Wayne's boosted 8 project

[Mr Spiller]

I bet you could use that bracket and an rx8 subframe to throw a rew into an mx5

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I bet you could use that bracket and an rx8 subframe to throw a rew into an mx5

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Grant I’ve no doubt you could
I’m quite envious of my friends with MX5’s they cost half the price to build and run on fuel out on circuit .
Thing is I’m tall , and look like a giraffe in a shoe box when I’m sat in there  with a helmet on


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[Grant Monkhouse]

I bet you could use that bracket and an rx8 subframe to throw a rew into an mx5

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I bet you could use that bracket and an rx8 subframe to throw a rew into an mx5

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Grant I’ve no doubt you could
I’m quite envious of my friends with MX5’s they cost half the price to build and run on fuel out on circuit .
Thing is I’m tall , and look like a giraffe in a shoe box when I’m sat in there  with a helmet on


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The seats sit high in the mx5, probably gain a little headroom changing to a racing seat but wouldn't give much more than a couple inches.

The mx5 has got. To be a couple. Hundred kgs lighter than the 8 easy

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Mx5 1110kg
Rx8 1384kg

Piston to rotary swap plus all the crap iv taken out of the car I bet its currently under 1000kg

I think Clive rx8 is 1200kg? So it's still heavy ish but at least you don't have to worry about your head poking out of the roof above the roll cage

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[Grant Monkhouse]

Just checked the wheel base difference too
Rx8 106.4inches
Mx5 91.7 inches

14.8 inches adds up a lot of metal doesn't it

Are you removing all the interior?

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[Mr Spiller]

Yeah other cars fully stripped / caged  etc .
It’ll be interesting if you put a spirit  level vertically from one of the sub frame bolts and measure back to the bulkhead and see what’s the difference between the two


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[Grant Monkhouse]

I will have a measure

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[Grant Monkhouse]

570mm from the front of the subframe to the bulkhead recess

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[Mr Spiller]

570mm from the front of the subframe to the bulkhead recess

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I’ll have a look shortly


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[Jamie R]

How’s your rack looking Wayne?

And I don’t mean ya man boobs


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[Mr Spiller]

570mm from the front of the subframe to the bulkhead recess

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I’ll have a look shortly


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Looks like you have more room 510 here


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[Mr Spiller]

How’s your rack looking Wayne?

And I don’t mean ya man boobs


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Ha ha being welded this evening buddy


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[Grant Monkhouse]

570mm from the front of the subframe to the bulkhead recess

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I’ll have a look shortly


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Looks like you have more room 510 here


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That is interesting, the recess in the mx5 is very deep but it's not very wide.

Where I have the engine now it can't go back much further, they definately used a different press for the rx8 and mx5 firewall though

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[boosted]

Heres the tyres Wayne...having a garage tidy so dug em out...
Good for a track day i reckon.
Clives old 1s...
With my weedy 320bhp i struggled to get heat in them so you should be fine.

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[Mr Spiller]

Heres the tyres Wayne...having a garage tidy so dug em out...
Good for a track day i reckon.
Clives old 1s...
With my weedy 320bhp i struggled to get heat in them so you should be fine.

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Weedy lol
That’s plenty


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[boosted]

When we get to a show or trackday ill bring em along for you.
I wouldnt use them on a renny powered 8 but a turbod rew powered 8 ...400plus should be able to get them hot enough.
Was fun with them on mine ....loose like every first lap.

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