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Ok so i thought id post a few photos of the rx8 i bought recently
i bought a 2005 model (luxury which basically means leather, self lvl hid and i think more speakers..) 2nd hand fully stock standard, and have since changed the wheels, added a little aero kit and put on the fender strakes and a ipod/iphone kit as well as a few more bits and pieces :)
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...8/DSC_0004.jpg

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/e...8/DSC_0009.jpg


and the new wheels :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/...bc7c8425_b.jpg

now it needs tinting :wub:
thx for stopping by :happyanim:

that looks sexy, im loving the wheels and the aero, cant wait too see it tinted

Damn, look at homeboy's fender! "Toe up from the flo up" :bellyroll::bellyroll::bellyroll:

Nice RX8 btw! :happy0180:

Cheers guys :)
That's a mate of mine he hit a poll in his garage on the way out :(

Great looking RX. Is that your dd?

Yeah it is, I can only afford the registration/insurance for 1 car and the garage is full already. As a dd it's only heavy on fuel, but I didn't buy a rotary to be economical haha. I knew what I was getting in to

Haha, sometimes we've got to make sacrifices

that's a very nice '05. I love the RX-8 style. :coolpics:

Feel good to be in a R(ight)WD car?

Looks pretty damn good.

Thx guys :)
Yes it feels awesome stepping in to a rwd from a fwd :) ESP when the tail end steps out on takeoff and 1-2 shift :D:D

im on the verge of ditching my corolla for a rx7/supra/some other RWD car at the moment(i miss RWD after having a VL that was my 1st car and coincidently my only RWD one :() but im trying to save for a wedding please dont tempt me im doing my best just trying to hold out for the FT!

Since this thread is just titled after you and you are in FSAE, can I turn it into a "Ask 70NYD tougher than usual car questions"?

If yes, here's my first entry:

I'm looking at making some custom coilovers buuut... I don't know how to read a shock dyno graph, or what I should even be looking for.

I'm looking at 650 lbs/in front springs and around 375 lbs/in in the back.

This is about 41%/74% stiffer than stock.

The shocks are actually from a company that specializes in circle track cars, but that shouldn't make a real difference in the dampers job right? They are threaded aluminum body, twin-tube, can be mounted upside down, are fully re-buildable and re-valveable. And reasonably priced. In the circle-track community they are seen as a legitimate alternative to Bilsteins. The spring rates that they are designed for fall within the range of what I need.

But. They are not adjustable. They are available in a range of compression and rebound settings, and two different curves.

http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/z...um/Curve1c.gif

http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/z...bum/Curve2.gif

So I have to pick one of the two curves, and then the settings for comp/rebound (independent of each other ie I can pick a green compression line with a red rebound line) within the curve.

The setting numbers go from '2' for the green, increasing to '8' for the red. So if I order a 5/7 I get the purple line for compression and the blue line for rebound.

What exactly am I looking at with the force/velocity graphs? And how do they relate to the springs' rates?

(I will also be mixing and matching a front Whiteline anti-roll bar at full hard, with a Tanabe rear anti-roll bar, that will equate to about a 200% increase in the ARBs stiffness both front and rear.)


Just thought I'd throw this out there if it's up your alley, since we're still going to have a LONG wait after Geneva. :)

oh man good question.
il have a answer for you tomorrow morning when i get home as im reading this from my phone and have no notes with me :p

Sexy. Now weld the "third" door shut. :D


Din.. How bout we start a FSAE/Performance/Race Engineering thread?