Parts, Frame, Drive Train, Sections - What's Under the 8's Skin
 

Been doing a lot of research on the 8, and have been looking for pictures of the frame or other parts. This is just some of the stuff that I have been able to find. Now its easier to find pictures when taking on a subject.

I figured that some of it could help other people out see what is under our cars skin, and to have it all located in one place. Add more if you have any I missed! If you find any mistakes I made please correct me.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...dsb3200/75.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...dsb3200/71.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...dsb3200/70.jpg


I do not take any credit for these pictures, just organized them into one place.

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some of the frame...

more frame...

even more frame...

some parts pictures from onlinemazdaparts.com I went through and saved from their online catalog...


*As I get time I will add descriptions to the numbers.*

AC System
1) Condenser 2) Protect shield 3) Compressor 4) Clutch 5) Pressure hose 6) To condenser 7) Upper hose 8) Upper hose Bracket 9) Evaporator tube 10) Evaporator tube Bracket 11) Pressure switch 12) Pressure switch Clip 13) Temp sensor

Air Bags
1) Driver air bag 2) Psngr air bag 3) Clockspring 4) Diagnostic unit 5) Head air bag Righ 6) Module Cloth Right 7) Ft impact sensor 8) Side impact sens Back 9) Side bracket Right

Air Pump Assembly
1) Air pump 2) Air pump Bracket 3) Air pump Rubber mount 4) Air pump Bolt 5) Air pump Harness 6) Air hose 7) Control valve 8) Control valve Gasket 9) Control valve Clamp 10) Air pipe 11) Resistor 12) Bracket 13) Boost sensor 14) Boost sensor Bolt 15) Tube 16) Tube Insulator 17) Tube Rubber mount 18) Ft oxygen sensor Manual trans 19) Rr oxygen sensor Manual trans 20) Vapor canister

Alternator
1) ALTERNATOR 2) VOLTAGE REGULATOR 3) BEARINGS 4) STATOR 5) ROTOR 6) BRUSHES 7) RECTIFIER 8) FRONT COVER 9) REAR COVER

Diff and Axel


AC system - Air Bags - Air Pump Assembly - Alternator - Axel and Diff

Center Arm Rest/Console
1) Lid assy 2) Lock assy 3) Base 4) Base Spring 5) Base Mat 6) Hole cover

Radiator Cooling Fans
1) Fan assy 2) Shroud 3) Fan Right 4) Motor Right

Door Gutter/Seal

Front Door Lock
1) W/o smart keyless Black Right 2) Bolt Bolt Back 3) Grommet Grommet Back 4) Door check Back 5) Striker Back 6) Upper hinge Right 7) Lower hinge Right 8) W/o theft alarm W/o theft alarm Right 9) Clip Clip Back 10) Handle inside Right 11) Handle bezel Right 12) W/smart keyless W/smart keyless Right

Door Sills


Center Arm Rest/Console - Radiator Cooling Fans - Door Gutter/Seal - Front Door Lock - Door Sills

Exhaust System
1) Exhaust manifold 2) Exhaust manifold Gasket 3) Converter and pipe 4) Converter and pipe Gasket 5) Intermed pipe 6) Muffler

Front Bumper and Support
1) Bumper cover W/o lmp washer 2) Emblem 3) Emblem Clip 4) Retaining brkt Right 5) Front retainer 6) Side bracket Right 7) Retainer plate Right 8) Energy absorber 9) Retainer 10) Fastener Fastener Back 11) Reinforcement 12) Fastener Fastener Back 13) Seal plate 14) Seal plate Rivet 15) Seal plate Fastener 16) Side duct 7) W/o fog lamps W/o lamp washer 18) Tow hook Back 19) Tow hook Cover assy 20) Front spoiler 21) Clip Clip Back 22) License bracket

Front Center Console
1) Console assy 2) Side panel Right 3) Manual trans Cloth 4) Panel assy Clip 5) Trim plate To 11/05 6) Shift boot 7) Shift indicator 8) Knob 9) Seat heat switch Right 10) Control switch 11) Ashtray assy 12) Lamp 13) Bulb 14) Spring 15) Lighter 16) Holder 17) Power outlet

Front Seat Belt
1) Seat belt assy Right 2) Cloth seats Cloth seats Right 3) Rail Right 4) Bracket Bracket Right 5) Anchor cover Back 6) Cap Back

Front Seats
1) Cloth Cloth Right 2) Cloth Cloth Right 3) Front Cloth Back 4) Rear Cloth Back 5) Cloth Cloth Right 6) Side air bag Back 7) Seat back panel Right 8) Cloth Cloth Right

Exhaust System - Front Bumper and Support - Center Console - Front Seat Belts - Front Seat Assembly

Fuel tank to help people understand the fuel starvation on sweeping turns with a 1/4 tank left
#15 is the fuel pump
#1 is the "saddle" fuel tank
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...ankandPump.gif

