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Sounds good, I\'ll get on it.

I\'ll happily take this off your hands if you\'re alright with posting it?

Well the pressure plate gave up on my clutch recently, as I thought it might, it was more a track clutch anyway and I hated it! Bit the bullet and bought an ACT organic clutch kit which comes with the pressure plate, clutch, release bearing, pilot bearing and alignment tool.

I was wondering if there are any other bearings or parts I should replace since I\'ll be in there anyway. Also I believe the current clutch has a push/pull converter is it right to assume that\'ll be good for using on the new clutch? Total noob to clutches so any help is appreciated.

Cheers.

1. Chris Sweet | 1992 | Red | Somerset | (Single) | Import
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3. Clarky | 1993 | Red | East Sussex
4. StormBleeder | 1993 | Red (Redish/Pink/off pink/slightly white) | Hampshire
5. Andy | 1995 | White | West Midlands
6. Adam |1999 RB | Black | Single | Guildford-ish | Lego wheels |
7. Gary Dickens | 1996 RS | Blue | Northants | Twins ¦ Import
8. Leon | 1994 | Black | Leeds
9. Blitzboy | 1994 | Black | Sparta Surrey
10. Nik da Greek | 1992 | Red Type R | West Sussex | Single | Import
11. Bobbit | 1992 | Red (almost) | Newcastle
12. Charlie | 1999 | Grey | Kent
13. Chris (D2BBA) | 1992 | was yellow now HOK Cherry/Burgundy | Newcastle
14. Phil White | 1996 | Black | Kent
15. Phil (fil_auto) | 1995 | Red(ish) | Bucks
16. MaLicE | 1993 | Black | Gloucestershire
17. Steve (TTMan) |1996| White | Berks
18. Dave | 1992 | White | London | (Single)
19. Danny_m94 | 1993 | Red | East Midlands
20. colum | 1992 | Brown | West Mids
21. colum | 1997 | Silver | West Mids
22. colum | 1993 | Red | West Mids
23. Marcus (marcusd666) | 1992 | Black | Cheshire | (Twins)
24. jukesr | 1992 | Black | North West
25. rustyrex | 1992 | Type R | Wiltshire
26. trotter | 1993 | Type R | Silver | Hull
27. Jit | 1995 | Type R | White | Harrow
28. Jit | 1993 | Type R | Red | Harrow
29. Jit | 1996 | Type RZ | Black | Harrow
30. SmbFD3S | 1992 | Silver | East Mids | (Twins) | UK Car
31. d6277n (Chris) | 1995 | Black | Berks | (Twins)
32. Chris (CJR) | 1993 | Pearlescent Yellow | Nr. Wakefield | (Single)
33. Ricco | 1995 | Red & Carbon | (Twins) | UK Car
34. karl | 1992 | Type R | Yellow (was red) | North East | (Single)
35. ashc | 1994 | Black | Canterbury | (Twins)
36. Shaunwil | 1994 | White | Lancashire | (Single)
37. Mar71n | 1992 | Red ish | Midlands | V8
38. exige | 1993 | White | Cwmbran, Wales. Twins, import, 56000mls
39. Rob Jones | 1996 | Type RS | Silver | Bucks (1 older brother)
40. Mart160+ | 1993 | Type R2 | TVR Flip | Bucks (1 younger brother, girlfriend)
41. FDAsh | 1997 | Type RS | Red | Lancashire | (Cosmo RE on twins) | Import
42. oddball | 1992 | Type X | Silver | Middlesex | (Twins) | Manual Convert
43. Markrx7 | 1992 | Type R | Silver | Reading, Berks
44. Gonzoninja | 1993 | Red (where the laquer hasn\'t peeled off) | Guildford (Car resides elsewhere)
45. David Wiltshire | 1997 | Bathurst X | Black | Hampshire
46. Davyv | 1997 | RSR | Black
47. Jonathan | 1992 | Type R2 | 4 colour flip over Black | Pembrokeshire, West Wales | (Twins)
48. Turbo boy | 1994 | Red | A.K.A Earth Polluter. Currently in hibernation.
49. goldk28611 | 1996 | Type RS | Black | Basingstoke, Hampshire
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51. Bleakboy | 1992 | Type R | Silver | Kent
52. Paul-Tll/Paul-Knightsport |1992|Type R | Red |Import |Portsmouth |Twins
53. johnm | 1995 | Touring Type X JDM | White | Aberdeen
