05 rx8 gt

fc nut · 06-21-2016, 03:31 PM

Here's my new car. I looked for over a month for a winning blue rx8 and I drove to Louisville, KY to get it. The guy bought the car for his wife and it was only driven on sunny days and only around town. She really didn't want to sell it, but her husband was making her. I had to jump on it. It's got black leather, oem rotor rubber mats, spare tire, rear cargo net. So far, I've had to get the maintenance up to date and few other things. It now has a catback exhaust, megan lowering springs, kyb struts, led interior lights, a blue led strip in the trunk, razo shift knob, k&n drop in filter, led tail lights, jdm/uk clear side marker lights, rx8 logo inside a rotor led lights under the doors, rear side flares, zoom zoom decal over the third brake light, plasti dipped the oem wheels. This is it, so far.

DGRR 16

FC Zach · 06-21-2016, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fc nut

I had to jump on it. It's got black leather, oem rotor rubber mats, spare tire, rear cargo net.

May be a dumb question but do these not normally come with a spare?

fc nut · 08-11-2016, 12:08 PM

The spare tire is an option.

fc nut · 08-15-2016, 03:10 PM

Update, I've installed some gauges. I'll be installing my wideband as well, as soon as I can get the vent gauge pod.

***TitaniumTT*** · 06-22-2016, 11:52 AM

Stock Tires were run-flats.... I has no spare.

***TitaniumTT*** · 06-22-2016, 11:52 AM

I do like the blue though

djmtsu · 06-22-2016, 03:10 PM

Ugh. Was nice until I saw the PurelyRX8 sticker. What a hell hole!!!!

Dannobre · 06-22-2016, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by djmtsu

Ugh. Was nice until I saw the PurelyRX8 sticker. What a hell hole!!!!

What's Purely RX-8??

djmtsu · 06-22-2016, 04:24 PM

Facebook group for RX-8's. But mostly a complete shit-show on what NOT to do.

fc nut · 06-23-2016, 10:29 AM

Thanks, it's good to be back. Titanium, I've seen your fc in person and I absolutely love it! I also remember reading an article about your fc in a mag. I don't remember which one it was, but I know that I still have it. As far as engine options go, I've considered a full bridgeport 20B na. I've also talked to some who have swapped an rew and they said that they are still running the stock ecu for the functions and a standalone for engine duties. I'm not sure how it's being done, but I haven't fully researched it yet. PurelyRx8 is on Facebook and I'm rarely on there. I might post every now and then, but I don't even get on there much. Mainly it has a lot of the same questions being asked and others who go full ricer. You never go full ricer. I like my cars to have a clean look. That's how my fc was and that's how my 8 is.

***TitaniumTT*** · 06-23-2016, 11:08 PM

Cheers man, appreciate the compliments.
Werd, it was Super Street Mag that did the write up like three years ago I think? I enjoyed it, but need to get back in touch with them when the FC is finished with the next round od upgrades

We've done the REW swap into an 8. We used the Excessive LIM, and adapted the stock TB to work and then used a piggyback. As far as the car knew, it was a renni in there. However, hit the throttle and you knew it clearly wasn't

It was a hell of a project and certainly one that I wouldn't want to do again
Basically, someone needs to crack the CANBUS BS and find a way to interpret all the data and send it through the CAN to an ECU to control whatever engine is in there. Once that happens, alot of the problems will go away.
Way down the rd when my current renni gives it up I will not be rebuilding the renni. When that happens if someone still hasn't cracked the CAN BS, that's when I'll find someone who can. If CotyBilt can do it and make a 1998 Jeep communicate with a 2006 VW TDi with a little black box, someone, somewhere, can make the RX8 CAN work with a different ECU

fc nut · 06-24-2016, 04:37 PM

Not a problem, as I love fc's . I look forward to definitely seeing it. Keep me posted on the rx8 rew swap, I'm very interested in it. I need boost in my life again. I don't like pulling next to a car and knowing I can't beat them. ( I don't condone street racing.....it's very very bad). Anyway, I'm curious as how the gear ratio in the fd trans will be with the 8's rear gears ratio.

fc nut · 07-23-2016, 03:14 PM

Well, my under pan is busted now. Thanks Mazda, for making it out of not so durable plastic. I have the LRB pan and sides ordered. I also have oil pressure, oil temp, water temp gauges and dash gauge pod ordered as well. I'll post pictures of the finished install. This winter I need to replace my clutch, any suggestions on brand and stage? I know exedy is a good choice, but any other brands? Thanks.

