Rx8 project (probably same as everyone else but different and much betterer)

Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 01:29:38 PM

Quote from: Smiffers on June 09, 2016, 01:27:00 PM
Normally a pain in the arse - a press is a pre-requisite unless you are a sadist with a vice and a lot of time on your hands.

Does being fairly strong and have anger issues help??? lol

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 02:03:36 PM

Had a quick look, rear subframe bushing looks like something too leave for when it's a none road car. I can only see solid mounts too OR replace them with a standard new item. No delrin available

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 02:06:46 PM

Look how expensive the bush kit is for an fd!!

It's only Â£250 for an rx8, it just shows the different approach Mazda took in the suspension geometry and basically changed it to be simpler but betterer?

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boosted · June 09, 2016, 02:19:05 PM

Lol....i do think bushes are great and defo for a track set up but all the 8 guys rave about the arbs as a great rx8 mod poss as standard are a bit soft.
Id wait for Clive and Casey to come along. I think youll be impressed just with the stiffer progressive eibach springs tbh. (And some decent rubber).
We need to get you on track.....convert you from cross dressing to real mans track work...lol.

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boosted · June 09, 2016, 02:22:16 PM

I think the fd is more race inspired....with pillow balls and aluminium tca's....its defo better quality...imo having spannered both.

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 02:23:27 PM

Cross dressing?? Lmao drag racing is the ultimate, but this car ain't seeing the drag strip, 15 second 1/4 miles is embarrassing. This is going on track, just going to sort these few things I want to do first, but a half decent skid lid then look at a track day. Croft is defo a track I want to drive on. And silverstone

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 02:25:30 PM

Quote from: boosted on June 09, 2016, 02:22:16 PM
I think the fd is more race inspired....with pillow balls and aluminium tca's....its defo better quality...imo having spannered both.

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Yeh Mazda basically made a road race car, so much adjustability in the geometry on an fd just by the sheer amount of parts you can adjust!

Plus there more parts to make look new too so there's the little details in the chassis that you can be proud of when someone looks underneath and goes, "wow you have done a quality job under there"

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 02:29:18 PM

I could really do with selling just my ecu to gain funds for the arbs then Iv done most of the suspension

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 04:16:09 PM

Just watched this, https://youtu.be/AMMvHObT0xg

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boosted · June 09, 2016, 06:08:05 PM

Nice vid.

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Grant Monkhouse · June 09, 2016, 08:36:05 PM

Prett good isn't it. Just came across it by chance

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re japi · June 10, 2016, 04:10:29 AM

Really good vid... "we hated rotarys, bloody noisy things"...

Grant Monkhouse · June 10, 2016, 08:27:48 AM

Quote from: re japi on June 10, 2016, 04:10:29 AM
Really good vid... "we hated rotarys, bloody noisy things"...

I like how he says the rx8 doesn't have the power to weight his rx3 and the other cars have. Which he loses out of the corners but he makes up with braking and through and into the corners

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re japi · June 10, 2016, 09:57:37 AM

Yeah, I noticed that too

And really interesting to see how 8 corners compared to FB

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Grant Monkhouse · July 01, 2016, 02:37:13 PM

So today I installed the front lowering springs.... And it doesn't look any lower

haven't done any miles on them yet so hopefully they will settle a fair bit. Had an issue as to which Spring went on the fronts but left Clive a message and lose rang back almost immediately and confirmed that the ones ending part number with HA are the rear ones, so we put the ones part number ending VA on the front.

I can "feel" a difference in the front, slightly bit firmer and also the roll isn't as bad but I can't fully judge the roll until I go out on my own doing some round abouts

Complete pain when you haven't done this job in a while and working out the quickest way and least amount of screw removal. First one took 2hiurs of faffing, second one took less than an hour and that's with one drop link but taking about 10mins on its own.

Front Spring with part number

Rear Spring with part number

If the rx8 rear is like the rx7 then from memory the rear is even easier to do but I'm going to expect the same time. Hopefully will get the rears on next weekend and see if it has actually lowered the car.

Think I'm going to buy some suspension components so I can swap new bushings into them and swap them quicker onto the car than having to remove clean, controls arms, remove bushes, install bushes reinstall everything to car as that will take forever!!

Question is, what colour do I paint the control arms??!! I'm not polishing them, and black just won't stand out, I'm thinking maybe blue? Or yellow

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