stretchin on rpf1s

take that purists!

 

saw this on AutoBlog today and it seems like this thread is as good as any to put in its not really enough for a new thread. And since Canary has an RC 8 thought he like it,,,

Love the cinematography, little audience, and the touge battle layout,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTZK...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y-xd...eature=related

 

^where do I get mind!?

thats pretty badass

 

I saw that video on here a few weeks ago; liked it so much I wanted to build my own as well, then I saw the prices to build one

 

you can build one for about 300 bucks actually, there's rtr's and ebay which has a wealth of used ones, mine's an HPI Sprint 2, I paid 100 bucks for the chassis that came with an AE86, I spent 80 bucks on a traxxas brushless motor, and about 70 bucks on a Venom lipo battery. My car would run for about 30-45 minutes and was way more than adequate for sliding around, actually it was way overpowered......which is why I went with a larger motor and beefier battery

Seriously though, it doesn't take much, feel free to pm me if anyone really wants to get one, the Rx8 body only costs about 20 bucks, and it's not too difficult to paint them since they come with all the masking and the outside is wrapped to protect from overspray. (They're clear bodies you paint inside out)

My latest thing is scale rock crawling, we have a greenbelt here that runs along barton creek, which is dried up in parts and nothing but rough terrain/rocks, I have a tiny jeep cherokee with a roof rack, lights that work, it's crazy fun picking a place you don't think it will go and then driving right through it I made a vid of my friend's, it's kinda' crappy as I didn't know
how to use my iPhone, gives you an idea at least

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-3pwM3rRLw

 

love wings

 

They even have their own make-shift touge mountain pass

 

sorry dude, but that thing is nasty, I hope it's functional as it looks like ***.

 

its an rx8 shopping cart lmao

 

Its dfinately functional, RE Amemiya 8 was thierd behind PanSpeed and the REvolution 8s in the Japanese Super Lap Battle

 

That's good to know, the car looks like something I'd see on the street so seeing that mongo wing on there just reminds me of all the morons running around with fwd cars and similar wings on their cars, makes it to easy to forget it's actually a race car with an actual purpose behind it etc.

back on topic

 

So functional its sexy, BTW that kpgc10 would look much better with a coupe grill... just saying

 

that wing reminds me of the rwb porsche wings.

 

So my friend picked up some new wheels and let me test fit it on with the meaty tires. I must say I do want 18's again haha. 9.5 +15 & 10.5 +17 The rears are on 275's.

For some reason my Flickr isn't working but here are the pictures that do work:

 

flush

clear corners rub or are they out for some other reason?

 

I had 275's on my 18's before I sold them, looked mean as hell, tried to run them on my Work's after replacing the tiny 255's, no bueno so I had to go with 265/30, I'd love to run a wider tire still but the 265 seems to work fine, maybe I could go 275/25 if they made it

 

Why such low profile? It's not really necessary in the back, right?

 

Sifu more pics !!! Are those RPF1s ??

 

Re30

 

Thata boi...

 

it would be necessary if I went up another size, a 275 30 would have a slightly larger sidewall and more width than what I have now and rub pretty much constantly, only reason it wouldn't at this time is because of my air ride, if I was still on springs/shocks those tires would be toast, my current offset lets me go as big as 265 30, or possibly 255/35, anything larger than that and it won't clear which is why I was kidding around about a 275/25 since that might actually fit I've already worn down the fender insides as it is now anyway so maybe a 275/30 might work now too

edit: I'm at 19x9.5 +29 in the rear, my fronts seem to have plenty of room, I ran a 255/30 up there for a few weeks waiting for tires I ordered to come in and had no issues whatsoever, they're 19x8.5 +36

 

Ok that's why. Your other post made me think they were 18s.

 

40 series on my 18's rubbed like crazy when ever i turned time to go with 35 series.

 

I must say I was never a big fan of the S2 Rx8. But after this thing of beauty Rmajic created, I'm a fan. I love this car. It almost makes me want to sell my S1 and go and get a s2...

 

S2 do look great