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10-11-2011, 05:52 PM | #261 |
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I can assure you the hoses aren't unique either... neither are the air ducts that fit in front of the oil coolers
same parts as the US/Euro RX-8 and automatic JDM RX-8 I think you are confused by the fact that your series 1 RX-8s never came with the dual oil coolers, that's why it's unique to you one thing is for sure, Mazdaspeed isn't what it used to be... Mazda owns it and now wants to spend as little money as possible in an unprofitable niche division... the days of beautiful well engineered truely high performance parts are long over the last of anything truely awesome from Mazdaspeed was the RX-7 "R-Spec" parts... the R-Spec oil coolers were truely unique and better.... of course all of the R-Spec parts were accessories and never came with any factory built RX-7
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10-11-2011, 05:58 PM | #262 |
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Whatever dude, I don't really care.
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10-11-2011, 07:31 PM | #263 |
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Well Rupe it's going to work nicely with ur box when do u get ur car back???
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Who cares where the parts came from or what they are off, there is no need to argue with everyone about everything.
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10-11-2011, 07:44 PM | #265 |
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i want to see more youtube videos of your car (in one colour? )
i think the one I've seen has either a song over it removing the turbo noise OR audio removed due to copyright.. eitherway i want to hear it!
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10-11-2011, 07:47 PM | #266 |
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Ha, audio removed due to copyright. Most of the sound was lost due to wind noise anyway! I think that was all from 2003!
I do have footage from Wakefield somewhere, but i've never got around to putting it up. Oh,, and Mat: err, when it's done! I told them no rush, as i'd rather have it done right. I'm expecting a month or two though.
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10-11-2011, 07:49 PM | #267 |
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I think the car's performance is very amazing as it is from reading the specs... I think efforts should be concentrating on making the car look better instead (not that it doesn't look good already)
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10-11-2011, 08:12 PM | #268 |
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Paint comes next. I didn't see any point i doing it (and having it potentially damaged) before finishing off the mechanical work.
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10-11-2011, 08:16 PM | #269 |
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agreed... that's why I went the same way you did... make the car fast first
still not done improving the aesthetics of my car
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i thought mazdaspeed was like ralliart and sti and hsv and fpv, and if something is relesed from them on a production car it not just a 'factory part' as its an MS option it was not a factory part it would just be a mazda factory option otherwise and they would have been available for all everywhere in the world. like an oil cooler doesn't matter if the factory one has it if its the second half it is unique because it was released by MS as a kit. Same with STi gear for subarus yes its STi but its still a subaru part, no if buts maybes. mazdaspeed gear boiled down is just mazda gear out of a mazda parts bin. and i am pretty sure if rupe says its a MS cooler off a MS rx-8 that counts pretty dam close to MS. same as my sti carbon strut brace is off an sti. or my 550cc denso injectors hell they are made by denso but guess what they came off an STi so the are an sti part. i am getting good at this late entry thing :P
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Hey Rupe - Have you thought of putting in a power steering cooler? That is if there's room across the front of your car....
I had my new fluid bubble out slightly last year at Wakefield due to temp... It's something I'm looking at. |
11-11-2011, 09:49 AM | #272 |
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Never had an issue with that myself. There's not much room anymore at the front though... but I was thinking of putting a small cooler on the RHS to replace the PS loop that's jammed between my rad and IC, as it'd be a bit more effective that the current setup - and give a bit more room.
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Thinking of using something similar to
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Yeah that's pretty much what i've got - the one i have is from a Magna from memory.
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100 shot of NOS you pussy!
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14-11-2011, 02:15 PM | #276 |
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LOL, maybe somewhere down the track. Once i get sick of the power the GT28RS puts out!
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Dono if you've seen this:
http://www.par-engineering.com/secti...da§ionId=2 Just to fuel your third gear maniacal laughter into all the gears.
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Yeah, that's who made my new flywheel, conrods and the 3rd gear that's in the current gearbox
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Dynoed in current spec it made about 120kw @ 4000rpm. Why only 4000? It was leaning out/pinging too much above that apparently! Gives me an idea of a baseline which was all i wanted before the current mods - i'd guesstimate/forecast at around 135 atw if it was revving out properly. Interesting that the tune has fallen off that much...but then again it is a few years since it was last tuned. Still surprising though.
Good news is that the LSD at least made both wheels spin at the same speed on the dyno this time LOL Engine's out, block/parts are being crack tested as a precaution.
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I expected a lot more, weren't you up around 225wkw?
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