54. Robmatthews | 1993 | Type R | Red | Twins | Cornwall sold now lives in spain :-(
55. Robmatthews | 1993 | Unknown | matt black | Single | Cornwall
56. probedb | 1992 | Type R2 | White | Import | Sheffield | Twins
57. AtomicRex | 1992 | Type AR | Orange/Carbon | Castle Combe | Single
58. AtomicRex | 1992 | Type AR | Pink/Carbon | Castle Combe | Single
59. AtomicRex | 1992 | Type AR | Yellow/Carbon | Castle Combe | Single
60. Andy | 1995 | Type RS | Single | West Midlands
61. Lee | 1998 | Type R | Black | Twins | Cardiff
62. tinker27 | 1993 | Touring | Red | 7.1 litre V8 | Midlands
63. tinker27 | 1993 | Red | Awaiting 6.0 litre V8 (for the track)
64. Macer | 1996 | Type RB Bathurst | Green | Shropshire | Twins
65. Gmogle | 1993 | Type R | Black | Norfolk | Twins
66. Mattfduk | 1993 | Type R | Import | N/A 20B PP | Almost Red | Cheshire
67. Sidzrx | 1993 | Type R | Red | Gloucester | Twins
68. Sidzrx | 1994 | Type R | Black | Gloucester | Soon to be single
69. Jus | 1994 | UK spec | Black | Single Turbo | Cheshire
70. kash_ | 1994 | Type R | White | Single | West London
71. craigr | 2001 | Type RB-S | Green | Single | North Dorset
72. Noyzboy100db | 1997 RS | Silver| Twins | Sandhurst
73. Robedwards99 | 1995 Type R2 | Black | Twins | Dorset
74. gyles18 | 1992 Type X Manual | Audi Mugello Blue | Single
75. Bazza |1992 Type R1 | Yellow | Twins | Dorset
76. rx7boy | 1993 Type R| Blue | Non Seq Twins | Egham Surrey
77. Arnie | 1993 Type RZ | Black | Stock twins | Staffordshire
78. Michaelb | 1996 | RB Bathurst | White | Twins | London
79. Lee Mills | 1993 | Type R | Yellow | Single | Devon
80. Dmdrifting | 1993 | Purple | Seq Twins | Hampshire
81. rs200tez | 1992 | Red | Single | Bristol
82. J_T | 1995 | UK model | Blue | Stock twins | South East London
83.adib | 1992 | Silver | Twins | Northampton
84. FD3S Efini | 1994 | Red | Twins | West Wales Pembrokeshire (not for long thow)
85. Gatesy | 1995 | Black | Twins | Newport, South Wales
86. Neil_jdmr | 1995 Bathurst R2 | White | Twins | Newcastle
87. B9 KLF | 1994 | Type R | Twins | Silver | Beckenham Kent
88.
89. Chr007 | 1993 | Type R2 | Black | Single | Chelmsford
90. Dan_Miles86 | 95 | White | Import | Nottinghamshire | Twins
91. cessnut87 | 94 Silver | Import | Type R | West Sussex |Twins
92. cessnut87 | 98 Silver | Import | Type X
93. cessnut87 | 94 Black | Import | Type R | Feed |
94. cessnut87 | 92 Black | Import | Type R |
95. cessnut87 | Latest aquisition | 92 Montego blue | Type R |
96. cessnut87 | 92 Red | Type X | Import |
97 jamietypeR | 92 black | type R| import | se london |
98. Aceman | 1992 black Type R (I think! Twin oil coolers anyway!) | Twins | Import | Hampshire
99. od404 | 1992 | Type R | White | Twins | Import | Northamptonshire
100. logicalChimp | 1992 | Type R | Nail Varnish Red | Twins | Import | Knackers Yard (shortly to be crushed)
101.slingo, white 92 [ to4,dragon stuff,hks,blitz ] currently in restoring mode west sussex
102. Brighton-Rex | Black 92 Type R | Import | Sussex
103.rxsevenfd3s | white 93 type r | import | twins but not for long| near Norwich
104. Crackdown | Red 1994 Type RS | Import | Twins | Somerset
105. tophalf l Silver 1995 Typre RM Special Edition l Import l Barnard Castle
106. Alison l Black 1994 l Import l Twins l Stoke-on-Trent/Staffs
107. Big al 1999, Blue, West Sussex ( twins )
108. 24VRT (Rod) | 1999 | Type RB-s |Red| North Hampshire
109. Jack | \'93 Typo-Aru! | Scratched up black | Kent
110. S4MMO / 1998 Silver/ West Sussex
111. Terry/ 1993 type R/ red and yellow/ lancaster lancs ( no s**t sherlock)
112. Flo |1995| White (with a bird poop on)|Scotland