JL1RX7 · 07-23-2016, 04:33 PM

Exedy is the stock one so it is a good choice. Some on the eight club claim that they are shit and break. I can't remember if it was the stock or the plus one version. But all the stuff I remember reading was one of those oh I heard this one guy who knew guy who had problems. Now I get if they made a bad batch, but I can't imagine that they make shit product. Since they are OEM for most if not all clutches in the world.

***TitaniumTT*** · 07-24-2016, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fc nut

Not a problem, as I love fc's . I look forward to definitely seeing it. Keep me posted on the rx8 rew swap, I'm very interested in it. I need boost in my life again. I don't like pulling next to a car and knowing I can't beat them. ( I don't condone street racing.....it's very very bad). Anyway, I'm curious as how the gear ratio in the fd trans will be with the 8's rear gears ratio.

I never said I was putting an REW in my 8

I said I wouldn't want to do that again. And I don't plan to. I have..... other plans for my 8 when the renni gives it up.
Putting a turbo in an 8 is a complete plain in the ass because of the subframes involved.... I've built a few turbo 8's and I hated every single one of them

And you don't use the FD trans, you keep the 8 trans in the 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by JL1RX7

Exedy is the stock one so it is a good choice. Some on the eight club claim that they are shit and break. I can't remember if it was the stock or the plus one version. But all the stuff I remember reading was one of those oh I heard this one guy who knew guy who had problems. Now I get if they made a bad batch, but I can't imagine that they make shit product. Since they are OEM for most if not all clutches in the world.

Just don't buy centerforce.... next time you're in my shop look on my wall of shame and you'll see a centerforce dual friction that's supposed to be good to like 400ftlbs of torque that I shredded on the dyno at about 1/2 that. Not to mention the dual friction I had on my n/a that wouldn't stand up to 2track days.

CENTERFORCE SUCKS!!!

06-21-2016, 03:31 PM	#1
fc nut member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lebanon,Ohio Posts: 282 Rep Power: 17	05 rx8 gt Here's my new car. I looked for over a month for a winning blue rx8 and I drove to Louisville, KY to get it. The guy bought the car for his wife and it was only driven on sunny days and only around town. She really didn't want to sell it, but her husband was making her. I had to jump on it. It's got black leather, oem rotor rubber mats, spare tire, rear cargo net. So far, I've had to get the maintenance up to date and few other things. It now has a catback exhaust, megan lowering springs, kyb struts, led interior lights, a blue led strip in the trunk, razo shift knob, k&n drop in filter, led tail lights, jdm/uk clear side marker lights, rx8 logo inside a rotor led lights under the doors, rear side flares, zoom zoom decal over the third brake light, plasti dipped the oem wheels. This is it, so far. DGRR 16 __________________ leaving my carbon footprint....one start up at a time

08-11-2016, 12:08 PM	#3
fc nut member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lebanon,Ohio Posts: 282 Rep Power: 17	The spare tire is an option. __________________ leaving my carbon footprint....one start up at a time

08-15-2016, 03:10 PM	#4
fc nut member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lebanon,Ohio Posts: 282 Rep Power: 17	Update, I've installed some gauges. I'll be installing my wideband as well, as soon as I can get the vent gauge pod. __________________ leaving my carbon footprint....one start up at a time

06-22-2016, 11:52 AM	#5
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	Stock Tires were run-flats.... I has no spare. __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

