rx8 on track.

[boosted]

Been watching a lot of rx8 track action round Castle Combe on You tube! ....mainly Wil66 and Clive .....Can i ask you guys what mods and what times you were doing?
not giving to much away at the moment as best laid plans.....but i have just sold my vx220 ......and my 7 is too old and.........:3gears-rh

[Will66]

I\'ve got Racing Brake 4 piston callipers on the front, Racing Brake Discs all round, ET500 pads and Cusco Zero II coilovers and I was running Toyo R888s, I\'ve got a RB intake and catback and a Toyosports Decat.  According to my video I reckon I\'m going round in about 1:29-1:30.  I know Clive\'s car has Tein Suspension, the same brakes but more aggressive pads and the Full Racing Beat Exhaust as well as the intake, I think he\'s got a 4.77:1 diff in his whereas mine\'s a standard 4.11:1 and he\'s got Yokohama A048R tyres on his but I\'m not sure what other mods he has.

[boosted]

Cheers Will. ......I take it your running full interiors not stripped in any way?

[Will66]

Yep.  This is the full spec on it!

Grip
Hankook RS2 Z212 235/40R18 95Y XL Tyres
Cusco Zero II Coilovers
Cusco Econ Controller (controls the damper force on the Zero IIs)
Cusco Strut Brace
Dotz Touge 18x8 ET35 Alloy Wheels

Stopping
Racing Brake 4 piston front Callipers, Racing Brake Discs and ET500 Pads all round
Goodridge Stainless Steel Brake Lines

Gnarly Noise
Racing Beat REVi Ram intake duct
Racing Beat REVi Airbox and Filter
Toyosports Single Silenced Decat Pipe (Nice new cat in the Garage for MOT time!)
Racing Beat REVi R3 Quad Exit Exhaust

Shifting Cogs that little bit quicker
Axial Flow Quickshift

External Shiny Stuff
Full set of Lockwood Grills
Stuck-On Plate on the Bonnet, Lowered and offset plate to keep it legal
Yellow Painted Rear Calipers
Rotary Oil Cap
"Custom" Brake Light Decal

Interior Noodling
Pettit Racing Rotary Radio Knob

Electronic Geekery
HKS CAMPII Gauge System
EFIDude OBDII Logger

"Choons"
Audiolink iPod connector

[clive]

Good to see another looking at an RX-8 for track use as many dont realise what a good car these are on track,

As Will has already said our cars are not stripped down racers and still have all the creature comforts in place.

I deliberatly run a stock engine and un-mapped stock ECU to show you can get good speed from the RX-8 chassis around the track, not much in the way of times but it would seem quick enough to embarrass quite a few different makes including some pukka race stuff .

Castle Coombe 1.25 and Brands around 59/60 seconds without any clear laps in traffic and conservative driving as you know you have got to drive it home , no times known for Cadwell or Oulton but seems to be up to the job ok.      

Spec /

Racing Brake 4 pot calliper conversion with their 2 piece “Race” Drilled and Grooved Discs and braided brake lines with
Racing brake ET 500 pads for road and Hawk DTC 60/DTC 30 for track.

Tein Monflex suspension

Larger Front and Rear Racing Beat anti roll bars and beefier drop links

Poly Bush suspension kit.

R3 4.7 diff

Exedy Single plate Carbon Fibre Clutch assembly

Racing Beat exhaust manifold, silenced 3" de-cat pipe and REV8 3" bore cat-back system.

Magnecor ignition leads fitted with Mazda’s latest uprated coils  

Koyo Alloy Radiator

Racing Beat air filter box to go with the Racing Beat air intake scoop already fitted under the nose to get some fresh air in.

Dotz Alpha 8X18 wheels with Eibach 20mm spacers all round Yokohama 245/4018 Sport tires or A048 for Track use

[Will66]

I forgot but I\'ve got the Magnacore leads too!  In terms of plans for mine, when finances allow I am going to get a Racing Beat Manifold and probably a Greddy Sump (increased oil capacity, better cooling and doesn\'t rust!) and some new coils.  Might change the tyres when they wear out for some Federal RS-R 595s or possibly some Yokohamas if I can find them cheaply.

[Arnie_O]

A stock RX8 will handle quite well around a track also, you dont have to be modified to get some good times. I think i ran a couple of track days before i strated playing with modifications seriously..

Will Dont forget your Strut brace with master cylinder brace lol

[Will66]

Lol, it\'s got a lot of bits on it!

[clive]

A stock RX8 will handle quite well around a track also, you dont have to be modified to get some good times.  lol

Aston\'s 100% correct, a bone stock RX-8 goes around the tack very very well in terms of overall lap times due to its excellent handling

[Will66]

The one thing with the stock RX8 that puts people off is that it rolls quite a bit, if you keep pushing though it\'s actually got lots of grip you just go everywhere at an odd angle!

[boosted]

Thanks guys......I\'ll update later......:Thumbs-up

[kiwimazda]

You say your 7 is to old. Is that for certain championship rules or is it just getting on a bit

Cheers
Brian

[clive]

The one thing with the stock RX8 that puts people off is that it rolls quite a bit, if you keep pushing though it\'s actually got lots of grip you just go everywhere at an odd angle!

Don\'t worry Aston\'s got some bars coming, that should stop you getting sea sick when your behind him seeing at his car at lurid angles :rollin

[Arnie_O]

Cheers for letting that cat out the bag Clive lol.

My suspension is not quite as advances as Clive\'s or that of Will66 yet...

[Will66]

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