dang drifting in a vert is the most fun.

its a blessing and a curse, while driving at speed, its the shit, while staging in line it sucks, SOO SUNBURNT!!! and my passenger window dosent go down so with the top up its just an oven lol

lol. I shouldve kept my vert. I love your rx8 aswell.

today ruled! got a ton done, installed my new koyo N flow rad and mounted a mercury villager fan to it, then had a buddy wire it into the haltech and set it up to turn on at 195 and off at 190. should fix the cooling issues Ive been having! so excited to finnish it up and take it for a spin!

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You're not gonna leave the upper radiator hose off, are you? That could cause the engine to run hot.

IIRC, lean over and use the passenger side switch. It always worked even when the driver's side didn't. Also, not that it will help your sunlight issues, but leaving the targa part off will save a few lbs, and give you some structure to drap shade over and keep some headroom.

Glad you like the fan, and hope the setup fixes the cooling issues. Make sure to get that fuse in there! Don't need any meltdowns!

lol no, I still have to finnish putting everything back together, it still dosent have any coolant in it yet either.


the passenger switch is what stopped working :( I think it just needs to be taken apart and cleaned. when I press it down to roll the window down it dosent click anymore and nothing happens.

What?! No coolant? What's keeping your engine from burning up like the sun?

That joke is getting old. I like your car though.

Thanks man!

looks good will. put a diff in this thing, have chris coffee make you a roll bar, and get some brake pads.
this way you can get away from the drifter bros and see what this car's made of out on road atlanta with us in october.

as fun as that would be Ive got 2 events im driving in during the month of october so a trip to atl wouldnt really be in the budget, let alone geting it ready to pass NASA tech at rd atl haha

That's 'doofy drifter bros' to you, pal.

well I fixed the oil leak that I had already fixed once before! I originally went with corcksport oil cooler lines since my oem ones were leaking pretty badly, well after 2 events the cs lines were leaking just as bad as the stock ones.... went ahead and bit the bullet and got some mazdatrix lines with -AN fittings like I should have in the first place. fitment on the front cover fitting was a bit fiddly but after some dremel action they are on and it dosent leak anymore! I really hope I never have to do that annoying ass job again.

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also got a set of mazdatrix tie rod ends, those as well as the solid motor and trans mounts are going on next

annoying ass-job?

glad its not leaking anymore (yet). ;) Don't overtighten!


guess i need to change my sig pic... aww sad.

ha yeah man, I cant stand changing the oil cooler lines. super messy and a pita.

my D-max hood came today! still needs a ton of work to make it fit properly, and paint but you get the idea. should look pretty sweet once its fitted right.

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Is it carbon?

sick

nah, FRP.


Thanks!

how much for the hood?

mazdatrix steering angle kit installed! got more angle than I thought I would. cant wait to test it out!

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Impressive. Is that just rack spacers and rod ends?

yep, thats it. I really wasn't expecting that much of a visual gain from it. pleasantly surprised for sure.

liking the vert, cant wait till you get fatter tires to fill up that wheel gap. any plans for a roll cage?