113. Matt P ( 1993 ) PZ Black type god knows / Dunstable but currently living in northampton.
114. One08dragon ( T ) 94 resprayed mica black/ LONDON
115. brophy320 (1995) Red/ Crewe Cheshire
116. Dwarfslapper |1993 |SILVER | West Sussex| single
117. Josh J | 1993 Type R Import | Black | Isle of Wight | Twins
118. Sicknote | 1990 | Green | Soon to be heavily ported Triple rota | Reading
119. Sicknote | 1991 | Red | Large Street port Single Turbo | Reading
120. Sicknote | 1992 | Red | Stock spec | Reading
121. fring1 | 1994 type r | Black | Northumberland
122. Scott | 1993 | Black |stock standard|import| Essex
123. Mark | 1992 | Type R | Black | stock twins, few extras | London/Kent
124. RussellParkerx | 1992 | Type R | Black | stock twins, 303 atw, 13.08s 1/4, 1.98s 60ft | Copthorne/Sussex
125. chris sweet | 1992 |yellow(original) |stock twins| stock body |wells
126. troy_rx7 | 1993 | red | street port | Spain
127. ssn11 | 1996 | red | single turbo | edinburgh
128. speedfreak I 1992 type R I Black I Twins I Poole
129. Peter 1998 silver, Northwood Middlesex, (twin)
130. Scott (scoomer) | 1995 RB | Black | Single | Middlesbrough
131. Ben (initial-d) | 1992 Type R | Black Kazama Wide Arch | Single | Essex
132. Nick 1992 uk spec standard twin turbo, red, south wales
133. Martin | 1992 | silver stock twins| Birmingham
134. puggerchris | 1994 R2 Import| Silver | Twins | Manchester
135. eddiedwards | 1992 uk standard spec | South coast
137. Niall ( Yogibear ) | TVR Blue 1993 RE-A type R | Black Isle
138. Macca-RX7 | 1995 | Montego Blue Type R | Scotland
139. Petetheengineer | 1993 | Black |Type R street port |import| surrey
140. Matt rodgers | 1994 | silver | type r | east sussex
141. Swanny_UK | 1994 | Vintage Red | Type R | Cheshire
142. Chris (Grizzly) | 1994 | Black | Type R2 | Cheshire
143. Justin | 1994 | Black | UK spec,single turbo | Cheshire
144. Kevin Thackray | 1999 | Blue | Type RB-S | Surrey
145. Lee (Phaz) | 1997 | Silver | Type RS | Cumbria
146. Dave RXSpeedy | 1992 Type R | Black | Plymouth/Ruislip West London
147. Enzo | 1992 Type R | Lambo Balloon White/Black |Twins | Essex
148. aj47coupe | 1992 Type R1 | H8 TwoTone Blue/Green | Worthing, Sussex
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152. Gary (connor66) | 92 R1 | Red | V8 | Newcastle
153. Adrian (ANRX7) | 93 R1 | Yellow | single | Kent
154. Brendan 92 jap import montego blue single northants
155. Colette 94 Type-R jap import white Merseyside
156. Amber Performance| 1993 | Midnight purple | Dunstable, Bedordshire
157. Tom | 1992 | red | swansea/newquay, cornwall
158. Looksamc | 1995 | White | London
159. Efini85 | 1992 | Type-R Silver | Single | Herefordshire
160. 1992 | Red | Jap Import | South London
161. imi ( 1993 ) black (single) Portsmouth
162. Shielsy | 1993 | Red R1 | Stock | Milton Keynes
163. oveck4 | 1995 | White import | West London
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180. matthewbellamy | 1992 | Black | Type R | Twins | Birmingham
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185. Gaz FD, 1996, Black, Type RZ, Twins, Leeds
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187. FLAT4MATT, 1995, Red, Type RM, Single, Chorley (Lancashire)
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if you have the same width wheels all  round then you need the profiles to be the same, if theyre thinner on  the front then you will require a different profile. theres a way to  work it out bu i dont know how, but if you run the same profile you end  up with the car looking like its leaning forward because the rears are  actually bigger in circumference.
 
