sup fellas new to the site just sayng hi

 

Welcome nice to see another 8 around SBD

 

thanks, so are there goin to be any meets soon?

 

Yup https://www.rx8club.com/west-rx-8-forum-34/socal-beach-cruise-car-show-aug-22nd-169533/page85/ May 16th or somethin Beach cruise read up bout 5-10 pages back =)

 

Ya, that and the SB Group meets every 2nd Saturday of every month since Dec 2004.

 

welcome!
(its hump day! who are you going to hump?)

 

Yeah, don't forget about the meet!

Even though theres not many RX-8s that come anymore (although Lesper came this month!), RX-8s are more than encouraged to come. We usually have 4 or 5 FCs show, sometimes an RX-8, and next month we may have 2 or 3 FDs. Oh, and an SA... old school

 

what's an SA? is that like an rx3 or something? or is that the rotary truck that mazda put out many years ago?

 

It's the FB from 1978-1985. Sometimes called the SA.


But, not to be confused w/ this essay

 

gotcha. why is the FB sometimes called SA?

 

casey if you can reserect that post you did a few months back explaining everything?

 

Just to clarify;
In 1981 the U.S. went to the full 17 number VIN, until then companies could use any number they wanted.
Once standardized, The VIN including the "SA" was changed to the "FB".
So really, the only true "SA"'s are the 1979 and the 1980

 

The rotary pickup was called the "REPU" (Rotary Engine Pick Up).

There were 3 different series in the first generation RX-7. As rglbegl said, the SA was the first. The SA's timeline existed from 1978-1980. 1981-1985 were FBs, and after that the second generation RX-7 rolled off the line.

 

exactly. :-)

 

slight change in weather we're having. We went from 7th level of HELL to completely overcast

 

@ TheAbsense: thx for clearing that up for me!

@ Jedi: that's so. cali weather for ya

oh, and did i say that my sway bars have been ordered? i'd actually like to take my car down to for a track day at the california speedway just to see what my car is capable of with it's new suspension. i wouldn't be able to get a before and after comparison though =\

 

how often do u guys do track day at the speedway?

 

^^^are you speaking of the autocross Jerry? or some other event? Autocross is once a month. Schedule: www.solo2.com

 

so what's everyone up to this weekend?

 

oh, i meant where they let u drive on the speedway track...

 

...don't get your hopes up too high....it is more the tire you choose than the suspension. Its an auto also, right? Either way, it will be fun for you to get out there and screached the tires a bit around the cones. Try and get to Casey or I before you come down so we can give some suggestions on where to go, what to do, what time to show up...etc.

 

yea, it's an auto. but, i drive it like a manual sometimes... only when i need to though and not "just because".

my tires are currently the Falken ziex-912, stock tire size 205/60/16. idk where those go in terms of tire performance. i've heard that the Falken ziex brand/series are a pretty decent tire though.

 

getting on the oval in fontana will cost a pretty penny as well. i would save up to drive a real race car there instead of my own car.

This weekend, my daugthers birthyday (15), more bike riding, rolex gt race (rx-8 speedsource)

 

oh nice i went to fontana last weekend for the drags it was cool.....hot as hell tho lol. how much for the oval at fontana?

 

loren: what time / channel is the rolex race?