Heres what it looks like all installed. The boot supplied works somethat, I struggled to get it in. You have to remember the shift boot is round on the Rx-8. Ignore the stuff on the floor I had to redo my glovebox stuff.

Cleaner shot of the drivers floorboard, through the sunroof.


You can get yours in the link in my sig.

Bonus picture. Finally a picture of my motor setup all together.


Edit: That last picture really brings out the dirt

 

Nice!

 

DAMNNNN BRO CLEAN UR ENGINE BAY UP MAN SHOW THAT MOTOR OFF A LIL!

 

Tony.

Your car is teh sexx.

You just need your boot to connect to the ****...

 

yeah tony, your car is sex, i mean nice... just clean up the bay(which i know you'll do) and it'll look very "mr. sparkle" like...

 

Nice, too bad the ***** are hella expensive.

 

Bad ***!

 

is that cold start assist still there?

 

are they not 6 sp ??

 

Yeah, the weather has been very February here. Usually in the low 30's. We were blessed with a very nice mid 60 degree weekend, so I took advantage of it. As soon as I get it all running again i ll wipe down the engine bay. I still havent started the car with the 1680's in it yet. It badly needs to be tuned. And I finally got the A/C line off the firewall that has been there about 4 months.

Nope. Its my radiator overflow. It was moved because of my FMIC.

In the UK, (and possibly Japan??) The 210hp motor, or whatever HP it was lowered to, is available in a 5 speed or automatic, so I got the lit 5 speed ****.

 

Hey TonyT- is that a custom intercooler setup? If so, how did you keep the piping from hitting the hood? did you lower that support behind the bumper? -alex

 

nice...thats from the 5 speed manual model? theres a 6 speed with more hp isnt there? the 6 spd is stadard on the higher hp models right?

 

Good job...now a spit shine to bring out detail Is whats needed!

 

tyte. is that pink stitching?

 

Oh god... what did you do to your front crossmember????
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Did you re-enforce that some how, or just cut the crossmember???

You do know that panel prevents the whole car from splitting apart in a Front and front side impact?

 

Looking good except the pink stichings.
I thought RX8 comes with 6 speed? Oh well.....

 

what numbers you putting out on that re? looks sweet!

 

yea, I noticed the crossmember as well...I ordered a GReddy kit for myself but if I were making a custom IC it would be V mounted so I wouldn't hack up the car. you might want to have some bracing fab'd and welded in, no crossmember is very bad. do you have a front bumper support? I know many kits require removing the support but without the support OR the crossmember, a front end hit is much much more dangerous.

 

i like that shift ****. is it comfortable though? how much did you pay, im too lazy to click the link. i might have to get one when i get my fc, but i kinda like the simpler *****

 

Yes the setup is custom. The pipe on the passanger side clears fine, on the drivers side theres a small notch in the hood. The sit low enough because of the U shaped cutouts on the support infront of the radiator.

Right.

Nope its white. Youd think a thousand dollar 8 megapixel camera could atleast get the colors straight.

I just made a little room for the pipes. I didnt realize the radiator support was that detrimental to the collisions above, but it is very sturdily reinforced with steel. Its a 1/2 inch thick piece that runs at the lowest point cououts between the headlights.

 

Not sure yet. As soon as I get it tuned you'll see some numbers. I figured, a low number of 300fwhp.

Its not from any sort of kit, just a NPR intercooler and some custom piping work. The IC is in the shape where it sits between the tubular bars that hold the front bumper support. Its at its lowest point, which has about 75% of the face showing.

It does fit the hand well. I got mine for $180 shipped in the first group buy, I think theyre about $10 more now.

 

it does look prety sweet, but $180? thats a helluvalota dough for 1 stinkin shift ****.

 

Not too bad consildering it lights up, isnt available in the US, and is about $120 more for the only version available here.

 

ooow it lights up, i did not know that. even cooler, but i geuss at the core of the issue im not much of an interior esthetics type of guy. i like it stock. but thats just me.

 

Yea a buddy of mine jst stole one from mazda, they leave alot of there cars unlocked, he jst jumped in one of the rx8s and unscrewed it. (he hates this mazda dealership they have raped him in the past so many times)

While i dont condone stealing, espically from rotarys imust say they are extremely nice shiftnobs

Now if i can jst get him to get me sum seats out of the rx8