yes, full roll cage should be going in this winter

 

Nice verts with a hardcore cage are the beezz knezz!

 

I went fast this weekend.... it was awesome! 90+MPH entries all day untill I broke some stuff.....lol well worth it!



the car will be down for a while. the damaged list is as follows.

Fried clutch
Blown up T2 lip ( a field jumped in front of me out of no where)
potentially bent shifter fork ( lost 5th and reverse somehow)
the motor was breaking up BAD towards the end of the day. ( I think it was fuel starve... not sure why)
somewhow developed a MASSIVE exhaust leak.
and im pretty sure even with a pinion snubber and a brand new front diff mount that I broke it. got teriible wheel hop and driveline shutter halfway through the day. ready to teardown and rebuild! im driving again in november so I have a litlle bit of time to fix everything.

 

was finnally able to get some work done yesterday. pulled the trans and found this....





pulling the flywheel as soon as I get a 54mm socket and getting it resurfaced. exedy 3 puck from the rx8 is going in to replace the act garbage. hopefully tonight Ill have time to take the trans apart and figure out my shifter issue.

 

good **** haha

 

much better! now to tear into the trans and figure out whats wrong with it.

 

ever get those solid mounts in yet? im curious to see what you think. itll be a while before my cars ready for the ones i have

 

no not yet, the trans mounts are going in as soon as I fix it, motor mounts might go in next week as well since there is a lot of room to get in there with the trans removed.

 

Sounds like you had a heck of a track day! Good luck with the repairs

 

thanks man, not much left now. all the hard stuff is done like robbing parts off the rx8. only thing left is to get the trans situated and throw it back together! hopefully it stays in one piece for my next event because im driving it there 3 hours away, its not a very demanding track though so im not too worried..... even though last year I blew the trans in the 8 and somehow drove it all the way back.. lol

 

Nice im looking to get an fc too for drifting and keeping my rx8 relatively stock for the most part

 

got a bit more done today... this job sucked and im covered in fiberglass dust. not fun.



on the plus side my hood actually fits now! SUPER stoked on how well it lines up now





They are far from perfect but im really happy with the way they turned out considering ive never done anything like this before.

 

looks good man!

 

Looks good. I always wanted a rx7 convertible.

 

love the action photos

 

Thanks guys! the trans should be going back in either tonight or tomorrow than I just gotta fill it up and take it for a test spin, got a big event next weekend and may run this thing down the 1/4 for fun as well haha

oh and I got the clutch out of the rx8 a while ago, also got my Grip Royal wheel! cant wait to drive this car again!

 

exedy stage 2?

 

That's a nice steering wheel, who did you order it from?

 

yep! stage 2 HD thick disk. thing grabs HARD! this is how it looked like after 3 drift events, burnouts and dumb **** on the street and daily driving or about 5 months. exedy for life seriously
word of advice though, I had this clutch paired with an aluminum LW FW from racing beat and it did not fair well against it... got a bit warped and chewed up pretty bad. I guess I should have thought about that first before pairing the two haha oh well.

Thanks! its a Grip Royal Knight which is out of stock now but I got it from Griproyal.com should be back in stock in a month or two according to their website

 

On a related note I picked this thing up for deals. super stoked to not have to use bullshit Uhual trailers anymore!

 

got tons of seat time and had a blast beating the snot out of the car this weekend! everything held up great too except the stupid front cover fitting for the oil cooler line is leaking AGAIN! oh well, season is over and its time to really get to work on this car, next order of business it clean it up and start tearing out the interior, may not update this thread for a little while so in the mean time heres a few pics and some video from the event!

https://vimeo.com/78027502

Me vs FD driver Nick Thomas raw

https://vimeo.com/77885801

 

^^^ looks like a good time!

I feel you on the uhaul trailer nonsense. I've been renting and messing around with uhaul's car trailer for the last year since I've got no place to store a trailer... but I'm so over it and have been looking for a deal on a trailer to scoop up. Looks like you got yourself a real nice trailer!

Keep up the good work in the off season!

 

thanks man! yeah I got that trailer for $1100 so im extremely happy with the purchase, should pay itself off by the end of next season

 

Wow 1100 for what looks like a solid trailer with a tire rack , total come up.

 

yep! I had no intentions of buying a trailer at all until I saw the ad and the price. too good to pass up. pulls like a dream too, my ladcruiser would struggle HARD pulling a uhaul trailer because you cant balance your load properly and they weigh about as much as the car itself. with this one I almost forgot I had a car behind me haha