rx8 on track.

[Grant Monkhouse]

Where Clives Rx8 Race car Project thread? Been searching and cant find?
Clive....
What lap times with those new pads where you doing? and realistically what hypothetical times could a race prepped Rx8 do round combe....I so wanna race a rotor but i cant afford to compete in the special GT series in combe.
 
1.20 just seems to big a challenge.
 
Our brief chat has re-ignited my desire to race a Rotor!!! Can i take it to Class A guys in Tin tops?

Clives thread is in the members rides section, you have to be a full paid up member to view that section. join up bud and you get discounts on all sorts of things which total more than than the club membership

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Will do when i get back from 2-10 shift!  ...been meaning to in for a penny an all that......Off to the Darkside ! Lol

[Casey]

I was doing consistently achieving 1m27s around the circuit in my RX-8 with the mods you see listed below. I\'m 100% certain my car could do better but the driver needs bigger balls to carry even higher speeds through the corners

Clive was considerably faster. With failing brakepads he was clocked at 1m25s and he reckons he did 2-3 secs quicker when he changed the pads. Bearing in mind he hasn\'t done much to strip out weight, I could see that 1m20s would be achievable in an RX-8 with just suspension and brake upgrades, plus lightening the car a little. Clive is being encouraged to diet too - we chastised him at a meal after Japfest for not eating his lettuce...:Laugh

There\'s a chap on the RX8OC who is local to Castle Combe, races single seaters there and knows the circuit very well . He bought an RX-8 last year with a view to racing it at CCombe. He has since "upgraded" to the RX8 "PZ" version with improved suspension and this is what he posted up;

"I\'ve recently changed from 231 to PZ. I reckon I could take a standard PZ round Castle Combe in 1m23s dead. Lap record for full blown race saloon is 1m16s and this is the bumpiest circuit in the country."

I have done a quick google and the quickest official time recorded at Combe for a saloon is 1m14.6s in a GT-R.

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Cheers Guys for the info....I spectate every race meeting and class A guys are sub 1.20 consistently! .....its all down to the classes and applying a coefficient to a rotary!

[HaywardRotary]

The Putts in an FD RX7 regulary run 1.11\'s in Castle Combe GTs with an engine we have built and tuned.

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The Putts in an FD RX7 regulary run 1.11\'s in Castle Combe GTs with an engine we have built and tuned.

That "thing" is awesome.....Only thing i can compared it to is some sea monster that creep ashore 1 night and swallowed a rotary engine.....

I seen the Putts competing in Special GT but they have not showed this year and looks like they may be doing thundersaloons.......He is up against turbo 1300 gsxr Radicals.....i just dont have that budget : Saloons for me  (.........:Party:Party:Party:Party:Party:Party unless somebody wants to SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR me :3gears-lh:3gears-lh:3gears-lh:3gears-lh:3gears-lh    :god:2Mad:driving:driving:Hammer:evillaugh:InLove  

...worth a try!!!!  

They\'ve just started there own Classic series.....i am goona take a look at the regs .......maybe an early rotary? Gets me from Track to Race and maybe see what happens?

[HaywardRotary]

What you need is a 300 hp Naturally aspirated 13b lump in there 300 hp should do it.

[Casey]

The Putts in an FD RX7 regulary run 1.11\'s in Castle Combe GTs with an engine we have built and tuned.

Ah, that\'s the one featured on the front cover of Jap Performance this month! I\'ve never bought that mag before but did so for the first time, seeing that car on the cover sold it to me :mmmm

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Ah, that\'s the one featured on the front cover of Jap Performance this month! I\'ve never bought that mag before but did so for the first time, seeing that car on the cover sold it to me :mmmm

It was at Japfest and out on track as well......it was flying! There\'s some clips on you tube.

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lol!!!Thread revival!  Found this searching for something else!  well 18 months later! Sort of got there! maybe 2015 !

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The Putts in an FD RX7 regulary run 1.11\'s in Castle Combe GTs with an engine we have built and tuned.

if they came back now they\'d be at the front! Dont know where there racing now.

[Casey]

if they came back now they\'d be at the front! Dont know where there racing now.

Jon, the Putts are on facebook https://www.facebook.com/puttracing/info so you can find out what\'s happening on there