KrazieKave

a few more auto cross pics. notice the black dodge viper. i saw it on my way out of the event.

Jedi54

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KK,

Not just your computer. In order to get the file small enough, I'm sure Kwescott had to kill the resolution on it...??

SnowFl8k

I think it has something to do with saving it as a Jpeg. The quality looks ok in Flash before saving it.......? What do I know? Im just a girl

lesper4

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Yeah all Auto Cross posts are done...new sigs/avatars are moving...next up Malibu!!

So there is a new MS body kit coming out, I was not aware of this....not sure if I like it https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/mazdaspeed-rx-8-2006-tokyo-auto-salon-80672/

Jedi54

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ooohhh, I kinnda like the new front end.

This giant fender strakes GOTTA GO!

Can't really tell what's up with the back end though...hmm, wish there was a better shot of that bottom part of the rear.

SnowFl8k

I love that Hood - its crazy!! Keith had actually suggested doing something like that before I thought he was smoking crack - guess not I like the new front but not necessarily the sides. They look too similar to the stock aero flares IMO. As for the straks and stuff - i am pretty sure that is just part of the "concept" considering the entire body panel is cut different - almost like a wide body. The vent cut out is HUGE!!!!

KrazieKave

that front mazdaspeed body kit looks alot like the stock kit on a BMW M6~ see pic below

SnowFl8k

Good catch - its even blue!

vipers

them there kits sure is puurdy! du blue looks like the mornin' skyy an du twinkle in my sisters eyes when we make luv!! heeeehaaaawwww! hot-dayum!

speeddemon32

........ sick bastard........

kwescott

New RX8 color spotted today when I was picking up some Dew at Ralphs. It is a light grey blue..don't know whether it is a metallic or pearl, but it is not to my liking. I first saw it from the dark 9non sunny side)...I couldn't figure out if it was that damn nordic green 8 I've been seeing a lot of in my area lately, or a dirty black.....I drove by and the older guy sitting in the driver seat didn't even look up. He was doing something in his lap, writing in some book or something (I'm thinking this guy might be from that place Scotty is working at, and maybe what I was looking at was a 2007 RX8). I then saw it from the sunny side, yup, definately a light grey blue. Not pretty at all, and does nothing for the lines or stylings of the car. Didn't have my camera, and with the rediculous wind we have today, was not interested in zooming home to get my camera.

KK, yup, the avatar is really bad looking. I'm gonna try a couple more before calling it quits. I'm thinking of making a moving siggy, since those have less size requirements/restrictions. Maybe something along the lines of the skinny one I have, but make it move like a slide show or something.

mp5

FYI, Mr. Isley ended up with 1st place in the indexed results on Sunday. This is where they rank everyone's times using a multiplier for your class. Nice run dude!

ULLLOSE

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That blew me away.... The track sucked when we ran. I knew fresh tires were faster.

lesper4

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anyone intrested in these, they look really cool and arent too bad of a price, i think i will be doing it unless you guys like really persuade me not to. https://www.rx8club.com/group-buy-center-85/group-buy-pettit-racings-rx-8-rotor-shaped-radio-knob-80811/

Keith I had to work late but i did see some of the sunset through the window and the bushes, maybe next time.

Congrads Ulllose wish i showed up but I/we were all pretty tired from that day and the night.

lesper4

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if you look at kK 1st pic you can see the viper beat me off the line but i caught up to him and made it a tuff race.......lololol

kwescott

Damn it was a nice sunset tonight...uggh, iwsh I had my car out and took some pics. I did change my fuglys today though....so all you who wanted to rent the Volks are out of luck. I'm surprised no one took me up on that. A few dollars for a couple days with Volks and great pic opportunites. Don't forget, there is a 2006-2007 Calendar in the works

Oh, that shift **** is so tempting...seriously, who else is interested. I saw the other shift **** a guy did and thought it was recidiculous, but this one is rather cool. I may be up for it...just for ***** and giggles.

kwescott

I bet you did

Just testing my new giff siggy...

hmmm, can't get it to show up, but yo can click it to check it out, what do you think guys?

FastRX8

Suprise! Suprise! I would have never guessed.
Congrats man!
Thanks for the tips, and not letting me wuz out when the course was wet.

- Cesar -

SnowFl8k

That freakin awesome Jason! CONGRATS!!!!!! Although....should I really be surprised? We'll definately have to show next time with "Isely Rocks" banners in hand

ULLLOSE

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Thanks guys. Here are the results.. and take note a girl beat one of the guys.

Class: B-STOCK -----------------------------------------------------------------
1. 614/BS JASON ISLEY 05 MAZD RX8 > 52.351 <
TIMES: 1) 54.211 2) 54.793( 1) 3) 52.351

2. 680/BS JASON MUNCHHOF 04 MAZD RX8 > 59.357 <
TIMES: 1) 61.589( 3) 2) 59.357( 2) 3) 62.637( 3)

3. 253/BS TIMOTHY LOI, SCNAX 87 MAZD RX7 > 60.225 <
TIMES: 1) DNF 2) 66.016( 1) 3) 60.225

4. 607/BS JACQUELYN SMITH 03 NISS 350Z > 64.949 <
TIMES: 1) 77.732 2) 65.982 3) 64.949

5. 618/BS KEVIN SEQUERIA 04 MAZD RX8 > 65.422 <
TIMES: 1) 69.195 2) 65.422 3) 70.076

mp5

The Z was an automatic too. She's friends with the yellow RX8 guy and was rubbing it in afterwards.

KrazieKave

yes, the sunset was nice.

lesper, about the volume control dealy... i think it does look nice... but is it really worth $25?

