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mazda rx8 192 5 speed 2008.

rare heated leather power drivers seat cream interior. very clean no obvious damage except the missing blanking plate in the radio where someone has removed a Minidisk player and a missing button cover on the drivers seat.

airbag cover NOT cracked
heated seats work as expected

good tyres
new exedy oem 6 speed (231) clutch and 231 flywheel.
new clutch master
newly rebuilt front calipers and new hoses
r3 heatsheilding
new oils and filters throughout (engine box and diff) less than 100 miles ago
almost 12months mot
new exhaust mid pipe.(between cat and silencer)
mazda rev c coils and magnecore leads
new front oil cooler hose
DECAT
hot starts ok see video.
https://youtu.be/Ep-DHpTVZcI


very clean low mile car throughout in a very desirable colour.

~62k miles

bad bits and its a big one...

engine is having oil control issues.
it smokes at low rpm and coming off the overrun, so this is being sold as needing a rebuild soon. i have done 50 miles today in it and it doesn't smoke at all at high rpm, but coming off idle or coming off the overrun it smokes.

a basic rebuild would solve this, its just oil control seal failure. there is no knocking or power loss. it drives absolutely fine as long as you don't look behind you. i would happily jump in this and take it on a road trip tomorrow, id just pack a bottle of oil.

only other thing wrong is the ac isn't charged.

your exhaust looks like it fits a lot easier than mine   

ill be at pips on the 18/dec. don't suppose your planning on being there at the same time    be amazing to see it on the dyno.

dont worry, i found it funny myself. gotta laugh

its a wing headlight and bumper. no biggie. will be sorted soon.

Thanks for the thoughts and offers, they are appreciated.

Necks OK today and I started my physio today by starting today by starting to strip the car 

Not quite as bad as I thought and confined mainly to the head lamp braketery area.

The impact force was so great that it tore my battery box from its mounts and flipped the door catch to the locked position (so that's why we couldn't get the door open!).

Fortunately I still have the old spitter that will give me holes i can use to re-align the bent brackets.
Monday I will order a new wing so by the end of the week I can get the headlamp back in the correct position so the new nose cone will fit.
Sadly my new oil cooler has a hole in it so I have decided to try and save some money and see if my welder mate can sort it for now.     

 


glad the cars back out again and it wasnt too hard to fix 


to make you feel better...
snap, kinda...




 

also it would be perfectly possible to have this pass a mot as long as you can get it through emissions. it DOES have a Cat on it.

for sale is my almost finished REW turbo swapped rx8 track car.

the spec is huge.

the engine turbo and ecu package as removed from clive (Racing Beat Europe's) race car. it is a monster ported 13B REW engine with a cosmo intake and a huuuuge turbo.

Link G4 Xtreme ecu wired in and initial tuned by Pip Gardner of pg automotive
RRP coils and custom leads
can converter from G-rom so E-pas works
Tial wastegate with a .6bar spring
Go fast bits sv52 BOV with custom spring set supplied specially by GFB tech
Go Fast Bits Ge-force III electronic boost controller set to 1 bar
AIM MXS Strada Dash
gps09 gps module for speed and lap timing.
zeitronics wideband kit
rising rate fuel pressure regualtor
Davies Craig Electric water pump and controller
Franklin performance EWP adapter
JDL MFG A/C and Alternator Mounting kit (a/c works)
Bosch 044 fuel pump
Fully custom aluminium radiator

and loads more


the chassis spec:
stripped interior
carbon fibre drivers bucket seat side mounted
half cage
6 point? harness
Meister r coilovers.
plastic windows
full set of gauges
engine cut off switch
did i mention working ac?
front and rear strut braces
new windscreen
corner weighted
4 wheel alignment done by motorsport specialist for hillclimb use.


and hundreds of hours of painstaking work

but it is NOT finished.

it runs, drives and the cooling system SHOULD work, but i have not driven it for any appreciable distance to check that since modifying it to resolve previous issues.

it needs some mapping work to sort the idle out (waaaay rich atm) and therefore it does stall when hot. it also has hot start issues if it has been idling for a long time as it fouls the plugs. if it wont hot start, if you immediately pull the plugs and clean them, it starts straight up.

the dash can link has not been finished. the dash has been checked by AIM and is fine, but i cant get it to talk. you have gps speed but no rpm or shift lights

the fuel gauge needs programming, it is wired in.

the cruise control is wired and set to the right an input, but not programmed.
the clutch and brake switches are wired but not configured.(only needed for cruise.)

there is more than £20k of parts in this. i stopped counting.


spares kit will come with the car for the right price
2 additional sets of wheels and tyres, one worn set of semi slicks, 1 nearly new set of full soft rally slicks
brembo front calipers in full working order, will requite freaky parts adapters to fit, and wheel spacers.
spare bumper, bonnet, doors and wings (not colour matched)
spare set of meister rear dampers and a full set of springs (different to what is fitted)


£20k or near offer. delivery avaliable.


these pics are the best i have at the moment and are from various stages of the build.

thanks clive  it was a bit of a mission.

It's not finally mapped yet and I've asked pip to lower the redline so it's in the 450 range

annnd 5 days later ive finally finished reading this  

im really looking forward to starting my version of this build with your research and development helping me avoid all the pitfalls

in the mean time, i also look forward to seeing your next step

After a awful lot of time, rather too much money and a week at pips place, I now have a running driving car.
https://youtu.be/hrtyMgf73Fc

More work to do but I'm very happy 

 

that'd do it

I'm getting a permission error

now sorted many thanks.

stil for sale.

many thanks, ive got a couple of leads now but will follow those up if they dont work out.