BHR ignition setup.

R Magic exhaust. Love that thing!

Why? No ignition necessary anymore? ;-)

Already covered in Post 169 ...

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-aft...7/#post4525073

Turbo Protege5 :rofl:
DQ's DD was Pro5 for 12years. Loved that little thing.

best mod: BHR. But it's barely a 'mod'; it just ensures the ignition works the way it should.

Best 'mod' for me I'd have to say is the poly engine & diff mounts. Really tightened up perceived slop in the drivetrain.

Gonna have to go with BHR ignition or the AEM cold air intake.

Single side exhaust, large muffler has been removed.
It is still comfortably loud but sounds profoundly immoral and wicked! :evil_laug

Child seats. Because all real race cars them. The rest are poseurs.

I think you out a word in there somewhere.

Best mod ever for me was Mickey Thompson drag radials, because the car was super slow without them.

I'd probably have to go with coilovers... can't imaging being stock height anymore

e85

For but dyno gains 4.77 final drive (S1) followed closely (and surprisingly) by the AP underdrive pulley.

I see the Exedy flywheel is no lighter than stock

Right now, I am rocking my AutoExe steering wheel. Recommended to everyone who wants to keep the functionality of the stock steering wheel but have better grip.

The flywheel doesn't move translationally. It rotates, so the mass of it doesn't matter as much as the moment of inertia.

The Exedy flywheel may be as heavy as stock in terms of mass, but if it's moving the mass closer to the centre, that will still decrease its moment of inertia and give you the benefits of a 'lighter'(as in less moment of inertia) flywheel. The stock flywheel supposedly has a lot of its mass on the outside edge.

For reference, a theoretical thin ring with mass m and radius r has a moment of inertia of mr^2, while a theoretical thin disk with the same mass and radius only has half of the moment of inertia of the thin ring.

And for daily driving, too 'light' of a flywheel isn't really a good thing. It's really easy to stall and you can lose speed a bit too quickly when shifting and going up a hill.

putting a stock exhaust and suspension back on it.

Best most recent “MOD”
 

The most recent “MODs” I’ve done to the 2007 NA S1 were the new Ryan Rotary coils.They are a plug and play with no adapters.Also,I put a new aluminum coil bracket on from RX8 Performance coupled with new RED 8.5 mm MSD wires.

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Turbo kit...


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IGN-1A coils with proper dwell adjustment is BY FAR the most noticeable performance augmentation for any 8 not already running them. (Always use NGK OEM plugs!)

OE coils are fine as long as they function properly. So no, you won’t gaining anything above that other than reliability. Even the Pro Formula Mazda race cars with Renesis engine still used the OE coils

@jcbrx8 God, that batt. relocation couldn't be more half assed... seriously, just run the + to the starter bolt, then a wire from the starter to the fusebox. Saves you 4ft o wire and a nasty duct tape look.
My single best mod is a screen in the ashtray. I put there data about coolant, oil, afr, timing, CEL's, and anything else I may want.

Coils

There is no comparison of IGN-1A coils to OE. Yes, the newest version work just fine (took them what, 4 attempts to get it right?), if "just fine" is what you're after. Otherwise, if you aren't running them/haven't experienced the difference for yourself then maybe just hush up.
And just to be clear: if you're not gonna adjust the dwell, there is very little reason to install these coils (other than longevity).