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Old 01-25-11, 11:36 AM
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Where's the Falken RX8?

Just wondering if anyone knows what ever happened to this thing.

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wasn't that rod millens car? maybe tony swooped it. justin would know.
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I'm not sure where it went. It had a sweet 13b-RE twin turbo setup and custom upper intake. It was a serious build.
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back when drifting wasnt about having nascar craftsman truck series motors...
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that car is gone. it was totalled at FD NJ Englishtown. 100% destroyed on a k-rail

btw you are talking about two different RX8's

RM/TA RX8 is still around albeit in a different country
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Originally Posted by red92vr4buckey
back when drifting wasnt about having nascar craftsman truck series motors...
So ******* true!
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Originally Posted by vosko
that car is gone. it was totalled at FD NJ Englishtown. 100% destroyed on a k-rail

btw you are talking about two different RX8's

RM/TA RX8 is still around albeit in a different country
Wow. Kinda depressing.

Engine pic for anyone interested
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when they car worked well. they actually changed all of that stuff out...
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Originally Posted by RXILVER7
Wow. Kinda depressing.

Engine pic for anyone interested
that is forserious
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Originally Posted by vosko
that car is gone. it was totalled at FD NJ Englishtown. 100% destroyed on a k-rail.
that's pretty sad. i never really followed the car in competition, but i did read about the build and it had some pretty cool stuff under the hood.
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As often as my gf gets me hot, i still shot twice at this. Worthy of a double pic on the same page. Jesus **** that's ****.



Originally Posted by red92vr4buckey
back when drifting wasnt about having nascar craftsman truck series motors...
Goddamn right.
Old 07-04-11, 02:11 PM
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You need thay to drift a mini van size car.
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Originally Posted by vosko
when they car worked well. they actually changed all of that stuff out...
^^ cant agree with you more.

that manifold and plenum looks terrible.
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Originally Posted by red92vr4buckey
back when drifting wasnt about having nascar craftsman truck series motors...

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I remember seeing that intake manifold on ebay months ago
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when it was still in testing it was here for the 2006 GT live with sego at the helm and david(forget last name) was working on it. ross and taka were tearing it up all day. the rx8 just sputtered and misfired the entire time. still.. the wiggins clamps alone are worth more than most of our cars.

still a pretty awesome setup

does anyone have pics of the demise?
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got any pic's when it was single turbo right before it was totalled?
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i'm seriously thinking Tony got this thing after falken. who knows. this car was epic though...
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Originally Posted by RE Drifter
got any pic's when it was single turbo right before it was totalled?
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I also found this little gem while searching for 2008 Englishtown where the RX8 crashed



I always liked the Blue and white the best
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yea that version was definitely my favorite.
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damn it got totaled. i need to read more.
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yeah Silver!
I think Tony's 8 was Rod Millen's you know the race ledgend, that Rod used for like two events.
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Yeah Tony did get the Grenade USA RX8.

If you look at the engine bay of Rods car (Grenade USA)


and the bay of Tony's car


Plus the ever so obvious that this car uses a 13b-REW from an FD and the Falken RX8 used a 13b-RE from a Cosmo.
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