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Clearly I'm incapable of linking to youtube, again....

https://youtu.be/rt8V4nDKCYE

Finally got round to sorting this. Just a single lap following a GT3 that nearly used my rear bumper as brakes coming into the bus stop, then failed to keep up with the 458 I'd been chasing. I've put a couple of vids up from the Ring on the Sunday.

@C J R - you have to get to Spa someday, you would just love driving on that track, where you can fully exploit your engine's power. It would be interesting to see what sort of speed your FD could achieve at the end of the Kemmel straight (Ray got to 131mph in his bridgeported RX-8!)

@4packet, great to see you at Spa. Your car seemed to be going well, despite the implant  Do you know what max speed you achieved at Spa, out of interest?

Not had a chance to watch all the footage back, but I glanced down at it around 155mph (speedo is fairly accurate). Most of the time I just leave it in 5th through eau rouge, so miss out on a bit of speed. I'll pop some vids up when I get a chance.

Good to meet you briefly. Looks like you've just caught my FD chasing you up Eau Rouge. Was a great day. We headed to the Ring for the Sunday session. Were blessed with good weather and they combined the GP circuit with the Nordshleife for the same lap price.

I researched this in depth at the start of the year. My car does a good number of track days, but is still a road car.
 
I perceive the Superpro bushes to be marginally better for a couple of subtle reasons, but would shop by price and what bushes you actually want to change. I picked up a Superpro kit from the States which included everything bar the roll bars (aftermarket bar will include these anyway) and the rear lower inner bushes. I bought the powerflex \'black\' bushes for here. The kit will also include rack and diff bushes. I stayed away from aftermarket rear control arms with rose joints due to potential noise and wear with it being a road car. The counter argument to this is that Mazda fitted rubber isolated pillow balls in some of the suspension arms and poly busehes can only move in one axis before binding up slightly. My car feels great (massively reduced the wheel hop) and I spent a while lookng at how the arms move and the twist is minimal. Can\'t tell you how they compare directly as I doubt anyone swaps poly bushes into a car that doesn\'t already have worn original bushes (some of mine were).
 
Don\'t forget to check the pillow balls too that can\'t be swapped for poly. Oh and removing the old ones isn\'t a small task. I used a quality non press alternative kit comprising threaded bar and numerous tubes. The whole job probably took 2+ days.

I do the same as above. Change it as soon as I can\'t see the dipstick through the oil. I seem to get about 4-5 trackdays and 2-3k road miles between oil changes.
 
Depends how hot your oil is getting if you need to consider changing oil viscosity/grade.

Not so convinced on the theory that drilled holes help vent away heat. Metal is a good conductor, air a good insulator. There won\'t be any significant air flow underneath the pad as it passes over the holes. The more holes you have the less thermal capacity the disc has so the peak disc temperature will be higher. I believe the holes are for aesthetic and weight reducing reasons. They will crack after a number of decent heat cycles.
 
I agree on the grooves. I personally favour having more metal on the disc and minimising pad wear.

My series 8 has the folowing written on the motor case:
849100-6826 F100
 
Not sure if that helps you.
 
Ideally I\'ve been trying to get hold of a UK spec one, but the dealer was struggling to find it listed.

E-mail sent
 
Cheers
 
Martin

Do you have any idea of last minute availability for this event? Still weighing up Silverstone on the Sunday or even if the latest round of work on the car will be complete by then.
 
Thanks
 
Martin

Good to see the FD can be quick in the wet. Are you willing to share your chassis setup?
 
After a wet trackday on Saturday it’s clear mine isn’t optimum in the wet, so trying to figure out what might work better.

I have a copy of the late spec ECM pin outs. It’s the best I could ever find for these cars. Only one wire didn’t match my 99MY FD. I can’t see how to attach the document on this forum, but feel free to post your e-mail address and I’ll send it your way.

I have spent a long time working on the chassis harness of this car, so may be able to assist with any further questions you have.

Good luck!

I have the ECM pin outs if that is any use.

I\'m going to be using the above DEI tunnel shield product also on the underside of the tunnel. I don\'t see the point in using a reflective product on the interior. It will be good at combating radiated heat. I purchased it from Summitracing in the States as this was cheaper than the UK.
 
For the interior I am using basic closed cell foam. Very cheap as is used for industrial/housing applications and is basically an equivalent to Dynaliner. It is extremely light. I\'ve covered the entire floor (heat and noise) including tunnel and boot with a 6mm product. May double up in some areas also.
 
I have not tested the above yet, but I did a lot of resarch.

I did a similar thing (including the Mazda factory tour and floating Tori) about a couple of years later than you. After finishing a 5 week stint in Tokyo, I jumped on the bullet train and visited Hiroshima and Kyoto.
 
Hiroshima was a breathe of fresh air after staying in Tokyo.