheel Hub Adapter NRG Gen 2.0 Quick Release Fathead Fabrications Custom 6-Point Roll Bar AEM Digital Gauges (Water Temp, Oil Temp, Oil Pres.) Racing Beat Oil Plate and Water Line Adapters Lotek Triple Gauge Pod GenRight Hood and Fender Louvers Custom 7" Functional Front Air Splitter Brooks Motorsport Composites Swan Neck Mount Wing (68" Span) JDM Clear Corners w/ Stealth Bulbs Removable Light Assembly (HID Angled LED Bar Center) For Night Events Mad Stickers Yo Axial Flow Engineering Short Throw Shifter 8-Ball Style Weighted Shift Knob (Neo-Chrome for extra ricer points) 2" Shift Knob Extender Synchro Saver Plate Quartermaster 5.5" Twin Disk Clutch (5.6lbs) Mazdatrix Race Flywheel (4.7lbs) Gonna go cry now. What a money pit. |
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If it makes you feel better your money pit is envied. Wish i can put more into my ride. |
Would love to see 9K's investment :lol:, 3 motors+all the extra shenanigans he has going on.
Sub'd will upload mine once I can pull my excel sheet off my other computer. |
Not a whole lot.....................here's the short list.
Revi Intake with Ram Air Racing Beat Cat-back Exhaust Z-Ent Grounding Kit Mazsport Cooling Fan Mod Ultra SS Unorthodox Racing Pulley Set RB Oil, A/C, and Radiator Screens AFE short shifter AP 5-ply blue radiator hoses BHR Ignition system(blue wires) Racing Beat Oil Temp/Pressure adapter mated with PLX Devices DM-100 and another DM-100 ODBII mounting in dual vent gauge pod. Shock Sensor Upgrade Clear Side Markers and Parking Lights(White 6K V-LED's), Stealth Turn Signal Bulbs RX-8 Third Brake Light Mod RX8 Strakes Stealth LED rear accent brake light Hoen H11 Fogs VLEDs in the Brake and Back-up lights. Interior(inc. Footwell lamps, maps, courtesy, etc.) = blue V-LED's RX8strakes TiGray Strakes Illuminated Shift Knob Tein Hood Dampers(powdercoated black) Rotary Rasp footwell lights(blue) mounted underneath the front seats. Shazbot puddle lights(blue) PLX Devices OBDII/CAN scan device in dual vent pod Mazdaspeed rear wing |
This is awesome guys! Now two questions on my end, i know these debates have been done on other threads but I feel like my thoughts haven't been fully answered or settled on a decision. First off, I'm picking up a set of 18x10 +38 Black Edition Rpf1's and am debating between:
-275/35/18 Dunlop Direzza ZII's and -275/35/18 BFGoodrich G-Force Rivals Second question: KW Varient V3 Coilovers Or Tein Mono Flex Coilovers My thought on the coils were that People really get the KWV3's but the spring rate is somewhat higher on the tein mono flex (being F559 R392 lbs/in) and Im wondering why people dont track the tein mono's as much as I want to see? Keep in mind my Rx-8 is strictly a AutoX and soon to be track whore lol |
Originally Posted by Billy Marcial
(Post 4549389)
This is awesome guys! Now two questions on my end, i know these debates have been done on other threads but I feel like my thoughts haven't been fully answered or settled on a decision. First off, I'm picking up a set of 18x10 +38 Black Edition Rpf1's and am debating between:
-275/35/18 Dunlop Direzza ZII's and -275/35/18 BFGoodrich G-Force Rivals Second question: KW Varient V3 Coilovers Or Tein Mono Flex Coilovers My thought on the coils were that People really get the KWV3's but the spring rate is somewhat higher on the tein mono flex (being F559 R392 lbs/in) and Im wondering why people dont track the tein mono's as much as I want to see? Keep in mind my Rx-8 is strictly a AutoX and soon to be track whore lol As far as a track oriented coilover, the KW V3 has way too low of spring rates and even if you do get stiffer springs, finding someone to revalve them is going to be a problem. Haven't really seen mono flexes out on the track at all. As far as "track only" coilover setups go, you're going to get into spending some pretty decent cash to get ones with stiff spring rates and properly valved. The only out of the box set that I would suggest are these: Ohlins FULL RACE DFV COILOVERS 13KG Front, 8kg Rear for RX8 The rest of the good options will be