RX8 Modifications

[Will66]

Now the RX8 is coming up for five years old and more are getting modified, I thought it would be interesting to see what other people have done to theirs and what they are considering for the future.
 
To start things off then:
 
Current Modifications on the Car:
 
Borla Stainless Steel Catback Exhaust
Blitz SUS Power Induction kit.
Full Lockwood Stainless Steel Grills
Graphite Powder Coated Standard Rims
Audiolink Ipod Connector
Falken FK452 245/40R18 Tyres.
Pettit Racing Stage II Brake kit
Pettit Racing Billet Aluminium Radio Knob
Second Set of Rims with Toyo R888 245/40R18 Trackday Tyres
 
Future Mods (Near future, probably before Christmas)
Racing Beat REVi Ram Air Kit
HKS Camp II Gauge System
Cusco Zero II Coilovers
Cusco Econ Damper Controller
Cusco Strut and Master Cylinder Brace Bar
 
Future Mods (Long Term, next year at least)
Pettit Racing Stage II Supercharger
High Flow Catalytic Converter
Lightweight Flywheel
Exedy stage I/II Clutch
Powder Coat Second Set of Rims
 
Future Mods (waaaay in the future)
Full Respray in strange colour
Seibon CF Bonnet, Boot and Sills

[RX8Head]

OK I\'ll help this thread along a bit then Will .
As Will and any members of another certean site will know I\'ve done a fair bit to my 8 and the list is below.

Done:
Bonnet stay dampers
SS strakes
Blue LEDs
K & N Filter
Club decals
Club tax disk holder
Lowered front plate
Racing Beat Grills
Borla Exhuast
Tien Lowering springs
Powder Coated wheels in Anthracite Black now with rotory badges
Passange footplate
Scuff Plates
B pillar trims
Chrome turn bulbs and led side lights
Feed front nose
Fabulous side skirts
Mazdaspeed wing
Mazda rear under deflectors
Tein front strut bar
Racing Brake front and rear drilled and slotted rotors, Racing Brake front 4 pot calipers and pads and Hawk rear pads.
Rotory shaped oil filler cap
Rotory shaped dipstick

Soon (hopefully)
Footwell lights.
Window tints.
Paint bits under the bonnet.
Racing beat oil and water dails.

Sometime way in the future
Supercharger or Turbo

Oh and he\'s a pic of it when it was stickered up for LeMans

[Spectre26]

Excellent. Both very nice. Good to see that RX8s in the UK are beginning to be modded. Finally catching up to the JDM and stateside crowds.

I have so many things I want to do with my 8 but I really can\'t justify it to myself. I only drive it for less than 2mths a year.

Sigh... real catch22 for me. Live n work in the uk and be too poor to even put fuel in my 8 or work over seas and have more than enough cash to buy any mod I could want & foot the fuel bill but never get a chance to drive it...

Taken to comforting myself by saying, investing in driver training is more valuable than any mod out there... not working too good convincing myself thou:p

[colin777]

im a brand new owner of a rx8, and was wondering when u go adding exhausts and air filters and superchargers. whats the story with ecu and mapping. im comin from a rx7 so im pure paranoid about running lean or rich and breaking something. i heard about a getting a software upgrade but never looked into yet
any help and advise for a new 8 owner, im still a 7 owner incase ya think im turning my back on the fd. rotary for life:mmmm

[RX8Head]

Addding zorst or air filters won\'t cause the ecu any problems and you\'ll get very little if any increase in performance but the zorst does make it sound a lot nicer.  If you start fitting a sc or turbo then you\'ll need either a piggy back ecu or the ecu re flashing.  There\'s lots more info on the  RX8 Owners Club:)

[essexgirlracer]

all I have it my HKS legamax exhaust still. after my next stage which will be purely cosmetic I was considering turbo or supercharger but which one is the question. want reliablity as I dont fancy saying a prayer over my AA card like we seem to do in the 7 every time I go out.
Also is it true if it gets DeCat the engine mangement light stays on?

[AshRX]

want reliablity as I dont fancy saying a prayer over my AA card like we seem to do in the 7 every time I go out

ill remember that :reallymad

[Bobbit]

Get some pics up then fellas!
Glad to see the RX-8\'s are getting tuned and tweaked

[RX8Head]

after my next stage which will be purely cosmetic I was considering turbo or supercharger but which one is the question. want reliablity as I dont fancy saying a prayer over my AA card like we seem to do in the 7 every time I go out.
Also is it true if it gets DeCat the engine mangement light stays on?

What bits are you looing and putting on your 8?. I\'ve already done the cosmetic stuff so the next big thing will be a SC or Turbo although there might be one or two small mods before the SC/Turbo.  As for which to go for reliablity not sure there\'s much to choose between them as long as they are well installed.  I\'m leaning towards a SC as it\'s the low down power where I fell the 8 is missing out and a SC will give you an increase in power in the whole rev range where as a Turbo will only kick in over a set number of revs.

Get some pics up then fellas!
Glad to see the RX-8\'s are getting tuned and tweaked

Got another couple of  pics of mine here and just say the word and I\'ll post some more here :Giggle and yep people are starting to do more and more to the 8s :cool.

[Bobbit]

looks great bud, stops it looking like a kids toy and turns it into a mean looking sports car. Love it