Hello all.
Names Tom aka wellsy and I live in Devon.
Recently saw your clubstand at trax last sunday, so I thought id come check the site out :D
Well this is my car, rx8 (231). Only exterior mods atm apart from the exhaust.
Plans:
carbon fibre bonnet and boot lid on the way.
lowering
mainly engine tweeking until I eventually go FI next year :)
Questions and comments welcome:
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Anyways, looks like a good forum, cant wait to get stuck in :D
Hi Tom, welcome to MRC! :wave
I was at Trax - not sure if you were one of the guys i spoke to? Mine was the strato RX-8.
Love the photos - is that your other half in the pics? She\'s way prettier than some of the \'ladies\' on Sunday! :2eek
Yeah thats the mrs in the pics :)
The only guy I spoke to with an 8 was the fella on the pettit racing stand. Did have a good old gander round the MRC stand tho. some very nice cars, gave me a few ideas ;)
Car ( and lady) look great bud - pretty sure I remember seeing this on Sunday! Nice styling :)
Quote from: Well-sy;640348Yeah thats the mrs in the pics :)
The only guy I spoke to with an 8 was the fella on the pettit racing stand. Did have a good old gander round the MRC stand tho. some very nice cars, gave me a few ideas ;)
why thank you :D
Hi & Welcome to the MRC :WaveBye
Nice looking RX8 you have there :cool
Welcome to MRC Tom,
I know its a long trek for you but your great looking car would be a welcome addition to the club stand at the Jap Show finale in a few weeks time, first black Mazdaspeed kitted RX-8 I\'ve seen, looks good :Thumbs-up
As the others have said nice looking 8 (and your girlfriends pretty tasty too :Tongue1) I\'ve seen a few MazdaSpeed 8s about (including a black one) but they do look nice especially in black. Not sold on the carbon fibre look myself but it\'s well worth lowering it I\'ve lowered mine just got to be a bit careful over speed bumps when I\'ve people in the back :( . Wheels look nice a bit different to the mazdaspeed ones.
As for engine mods there isn\'t a lot you can do to get much more power with out either a turbo or supercharger.
Very nice :D
The carbon fibre bootlid and bonnet will be a nice addition to the car, although you may have a bit of a hard time getting it all the "shine" the same. On a black car carbon fibre can sometimes out-shine the rest of the car and make it look dull, so make sure to use expensive wax on the body :)
ok thanks :)
nice on both counts
Great lookin pic\'s, very proffesional lookin I must say. Car looks great, not a fan of heavy tints but the Black on Black compliments well and thats some pretty deep dish action you got going on there - Top stuff
Hello people.
I havnt posted for a while as iv been very busy with the car.
You may have noticed that part of my plan was to eventually go FI. Well the opportunity appeared, so I thought ahhh hell and went ahead with it!
I managed to acquire a second hand Greddy T6 kit with an uprated HKS ecu piggy back unit, and fitted it with a couple of friends in my mates lock up. I must say, it wasnt the easiest of tasks iv undertaken, the manifold is an absolute ass to get out, with things getting much worse when it came to fitting the new exhaust and turbo assembly :(
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However after two days of solid graft a lot of head scratching and several attempts to burn the greddy instructions we got there in the end :)
and after a couple of oil leaks, a vacumn leak, and a manifold crack :( she\'s now running sweet as a nut :D
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Dyno @ time of fitment:
245 bhp
193 lb/ft torque
These figures arnt dramatic, however the car ran 24bhp off stock before hand. Since then Iv replaced the plugs and leads with a new NGK set from mazda rotary parts and the car seems much more responsive.
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Also the set up is running a mere 6psi atm, so im very happy for the stage im at :)
So where do I go from here?
* I have a Greddy types RS BOV replica. I need to get round to fitting it with the bnew flange before remap.
* Apexi AVC-R boost controller (havnt a clue where to fit it lol)
* De-cat pipe
* Turbo timer
* Guages
* new cone filter
* Re-map to full boost set up with settings for de-cat
Plus all the other things I posted about before.
Very happy with how the project has turned out so far. Still plenty to be cracking on with and im hoping to be ready well in time foe the shows / track days etc :D
Any questions or comments much welcomed.
BTW does anybody know how |I change my thread title on this forum?
Quote from: Well-sy;655550BTW does anybody know how |I change my thread title on this forum?
Needs to be done by a Mod - what do you want to change it to?
*Wellsy\'s RX8 Turbo W.I.P* please
\'tiz done.
thank you :D
WOW! cant wait to see what it kicks out after re-map =)
good work!
Yeah me too lol
Thing is Im gunna have to get everything fitted before the map, as I have to travel 3 hours to REworx to do it. unless anyone knows somewhere else with an HKS f-con dongle?
Congratulations sir! Such an excellent car you have there. I look forward to the results after remapping.
turbo\'d 8 would be an awesome daily. Were the figures you got at the wheels or at the fly? Seem pretty good for such low boost.
loving the dish on the car aswell, just needs to go a bit lower IMO, but i say that about almost every car
The results are flywheel.
Ive always thought of going a bit lower, but iv pretty much decked every single car iv had, and its nice to be ablt to drive with a bit more confidence. i.e. not ....ting myself evry time I see a small dip in the road lol
and with tyhe fuel im going through I certainly wouldnt want this as a daily!
Bit late posting but what rims are those your rolling on dude?
being completely ohnest mate, i dont actually know! lol
i bought them on the car with the mazda logo on the centre caps, if anyone could enlighten us?
They are a gorgeous set of rims... cmon someone must know.
Come on Chris RX8HEAD you said you knew what they where
I\'ve had a look on fleabay as that\'s where I saw them and can\'t see them there at the moment :eek it was one of the big sellers that was sell them either midlandwheels, Rochford Tyres or DP-Motorsports car iirr.
:( Sorry I\'ve let you down Aston, at least I sorted you out re the gearstick gaiter link ;)
lol may send the picture over to rochrord tyres and see what they say if you dont mind Wells-ey?
Good idea Aston
8 is looking good...