Clive's 400 BHP Super GT RX-8 Race Car

Started by clive, April 29, 2012, 05:00:49 PM

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Jamie R

He's a genuinely down to earth fella.
No dramas. Some folk just don't handle the popularity or the huge transformation their lives take when becoming famous.

You read so many times how people just aren't prepared or warned about it

It must be very strange


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Prototype

#3901
Just in the assembly area waiting to go out

boosted

Good luck! Are they letting the Trabants out for this race?

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92 FD rx7 Twins 13.5psi.  EX Track car
EAT SLEEP ROTOR REPEAT.

boosted

That was fun! What happened on last lap?
92 FD rx7 Twins 13.5psi.  EX Track car
EAT SLEEP ROTOR REPEAT.

Mr Spiller

Yep was a a bit strange


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Quote from: boosted on November 07, 2021, 12:12:07 PM
That was fun! What happened on last lap?
Caught the fuel pump switch changing gear 😳

clive

#3906

Debated about bending the new gear leaver a bit more last week but I thought it was far enough away from the dash to be OK.

Obviously not, in the heat of battle, I obviously caught the switch with a finger, and that was all she wrote  :(

Real shame as the car was going well and I at least, as you will see in the video I had one hulluva race with a couple of very near misses, also finally I have a gear box that actually change down as well as up.

Really helped have a good race at the end of the season as this has made me more hungry to somehow get more power and boost into the car to get it properly competitive against the guys in the Thunder Saloon series.   
All the best Clive

boosted

Excellent news ! Good to finish on a high. Switch can be moved simple cost free solution. Looking forward to the onboard.


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Mr Spiller

Yes
Real good news the gearbox works well
Simple fix with the switch
It seemed to happen in quite a bad place with the traffic .
How much power can the gearbox take ?


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clive

Quote from: Mr Spiller on November 07, 2021, 03:28:59 PM
Yes
Real good news the gearbox works well
Simple fix with the switch
It seemed to happen in quite a bad place with the traffic .
How much power can the gearbox take ?

All correct also, How much power can the gearbox take ? Answer is what ever power I can make which is why I have persevered with this box this season  :great:
All the best Clive

Casey

Quote from: clive on November 07, 2021, 03:22:57 PM
Really helped have a good race at the end of the season as this has made me more hungry to somehow get more power and boost into the car to get it properly competitive against the guys in the Thunder Saloon series.

:13: :13:
RX-8 230 Bridgeported: Racing Brake Disks & 4 pot front calipers,Full Racing Beat (RB) SS Exhaust system,RB ARB's F & R,RB REVI intake,Tein MonoFlex Coilovers & front strut brace.
RX-7, KIMI 1, 1st Gen S2, Silver,1983 - SORN
RX-7, KIMI 2,^^Ditto - now sold
RX-7, KIMI 3, 1st Gen S3, Red,1984

Casey

Thanks for another great in car video Philip  :13:

The commentary overlay makes it so much more interesting  :icon_thumleft:
RX-8 230 Bridgeported: Racing Brake Disks & 4 pot front calipers,Full Racing Beat (RB) SS Exhaust system,RB ARB's F & R,RB REVI intake,Tein MonoFlex Coilovers & front strut brace.
RX-7, KIMI 1, 1st Gen S2, Silver,1983 - SORN
RX-7, KIMI 2,^^Ditto - now sold
RX-7, KIMI 3, 1st Gen S3, Red,1984

Mr Spiller

Quote from: clive on November 07, 2021, 03:33:25 PM
Quote from: Mr Spiller on November 07, 2021, 03:28:59 PM
Yes
Real good news the gearbox works well
Simple fix with the switch
It seemed to happen in quite a bad place with the traffic .
How much power can the gearbox take ?

All correct also, How much power can the gearbox take ? Answer is what ever power I can make which is why I have persevered with this box this season  :great:
That's good news then


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clive

Things got a bit close today!, The RS500 Sierra had already spun one way and here's the pictures of it coming back the other way. I knew it would, so I kept my foot in. Had I lifted we would have had two dead cars!!

All the best Clive

Jamie R

Jesus, that's too close for my liking

Bum twitching moment for both


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