06-22-2016, 11:52 AM	#6
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	I do like the blue though __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

06-22-2016, 03:10 PM	#7
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 22	Ugh. Was nice until I saw the PurelyRX8 sticker. What a hell hole!!!! __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

06-22-2016, 04:24 PM	#9
djmtsu My minds tellin' me no... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 4,043 Rep Power: 22	Facebook group for RX-8's. But mostly a complete shit-show on what NOT to do. __________________ 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 1976 Mazda Cosmo RX-5 2003 Toyota Tundra TRD 2015 Toyota 4Runner SR5

06-23-2016, 10:29 AM	#10
fc nut member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lebanon,Ohio Posts: 282 Rep Power: 17	Thanks, it's good to be back. Titanium, I've seen your fc in person and I absolutely love it! I also remember reading an article about your fc in a mag. I don't remember which one it was, but I know that I still have it. As far as engine options go, I've considered a full bridgeport 20B na. I've also talked to some who have swapped an rew and they said that they are still running the stock ecu for the functions and a standalone for engine duties. I'm not sure how it's being done, but I haven't fully researched it yet. PurelyRx8 is on Facebook and I'm rarely on there. I might post every now and then, but I don't even get on there much. Mainly it has a lot of the same questions being asked and others who go full ricer. You never go full ricer. I like my cars to have a clean look. That's how my fc was and that's how my 8 is. __________________ leaving my carbon footprint....one start up at a time

06-23-2016, 11:08 PM	#11
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	Cheers man, appreciate the compliments. Werd, it was Super Street Mag that did the write up like three years ago I think? I enjoyed it, but need to get back in touch with them when the FC is finished with the next round od upgrades We've done the REW swap into an 8. We used the Excessive LIM, and adapted the stock TB to work and then used a piggyback. As far as the car knew, it was a renni in there. However, hit the throttle and you knew it clearly wasn't It was a hell of a project and certainly one that I wouldn't want to do again Basically, someone needs to crack the CANBUS BS and find a way to interpret all the data and send it through the CAN to an ECU to control whatever engine is in there. Once that happens, alot of the problems will go away. Way down the rd when my current renni gives it up I will not be rebuilding the renni. When that happens if someone still hasn't cracked the CAN BS, that's when I'll find someone who can. If CotyBilt can do it and make a 1998 Jeep communicate with a 2006 VW TDi with a little black box, someone, somewhere, can make the RX8 CAN work with a different ECU __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

06-24-2016, 04:37 PM	#12
fc nut member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lebanon,Ohio Posts: 282 Rep Power: 17	Not a problem, as I love fc's . I look forward to definitely seeing it. Keep me posted on the rx8 rew swap, I'm very interested in it. I need boost in my life again. I don't like pulling next to a car and knowing I can't beat them. ( I don't condone street racing.....it's very very bad). Anyway, I'm curious as how the gear ratio in the fd trans will be with the 8's rear gears ratio. __________________ leaving my carbon footprint....one start up at a time

07-23-2016, 03:14 PM	#13
fc nut member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lebanon,Ohio Posts: 282 Rep Power: 17	Well, my under pan is busted now. Thanks Mazda, for making it out of not so durable plastic. I have the LRB pan and sides ordered. I also have oil pressure, oil temp, water temp gauges and dash gauge pod ordered as well. I'll post pictures of the finished install. This winter I need to replace my clutch, any suggestions on brand and stage? I know exedy is a good choice, but any other brands? Thanks. __________________ leaving my carbon footprint....one start up at a time

07-23-2016, 04:33 PM	#14
JL1RX7 Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Front Royal, VA Posts: 487 Rep Power: 18	Exedy is the stock one so it is a good choice. Some on the eight club claim that they are shit and break. I can't remember if it was the stock or the plus one version. But all the stuff I remember reading was one of those oh I heard this one guy who knew guy who had problems. Now I get if they made a bad batch, but I can't imagine that they make shit product. Since they are OEM for most if not all clutches in the world.