Sorry about the picture angles the samsung hss to be horizontal or th a t s what happens! !

 

Been on holiday . . Really gets in the way of progress. Back into it today and a few mates are coming to help tonight *sweet*

Most of the front end bolt on parts attached. ..







Picked up these pretty sweet Savanna tail lights a while back...



Brake fluid container brackets



Holiday time...

 

Looks really nice. also the colour. My dad has a like new 818 in the basement with around 5000 km on it the same colour.

Do you have the specs on the ports in these housings? Would be helpful to compare to the engine we made for our RX-3 track car! Do you plan on strapping it to the dyno to see what powerband it has?

What gearbox wuill you be running? Make sure to have a grose jet and enough fuel pump in there or it will run lean up top. Without ceramic seals this will be something the engine will not like at all at 9k5 rpm.

 

a beautiful build, also the rx-3 is the second coolest car in the world in my opinion

 

48mm ports not sure of the timing, definitely will dyno to see what we are getting out of this motor.

The gearbox is a SA22C turbo gearbox. So will see how that lasts then upgrade from there.

Need to pull the IDA apart and check all the jets chokes and emulsion tube sizes

Your Dads car sounds mint!!!!

 

Quarter Master Twin plate



7 pound flywheel



Lightened counter weight

 

Xtreme Rotaries Side mount and billet water pump outlet..







Replaced fasteners for the caliper backing plate and all new ball joints / tie rods throughout.

 

Nice clutch and flywheel! We are running racingbeat alu flywheel for TII style clutch. flywheel alone is around 4.6 kg. Must be almost double the inertia of your setupt with the big TII pressure plate we have.

As for the gearbox. it will help a lot if you have a box with closer ratios. I think any street gearbox will have quite short first and 2nd and then difference between the gears will be quite wide. the box we have drops only around 1000 rpm at each gear after 2nd when shifting at 9k. maxes out at 220 kph at 9k5 in 6th gear.

 

I'm using Rx-8 Rotors, Rx-8 Stationary Gears and Rx-8 Steel seals in this PP. All balanced, 3 window bearings and competition oil pump. Racing Beat reckon the Rx-8 seal are good for 9,500rpm. So we will test that!!!

 

I think racingbeat means the seals have no problem running 9k5 in rx8 housings without ports. I always was a bit afraid with the steel rx8 seals in a engine with peripheral ports..

as a backup engine for our rx3 I am building now an engine with racingbeat housings and rx8 rotating assembly. will use ceramics in rx8 height and hope they are stiff enough to not flex in the ports..

 

Yea good points. I'm on the lookout for a close ratio mazda gearbox. Quite a few guys are running sequential boxes here now, but currently out of my league.

 

A few pictures from the racing in Taupo NZ last weekend. Big meet, 120 cars..

I raced this 13b NA FD3S.



































My RX-8 daily driver...

 

I've read somwhere that rx-8 seals are not good with peripheral exhaust also..

 

Thanks Rub, im going to do some research now

 

On track late last year, we won our class and came second overall for the season against some strong turbo Rx7 competition

Note bonnet trying to escape form car!

Ended up using 15x10 with Hoosier 275/30/15 slicks

 

 

Absolutely stunning car! Love rx3s, especially with fat rims and arches.

 

Love the Rx3 I would love to get some flares for mine . Where did you purchase yours from . Love your color too car came out good