Front Suspension
1) FRONT HUB and BEARING 2) KNUCKLE 3) STRUT 4) COIL SPRING 5) SPRING INSULATOR 6) STRUT BUMPER 7) STRUT MOUNT 8) UPPER CONTROL ARM 9) LOWER CONTROL ARM 10) STABILIZER BAR 11) LINK 12) BUSHINGS 13) BRACKET 14) CROSSMEMBER

Fuel Tank
1) Fuel tank 2) Strap 3) Filler hose 4) Clamp No. 1 5) Clamp No. 2 6) Clamp No. 3 7) Filler pipe 8) Dust cover 9) Dust cover Bolt 10) Filler cap 11) Upper hose 12) Breather tube 13) Lower hose 14) Protect shield W/o sport susp 15) Fuel pump 16) Fuel pump Gasket 17) Fuel pump Bracket 18) Fuel sender unit Right 19) Retainer Back 20) O-ring Back 21) Pipe 22) Pipe shield 23) Pipe shield Bracket

Interior Heating Assembly

Hinge Pillar

Hood
1) Hood 2) Cushion Cushion Back 3) Rear seal 4) Insulator 5) Insulator Fastener 6) Front seal 7) Striker 8) Striker Bolt 9) Support rod 10) Support rod Holder 11) Support rod Spacer 12) Release cable Manual trans 13) Latch W/o alarm 14) Hinge Right 15) Lower bolt Lower bolt Back 16) Upper bolt Upper bolt Back


Front Suspension - Fuel Tank - Interior Heating Assembly - Hinge Pillar - Hood

partss...

Front Dash - Interior Blower - Starter - Oil Cooler - Front Seat Rails

even more parts...

Radiator - Rear Brakes - Interior Rear Door Trim - Rear Door Locking Mechanism - Rear Suspension

parts parts parts...

Roof & Lights - Sunroof - Steering Wheel - Water Pump - Windshield Wiper and Washer

this is a great thread for references to these parts. this will help a few people in the club. thanks, those pics are awesome!

wow.. nice. That's a lot of good photos. Havent really seen many pics of stuff like these. Great thread.

thanks guys. I was just going for a reference page because I know it can be frustrating to find that one picture you need.

Awesome post. If you can get your hands on the RX-8 book it really goes into detail in regards to why they engineered what they did to build the 8.

great thread

Sticky

^^^i agree this is Sticky material. the pics are very nice, and it was nice to see some pics of the drive train and everything. i had been looking for some good pics like this for a couple of days. thanks

what book are you talking about, do you have a name...is it an SAE journal?

EDIT: wow I'm dumb...the book is just called: RX-8. Going to try to pick this up, or maybe for christams.



thanks again...glad I could help out some.

this is a really neat post.

i enjoyed it very much.

where is that skeleton car at?

Not sure where that is, but here's the Mazda Museum in Japan. http://www.mazda.com/mazdaspirit/museum/guide.html

altspace, what museum is that from?

wow that would be awesome to go there... great pics altspace

"WOW"!
Beauty is more than skin deep!
Thank you.

awesome thread!

i would study this in more detail for future frame welds in the future to come, once i get my hand on a mig/tig welder.

and have anyone done some weld projects on the 8 care to post up pics, and advise what focus points to weld...

i'd like to strengthen the frame and curious on which mig/tig is better app for this.
and in no particular reason to try to learn... just wanna have a stronger car to last thrughout its life ownership and able to see more track time.

once again...great thread, sorry if my post is all over the place and not too specific.
just excited seeing these pics =) great work

niice work

Just to add to this, here is a link to the stock OEM parts list thanks to Mazdaspeed.

http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/pdfs/RX/04rx8.pdf

^ sweet addition, thanks!

Just got this in last week, thanks for suggesting it altspace. great addition to any 8 owners collection.
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...P1010062-1.jpg

Most welcome. I was shocked and blown away at the amount of information in the book. Just the fact that there is a complete book says it all.

If u guys interested here is link with video from that museum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtSDk...eature=related Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGe4B...eature=related Part 2

drawings
 

Question:

do you have any CAD drawing of these pics?

I would love to get my hands on them.



Lee

Amazing pictures, when not at work I'll need to study these more in depth just amazing.

awesome pics...

good sticky

wow nice thanks

cad drawing would absolutely rule. i could design suspension bacing without test fitting. that is ofcourse if my welder was working.

Sorry no CAD drawings I know of.

Josh, I feel like your following me around the board.

Me? Listen buddy....I started here long before you. Just happens you post in almost every thread I'm in. Lol. ;)

I've been on the site for years and never saw this cool thread. I was in Hiroshima before I became a Mazda owner - too bad I didn't visit the museum.

I have a friend in Japan that just visited the museum again last month. Pics and info: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showt...hp?t=123759530

I want that golden rotor under my hood !!!

Can't believe that I never noticed this thread before, pics are all attached too, great job

Same here.... it's nice to look at and well done thanks guys...

Oooo... a bump on this thread... I still want that golden rotors !!!

they will turn black and carbon coated fairly quickly ...