mazda 818

peterbarber123 · May 12, 2009, 11:57:25 PM

Quote from: ramirez;607204did your brother buy my soarer the other week !?! i coulda sworn he was talking about this 818 to me!

indeed he did mate:yes.

ramirez · May 13, 2009, 12:07:44 AM

Quote from: peterbarber123;607206indeed he did mate:yes.

nice one... firstly this motor looks sweet.. secondly, let me know how he gets on with the soarer... is he doing a manual swap on it?

peterbarber123 · May 13, 2009, 04:20:15 PM

Quote from: ramirez;607209nice one... firstly this motor looks sweet.. secondly, let me know how he gets on with the soarer... is he doing a manual swap on it?

he\'s saving up mate to do the conversion, won\'t be too long tho:Thumbs-up

yoeddynz · May 13, 2009, 07:06:22 PM

Pop your 818 pictures up on ..... rotorsport- theres a fair few oldschool nutters on there now who would love to see it and can give some advice as well. :Talking1

Ausrotary as mentioned above has loads of info- almost too much! Lots of knowledge there though!

Alex

peterbarber123 · May 13, 2009, 09:43:55 PM

Quote from: yoeddynz;607409Pop your 818 pictures up on ..... rotorsport- theres a fair few oldschool nutters on there now who would love to see it and can give some advice as well. :Talking1

Ausrotary as mentioned above has loads of info- almost too much! Lots of knowledge there though!

Alex

will do this on friday mate, need to register to the site, also should have more of an update too

stacy · May 15, 2009, 05:01:05 PM

Peter,

If you want a personal intro to Warren Gazzard at Gaz Shocks I\'m more than happy to do it. You might find a more accomodating position if they know some more about the car and the work they\'ll need to do.

Lowering the car will reduce the weight transfer through the CofG and therefore will decrease the roll for a given roll stiffness.

So I\'d suggest you get the ride height roughly where you want it before making too many changes in terms of camber and the like.

In terms of engines I have a championship winning and lap record setting 12A bridge port in a plastic box in the back of my car at the moment. Still wondering what I\'ll do with it (this is my old Group 1 Touring Car engine). Still going strong with dyno to prove. I\'m not going back to Group 1 so if you\'re interested let me know.

S.

stacy · May 15, 2009, 05:03:47 PM

Quote from: Brett;605768LEDA was the other suspension comapny I was thinking of - give them a call, they can sort you out as well

The Dave (DA) from Leda is now at Gaz.

The new Leda seem a fair bit dearer than the old faithful club racing set up we knew and loved.

S.

peterbarber123 · May 15, 2009, 06:30:33 PM

Quote from: stacy;608051The Dave (DA) from Leda is now at Gaz.

The new Leda seem a fair bit dearer than the old faithful club racing set up we knew and loved.

S.

give me a shout mate re the engine, my number is 07727612913

cheers pete

Brett · May 15, 2009, 09:42:52 PM

Quote from: stacy;608051The Dave (DA) from Leda is now at Gaz.

The new Leda seem a fair bit dearer than the old faithful club racing set up we knew and loved.

S.

Worth knowing :yes Thanks Stacy :Thumbs-up

Moonwrap · May 19, 2009, 03:09:27 AM

Congratulations on your 818!

I have such fond memories of these as it was the first Mazda my Dad bought and it has seemed to have a bit of a Mazda impact on my life from there on in!

THE MAD KIWI · August 02, 2009, 08:16:59 AM

have you had the front converted to coilovers yet ,ive 818 struts in my rx323 and if the price was right would get them done as well,:driving
and hope fully a discount on the 4

Brett · August 02, 2009, 10:59:17 AM

Id be interested to know the cost too!

THE MAD KIWI · August 02, 2009, 11:05:56 AM

anyone out there mod suspension?

?

clive · August 02, 2009, 11:21:11 AM

Quote from: THE MAD KIWI;631383anyone out there mod suspension??

One of the very few mods on our RX-4 was to convert the stock struts to coil over so the car didn\'t sit like a speed boat as most did,

Talk to GAZ in Essex for any type of custom suspension mods,

peterbarber123 · August 02, 2009, 10:42:09 PM

sorry guys, really should have updated this one,

i was nagged to death by an irish fella for this so sadly it was sold.