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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 10:10 AM
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Knight Sports Vang Iek Team Widebody RX-8

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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 10:25 AM
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Looks great, probably a little busy for a street car though. I LOVE those Advan TCIIIs though!
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 01:46 AM
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followed ur link

well, I saw them all already, too lazy to post it all up, lol

and I will see and *touch* this car next month. oh yeah CAN'T WAIT :D
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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Looks badass! I love it!

Jackson: FFFFFFFUUUUUUU!
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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Awesome. I'd like to see a pic with the bumper off.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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whoa.
sexy little race car.
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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Sorry, but this just screams Riceburner to me.
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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not a big fan of the front or front fenders.

but those rear fenders and rear bumper look good
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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Holy ****, I just noticed the blow off valve.
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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Does anyone know if the rear door loses function with the rear fender flares? I want them for my stock S-1... I've always felt that the rear fender left something to be desired.
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Crotalus
Sorry, but this just screams Riceburner to me.
You realize it is a race car right?
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by RXeligion
Does anyone know if the rear door loses function with the rear fender flares? I want them for my stock S-1... I've always felt that the rear fender left something to be desired.
It looks like it would be. Panspeed Pansport also produces flares for the rear that a more subtle then these.

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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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Sorry, but this just screams Riceburner to me.
You fail.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 01:20 AM
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it does look good as for now, there are 5 wide bodykits available.. but not include custom rice wide bodykits lol
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 08:26 AM
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You realize it is a race car right?
I do, but I fail to see how the added weight is really going to make the car go faster. I doubt they did wind tunnel tests to see if it was really aerodynamic is the proper way. They just did what looked cool to them.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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I do not know if they did any wind testing but professional racing teams will not make modifications knowingly that hurt performance. Checkout this thread that has a video of it racing with other cars. It placed 5th in qualifying against some really good cars.

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/video-sick-ass-knight-sports-race-rx8-japan-race-2011-macau-gp-225629/
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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 07:40 PM
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If they release this kit for sale then I will definately have it on my car. best wide body for the rx8 ever.
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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 06:35 AM
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I do, but I fail to see how the added weight is really going to make the car go faster. I doubt they did wind tunnel tests to see if it was really aerodynamic is the proper way. They just did what looked cool to them.
I Guess these rice burners did well enough to come second in macau GP 2011 and win macau GP in 2009.

Also what is the general reason why GT racing cars all have wider bodies? To look cool? Think Wide Think Wheels



Look @ all those wide bodies, look @ all those big wings, fking whole pack of rice burners.

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Old Dec 4, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by pdxhak
It looks like it would be. Pansport also produces flares for the rear that a more subtle then these.
I searched around and found the Panspeeds... Thanks for the suggestion. I think they will look perfect, and they aren't too expensive. Now I have to find a US supplier. I'll try japanparts, first.
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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Awsome!!!!
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by RXeligion
I searched around and found the Panspeeds... Thanks for the suggestion. I think they will look perfect, and they aren't too expensive. Now I have to find a US supplier. I'll try japanparts, first.
Doh! Typo on my part. I must have been looking or thinking about Pansport wheels when I replied
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 12:14 AM
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You realize it is a race car right?
it's still just the usual attempted fashion statement BS; the right approach, just entirely the wrong ricearoni BS look

these foofoo wannabes need to quit trying to reinvent the aero bodywork wheel to the ad nauseum level of cosmetic ridiculousness, Speedsource seems to be the only company that gets it



475+ HP 20B goodness to boot




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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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Might as well show the latest Speedsource car which I agree is the best looking car.

Was the Pettit Racing 20b RX8 a Speedsource body?



Pettit Racing 20b RX-8





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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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I'm more interested in the turbo set up.
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