Jedi54

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I must have missed this post earlier...sorry.
Yeah, I kept hearing all this talk on this forum about how good RB was, blah, blah, blah... Finally decided to get it and I don't regret it for one second! It's a great mod! That intake and exhaust is music to my ears...

Speaking of intakes...

Casey:Not sure if you heard the announcer on Saturday. After your second run, he said, "Wow, that sure is a sweet sound coming out of that yellow RX-8".

speeddemon32

sweet! no I didnt hear that.


I did hear after one of my early runs, when I came in and I was getting my time, the anouncer said "man that was fast! that must be Jason Isley driving that car."............. SWEEEET! no no , That was Casey Brier!



I was comming back from Big Bear today, and I see a black RX-8 on it's roof up against the side of a mountain. a blue RX-8 right in front of it, and a red one in front of that.

I didnt see any other cars involved (could have missed them though) it seems like it was a single car accident. my guess, the driver was pushing it a little to hard and lost controll. I almost stoped to talk to the guy in the red one, but I was in my county vehicle and decided I should just keep going. also kicking myself for not taking a picture with my camers phone.

KrazieKave

and people tease me about driving slow in my automatic car.

speeddemon32

not I..... I dont mind people that know how to drive carefully on the street. belive it or not, I drive rather slow when we are not on out meet. I drive most of my friends nuts, because I accually have patiance (spelling) and know how to drive 65-70 on the freeway. (73 is my cruise controll speed)

more or less, I like to get up to the speed limit as fast as I can, but I am pretty good about not going over the speed limit.

kwescott

yah, it does make you think twice about how you drive. Loren, Jorge and Erica know exactly what I'm talking about. Specifically with the Malibu cruise....on the drive home you question what you did, how hard you drove your car, and question whether you were smart about the whole thing.

I think this is one reason Jill no longer shows up. She had one close scare that made her realize why she has the car, and what she should be doing with it. I beleive her last comment (don't know who told this to us, but ti was at one of our last meets), was that she is now spending a lot of time with her Corvette group, going on rides for charity, not for thrills anymore.

I remember when the Malibu cruise thread started up, there were many who were posting words of advice, along with pics and links to threads of mishaps and crashes, some resulting in death. It does scare you, and makes you second guess things a bit.

I think the autocross is a good way to get our adrenaline fix, and get togethers like the one we just had for the Patriot loss make the car scene worth every minute.

Jedi54

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^^ very well put Keith.


Well, the one good thing you can look foward to is the Steelers CRUSHING those damn Broncos this Sunday.
(buddy of mine is a lifelong / diehard Steelers fan and I was talking to him earlier...can you tell?)

ZooTender

Guess I'll be right there with you KK. I can't risk it, I have too many lives to take care of. Also, if I caused someone else to get into an accident because of my recklessness.....I couldn't deal with that. Guess I'll stay in the back and if I get lost, I'll just go home.

KrazieKave

i was going to post something meaningless... but nevermind...

zootender, everyone here is a nice bunch (i'm sure you know that by now) and they dont drive immaturly/carelessly/wrecklessly.

Detrich

that volume **** looks to "mr. t" for me... but, i'm sure some ppl will like that look...
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cLLcLe

If the volume **** was black, that'd be sweet. I don't like how it stands out so much

And yeah... After my accident I learned my lesson. ^^
Better to learn while fresh I guess?

KrazieKave

" I pitty da fool! "

Detrich

... that is ghetto enough to buy that tacky volume ****?


(that what u mean kave?) kekekekeke

KrazieKave

no ^_^

lesper4

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I am going to get in and I see that Jill is still out there with her 8 becuase she is getting one as well. If I dont like it I guess I can always sell it to another member. (I find it easier buying the cheaper mods then the more expensive mods....)

vipers

yeah, i understand about being a little nervous while driving........ but when me and casey started this whole meetup, we said we would not do anything to endanger anyones lives..... but then found that to be out of our control.........

we emphisize safety, but as soon as you get into your car, its out of our hands....... now we've been very lucky on our meets, a few spin outs and one accident...... and i personally trust 95% of the people that show up....... when we go on our runs, its for a little fun "spirited driving".... we do not want anyone to go to their limits on our runs....there is just too much to lose! ....

we will definently keep the runs as part of our meets, just becuase thats what makes them so fun, but for the few of you that think your better than the road or feel you need to push your car to its very limits on our runs, just remember that your not only endangering yourself, your putting all of us at risk! so keep it fun!

Jedi54

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Where is everyone today?

The whole forum kinnda seems a bit slow. So slow in fact that I was reduced to replying to someone's thread in RUSSIAN!

Vipers: Forgot to say CONGRATS on that new turbo. that thing looks awesome, can't wait to see / hear / sit in your car when it's installed.

Any possible time frame for that?

vipers

well, i was hoping to have it done by the end of february, but looks like it might be by the end of march....... but february is the busiest month of the year for me, so maybe ill get the $4000 i still need to finish the project......

its funny, i went into this project w/ a hp goal of 300rwhp and a budget of $2500-$3000....... and its escalated to 450rwhp and around $5500-6500.... the main reason i changed my mind was because at first i wasnt going to buy a engine management system, which limited me on what i could do, so 300rwhp was the most i could get out of my car w/ the stock ecu... then i got a deal on a microtech for $1020, and then everything just blew up from there

Jedi54

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haha, funny how easily it can be to blow a budge like that...especially when it's on a car.
*looks over at pretty orange car on my calendar*

Hope you're able to get those $4,000 soon. Although, if you do...my poor car won't stand a chance up against yours.