working with the provider of said coilovers to get the rates and valving you want, or just ordering shocks by themselves and finding springs. Here is an option that is much more affordable and from a guy that REALLY knows his stuff when it comes to suspension. Everyone that I see at the track that has a setup from FCM loves it, never heard a bad thing about their product. It uses custom valved bilsteins with matching springs of your choosing. They are also non-adjustable so once they are in, you just drive them which I kind of like. I mess around with settings on my car far too much lol. Fat Cat Motorsports - Miata 06+ / RX-8 04+ custom monotube coil-over assembly All the other companies you will be ordering just the shock and then getting yourself springs, like AST and Moton. Oh and one more budget oriented option that I've been looking into is Fortune Auto. You get to pick the springs and they will valve the shocks and send you a shock dyno for each unit with the package as well. A couple guys have them at the track and like them.
Originally Posted by X7rotor
(Post 4549375)
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If it makes you feel better your money pit is envied. Wish i can put more into my ride. |
i don't dare provide an itemized list. It could later be used as evidence.
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Originally Posted by Billy Marcial
(Post 4549389)
Second question:
KW Varient V3 Coilovers Or Tein Mono Flex Coilovers My thought on the coils were that People really get the KWV3's but the spring rate is somewhat higher on the tein mono flex (being F559 R392 lbs/in) and Im wondering why people dont track the tein mono's as much as I want to see? Keep in mind my Rx-8 is strictly a AutoX and soon to be track whore lol Most people's "track cars" are used >90% of the time on the street, so going too stiff can be a real mistake. I probably went a little too stiff with my old RX7 and that was with rates on the soft end of what was available (7kg/mm front, 5 kg/mm rear). The RX8 has good suspension geometry, so it doesn't need sky high rates like strut cars to keep from loosing too much camber in roll. |
My rx8 is stock.
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I'm in the process of building a track car.
HKS hi power AP mid pipe with oem resonator welded in K&N intake Air pump delete Bride Low max both driver and passenger Interior stripped Voodoo shift knob Oil cooler screens Megan Springs Ordered RPF1s with Hankook RS3s, going to be ordering FCM coil overs and some other odds and ends within the month. |
What are these modifications you speak of?
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This could be fun, anyways heres what I have so far.
Pettit Street Port Motor Cobb AP (Tune In-Progress) Series 2 Trans Swap W/ MT-90 GL-4 ACT Prolight Flywheel W/ HD Clutch ExoticSpeed Header, Midpipe, RII Catback Independent Oil Coolers W/ External Tstat @ 175 Degrees W/ 10AN lines Greddy Oil Pan Mazmart Oil Pressure Regulator @120 PSI Mazmart Tstat @ 175 Degrees Mazmart Water Pump Ron Davis Radiator W/ FL-22 Coolant Autobahn/Mishimoto Coolant Hoses Flex-A-Lite 440 Coolant Fans AEM CAI BHR Ignition W/ Wires Supernow Pulleys S2 Start Upgrade Rx8Performance Light Weight Motor Mounts Axial Flow Short Throw Shifter (S2) Oil Filter Relocation Sohn Adapter (Protek-R) Rx8 Performance Trio Canister (SOHN, Catch Can, Washer Fluid) Syncro Saver Gates Racing Belts Eddlebrock SS Brake and Clutch Lines R1 Concepts Rotors & Pads ATE Super Blue Fluid TB Coolant Bypass Clutch Reinforcement Bracket RB Condenser & Oil Cooler Screens Lotek & RB Gauge Pods W/ AFR, Coolant Temp, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure, Fuel Pressure, Vacuum AutoExe Steering Wheel Pioneer App Radio 2 W/ PLX WIFI OBD Dongle Running DashCommand 3% Tint Stealth Side Marker W/ LED Bulbs 30K Exotic HID Hi, Low, Fog W/ Bypass OE 18" Rims Powder Coat Black W/ Rotary Center Cap W/ KDW BFG 245/35/18 Redline Italian Leather Shift Boot W/ Red Stitching & S2 Shift Knob Full LED Bulb Conversion |
Stock.