i have had 3 people explain to me about why different width tyre/wheel  combos require different profiles and i still dont really understand why
 
Your rears should be fine though, if not a slight roll of the inner ip can be done easily.

I was worried that the car might look like it was leaning back with the front sitting higher and just look stupid, I might bite the bullet and go with 35 profile all round. I get confused by the whole thing, that\'s why I thought I\'d best ask before I spend hundreds on unuseable tyres.

It\'s all to do with rolling circumference.  That is the distance around the edge of the tyre, or the distance the wheel and tyre will roll if you push it for one revolution.

On a car like the RX7 you need to have the same rolling circumference on all four tyres as otherwise the ABS (if fitted) will think one axle is rotating at a different speed under braking and cause ABS faults under braking.  On an RX8 it\'s even more important because of the DSC (b***h switch) as this is calibrated based on identical rolling circumferences on all wheels.

The way to check is the following:

First off you need to know the overall diameter of the tyre and wheel combination.

The wheel is easy, that\'s just the diameter of the rim.  So on a 17 inch it\'s 17 inches. (Obvious).  However because the imperial system gives me a headache I like to convert it into millimetres.  There are 25.4 mm to every inch so a 17 inch rim has a diameter of 17 x 25.4 mm = 431.8 mm

You then need the extra diameter added by the profile of the tyre.  Say you\'ve got a 235/40R17 tyre.   The profile is a percentage of the width of the tyre, so on a 40 profile tyre the profile is 40% of the width.  The width of the tyre is given in mm.

So the profile of the tyre in mm is 235 x 40% (or 0.4) = 94 mm

Because you\'ve got tyre at the top and bottom of the rim you have to multiply that by two.

2 x 94mm = 188mm

Therefore the overall diameter of the tyre is the diameter of the rim + 2 x the size of the profile.

So in the case of our example:

The diameter of the wheel and tyre is:

431.8mm + (2 x 94mm) = 619.8 mm

To get the circumference you simply multiply the diameter by pi.  If you\'re doing this on a calculator then use the pi button (π).

619.8 x π = 1947.16 mm

If you want to compare it to a 255/35R17 tyre you need to find the diameter of that tyre.

