70NYD

[70NYD]

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





and the new wheels



now it needs tinting
thx for stopping by

[Calais]

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

[RRnold]

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

Nice RX8 btw! :happy0180:

[70NYD]

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

[Franisco]

Great looking RX. Is that your dd?

[70NYD]

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

[Franisco]

Haha, sometimes we've got to make sacrifices

[Allch Chcar]

Originally Posted by 70NYD

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

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

[Dimman]

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

Looks pretty damn good.

[70NYD]

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

[Calais]

Originally Posted by 70NYD

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

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!

[Dimman]

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.





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.

[70NYD]

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

[Matador]

Sexy. Now weld the "third" door shut.


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