I'm actually kind of surprised at some of the honest posts and contributors. |
Originally Posted by wcs
(Post 4549557)
Stock.
I'm actually kind of surprised at some of the honest posts and contributors. |
Originally Posted by Carbon8
(Post 4549558)
Not sure why it would be a huge secret, most members have all this information available in there build threads anyways. It's not like we all have huge top secret proprietary enhancements going on :dunno:
I wasn't really thinking of "secret" but I was thinking and you hit it, was most of these people of their own build threads why post again here? LOL and you know Carbon oh the debauchery that ensues typically of threads like this ... And this thread hasn't ... it's actually moving along not to bad at all, that's what surprised me. So I'll bow out now. Cheers man BTW I've enjoyed your build thread. |
Originally Posted by wcs
(Post 4549562)
Yeah, I hear you man.
I wasn't really thinking of "secret" but I was thinking and you hit it, was most of these people of their own build threads why post again here? LOL and you know Carbon oh the debauchery that ensues typically of threads like this ... And this thread hasn't ... it's actually moving along not to bad at all, that's what surprised me. So I'll bow out now. Cheers man BTW I've enjoyed your build thread. Hoping to get back to my build soon, first order of business if a full disassembly :rofl: Appreciate the support! |
Originally Posted by Carbon8
(Post 4549567)
Understandable, the amount of rampant shenanigans thats been posted lately in new threads is blasphemous. Hoping for a silver lining here, more because I like the idea of siphoning threw one thread as opposed to searching dozens of build threads
Hoping to get back to my build soon, first order of business if a full disassembly :rofl: Appreciate the support! |
Originally Posted by Arca_ex
(Post 4549393)
The first real set of tires I ever tracked the car on were Dunlop Star Specs (before they got revised into the ZII) and I actually thought they were awesome. I've never tried a BFG Rival because using a street tire would be like shooting myself in the foot at this point but I've also heard a lot of great things about them. Either way you'll probably like both of those tires and they are both great for learning on.
As far as a track oriented coilover, the KW V3 has way too low of spring rates and even if you do get stiffer springs, finding someone to revalve them is going to be a problem. Haven't really seen mono flexes out on the track at all. As far as "track only" coilover setups go, you're going to get into spending some pretty decent cash to get ones with stiff spring rates and properly valved. The only out of the box set that I would suggest are these: Ohlins FULL RACE DFV COILOVERS 13KG Front, 8kg Rear for RX8 The rest of the good options will be working with the provider of said coilovers to get the rates and valving you want, or just ordering shocks by themselves and finding springs. Here is an option that is much more affordable and from a guy that REALLY knows his stuff when it comes to suspension. Everyone that I see at the track that has a setup from FCM loves it, never heard a bad thing about their product. It uses custom valved bilsteins with matching springs of your choosing. They are also non-adjustable so once they are in, you just drive them which I kind of like. I mess around with settings on my car far too much lol. Fat Cat Motorsports - Miata 06+ / RX-8 04+ custom monotube coil-over assembly All the other companies you will be ordering just the shock and then getting yourself springs, like AST and Moton. Oh and one more budget oriented option that I've been looking into is Fortune Auto. You get to pick the springs and they will valve the shocks and send you a shock dyno for each unit with the package as well. A couple guys have them at the track and like them. Thanks man. It's a slippery slope so watch out haha. |
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