The rim diameter is the same, 431.8 mm

The tyre profile is 255 x 0.35 = 89.25

Therefore the overall diameter is 431.8 + (89.25 x 2) = 610.3

The rolling circumference is therefore:

610.3 x π = 1917.31 mm

It\'s immediately obvious that the 255/35R17 has a smaller rolling circumference but to find the percentage difference you need to divide the smaller number by the larger number and multiply the result by 100.

1917.31/1947.16 x 100 = 98.46%.  The smaller 255/35R17 tyre is 98.46% of the size of the 235/40R17 Tyre.  Or it\'s 1.54% smaller.  Generally most ABS systems will tolerate a difference of 1-2% so you\'d be okay.

If you don\'t have ABS then it\'s not a problem you just have to fit the same size tyre across the same axle, particularly on the rear if it\'s fitted with an LSD, a difference in size on these will wear out the LSD very quickly.

Wow! I had no idea so much was involved. Thanks for the in depth explanation, at first glance I thought my head was going to explode with all the information, but you have broken it down so it is useable for plebs like me, ha ha. Thanks man, really appreciate it :god

Sorry guys, haven\'t had acces to a computer the last few days and my phone was being a dick. The car is quite low, not any lower than yours though fil (those wheels are NICE by the way!) I have read before now that the offsets aren\'t ideal, the wheels look nice, but if I were to buy wheels for it I\'d have gone with something closer to 35.

18x10 255/35 looks just right actually so I should be ok with a 255 then, are the arches rolled at all? Since I\'m running 40 profile on the front would it be retarded to run 35\'s on the rear only? I don\'t have the cash right now to buy 4 tyres but I really need rears.

Well after having a good look the other night I really do think I\'ll have issues with anything over a 235/40 on the rear with that offset

265/35/18s fit easy on the rears, no rubbing. Fronts 235/40/18 with a little rubbing, no spacers, just deep dish

That\'s good to know, how much does offset effect this? I\'m a total noob when it comes to working these things out, always bought wheels with near oem offset for other cars.

Yeah it\'s the offset that\'s confusing me most, et 20 isn\'t too common and I can\'t find a damn thing about that offset and a 9.5" wheel. I know the fronts are et 35 8.5" with 225/40 and no clearance issues.

Thinking I\'ll have to stretch some unfortunately as the wheel sits flush with the outside of the arch so tyres that fitted right would rub. I don\'t mind the stretched look, but it\'s not for show so function over form every time.

No it\'s baffling why you would, I\'d never even heard of stretching tyres before I got the FD as I always slapped the most rubber I could on, but there will be clearance issues if I do that with these and I\'m not buying wheels any time soon, so I\'d like to stick wider tyres on. I don\'t have the cash for all new treads, or I would go better, but gonna stick with the Maxis MZ1 just now cos you can get a pair for under £200 new.

Hi all, recently had my MOT and ends up I have a nail in my rear tyre so I\'m on the hunt for some new ones. Been reading through many threads on multiple forums and I still can\'t figure out what will fit.

Currently the wheels are 18 x 9.5 ET 20 and the previous owner stretched a 225/40 on there, plenty of clearance with that, but I\'m not keen on that big of a stretch and since I\'m replacing anyway I would like the most rubber I can get on the road.

The rear arches aren\'t rolled, and it\'s not on the cards just now, wondering if anyone has any idea what size of tyre I can run without rubbing? I thought about just going with a 235/40 I know it will still be a fair stretch, but not as bad as it was. Does anyone know if a 245 or even a 255 will fit without rubbing?

Essay over, ha ha, sorry for the massive spiel.

Welcome! Would be nice to see an RX3/4 going about Aberdeen, as far as I know there aren\'t any. There are a few guys on here from Aberdeen. I\'m new to rotaries myself bought an FD in December and playing the waiting game until the weather decides to calm down a bit and all the grit gets washed away.

Well if I didn\'t already have one sapping my money I\'d buy that in a heartbeat, GLWTS.