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It really boils down to what you want the car for....
Daily
Show
Track
Or a bit of all 3.
Fb nice i want 1 but saving that for when im older else i wreck it with spoilers n go faster track bits...

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It will be a daily. .. That will see an occasional show and 1/4 mile.
I want it to be clean and original looking with rear louvers and a slight drop.

After much thought and consideration,  I've changed direction.  I'm now planning on getting an fb. Perhaps 83 or later. I want to keep it carburated and run the 12a until it dies. Mods I plan on are just racing beat full exhaust and maybe racing beat induction. And perhaps slightly modding the stock carb. Ignition and suspension upgrades and just enjoy it. I will run premix.
After I kill the 12a I will throw in a 13b with weber 48 down draft carbs and rb manifold.  Then once that goes I will have it rebuilt with a full bridge and goopy seals. Might upgrade to weber 52 at that point. It's a long term goal to end with the bridged carb 13b.

I'll likely throw an s5 13b into it (of course depends what is available. I want the higher compression lighter rotors)

Welcome to the forum! People here are welcoming and full of advice.
In my research,  I've found that first mods should be cooling system upgrades. Anyway, just be mindful of oil changes and coolant temperature. And have fun with it.

Things have moved on in the land of RX-8's but as with any search for power it comes with a cost .

The RX-8 with Goopy Apex seals would be a good start as these are ideal for taking a Turbo on board.

With the right like this one on the link and an Adaptronic to tune it properly something approaching 400 is now achievable and the car still drives like an NA RX-8-------no lag 

http://www.racingbeateurope.com/brx8--borg-warner-twin-scroll-turbo---b-932-p.asp

It appears the kit from greddy is NLA through greddy but I did come across another vendor selling a greddy kit for £4000. Does sound like a good deal and I'd prefer the low mount kit to the top mount.

Can anybody verify if I'll have trouble with mot at all with a turbo converted 8? I'm assuming that I'll have to Register then conversion with dvla.
I will be doing supporting mods first like radiator uograde,  and should need rebuild I'll use goopy seals ( although I heard they don't hold up well above 8500 rpm? That's what I was told when digging around for fc rx7 info)

Essex Rotary have a rx8 turbo....Astons personal car i believe and Clive on here RX8 is turbo'd...ill wait til Clive comes along here, he will steer you in the right direction....its a route with many twists and turns however....

Cheers. Is there a better section in the forum to post this on?
And I'm familiar with what comes with turbo cars haha. But yeah I figure iif I'm spending so much in a kit, it should work properly.

Any suggestions for bolt on turbo kits? Just wanna see what's tried and tested in the rx8 community. I've seen several different kits offered online with prices ranging from $4000 to $7000.
I would definitely like to keep the car able to pass mot ( will it with a turbo kit?) - I assume it should still pass as long as the factory emissions control are intact and it actually passes the gas analyzer.

Things I'm looking for with a kit are ability to run low and high boost settings. Able to be driven daily, with a goal of close to 500 whp.

Very nice build. And the attention to detail is amazing! Taking the extra time to do things properly really makes all the difference.  Keep up the good work!

Yes we are def going to jap fest. Are there any local meets or groups on facebook?

And I'm quite decided on a Gen 1 rx8. The space and power to £ ratio sounds almost too good to be true. I won't be getting it until I can secure my visa, but it's something to work towards.

Have arrived safely in the uk, currently in Hayes area, will be in high Wycombe for the next few days as well.  Would love to meet up and chat with anyone in the area.

Excellent.  I def have an idea on the direction I want to go with this. Thank you for all your input. My wife and I fly out tonight and are landing in London tomorrow morning. Looking forward to attending meets.

The 8 is a fully modern car twin electric fans, electric seats ac, sat nav, leather TC the lot. the achilles heals is the coils must have new gen C coils or aftermarket upgrades. Buy from a fellow gear head and you cant go wrong....there are some dogs out there however. The pz special edition is also i nice example modified from new by Prodrive the rally whizzes. 

Def liking the idea of it. Any opinion on how reliable the bridge port is on the renesis?  I heard not to bother on hr rx7 because the bridge will break on the long run. If that's the case I'll just stick with a heavy street port. I want this engine to last a long time, and if bridging it sacrifices the reliability, then I really don't want to do go thst way

Yeah coolas..quite rare over here alot have sucuumbed to the dreaded rust! Happened to silvia s12. Paint and crud holding it together!

Going to respond on my own thread, as to not clutter someone elses.

I was digging around last night and found one I think an 06 with something like 64k miles, that had just been rebuilt and street ported and had goopy seals, etc. Had a 12 month warranty on rebuild and the shop was only asking around £3000

That sounds like a heck of a deal! Considering I'll pay way more for an s5 rx7 in similar condition ( perhaps double)

Also looks like there is an abundance of aftermarket parts for the 8.

As for echaust, rb header, high flow cat pipe, amd rb dual exhaust outlet looks great for me. And upgrading radiator and intake filter kit.

I'm assuming the 8 has an electric fan?

If I do go this route,  I'll definitely still premix, probably 5 oz a full up, is the fuel tank a 15 gallon tank like the fc?

Thank you for all the help.

Also it'll be a daily that can get my 1 year old around,  and my wife is a gear headlight anyway so she'd love driving it.

Did you sort something out ? Are u getting 1 from Carl! Is it bridged!

Interesting! It sounds like getting an 8 over a 7 is a better deal.

Question.. do you know if the ported 8s have trouble passing emissions in the mot? That's one of the reasons I wanted to get an fc instead of an 8, the fact that it doesnt have to pass emissions.

Very cool ride! This forum is great and the people are very friendly here. Can't wait to meet you in person and talk rotors.

So the car sold to my friend and I deleted the for sale post. I'm leaving the pictures here for reference and so I can remember all that I did.  I like to think it will inspire me to build my rx7 right.