Everyone refers to the 8's as FE's.

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...F-8&q=rx-8+vin

 

Post 2009! Wooo jaimeh is teh gays!

 

you don't have a 90's ride... go do it proper and cop a vented hood if it's that much of an issue... you don't have stock internals ?

 

 

Stock internals.

Running hard for extended periods proves a problem - this helps relieve it. Sorry but for this car I've gone for function over form, regardless of decade. Vented CF hood costs $$$, weighs the same as stock, and is likely to have shitty fitment. Not worth it for a performance based car if there is a much cheaper alternative with comparable results.

 

Fair enough :P

 

Jaime, my old car is lookin' good!

 

Fellow Off Topic member? I'm an ex.

Where does the term "SE3P" come from, if not from the VIN?

 

i know i added the DUCK bill spoiler, now im waiting to get my mudflaps soon! and some more goodies lol

 

what exactly do you have done that prevents you from being privy to the forces of physics? the point i'm arguing is regarding function AND form. did you test temperatures before and after on the car?

the reason why mazda offered a 100,000 mile warranty on their engines was because the renesis does not have any problems with cooling (albeit with a properly functioning stock cooling system).

Not to mention the front end of an RX-8 has only 30% of its intakes exposed.. the rest is covered by plastic behind the honeycomb mesh. did you remove those parts in the name of better air flow?

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, I just want to see some validity behind your bold claims about the hood props. its a topic that's been revisited time and time again and the consensus is that it doesn't do **** for engine temperatures. This early 90's trend in japan came to an end when some guy in an s13 got his head decapitated when he got in a front end accident and the hood plunged straight through the windshield all guillotine-like.

 

Oh crap thats graphic. Thats an issue that never even crossed my mind.

 

lol got to get the rims first, seems like everyone that sells them is in socal and I'd rather pick them up in person than have them shipped T_T

 

Alot of people do the hood popping out here in the NYC tri-state area, its very popular. I'm not a huge fan of it but I'm just saying it is common in some places for looks, not really any performance benefits.

 

North Philippines awesome. Do you have hello kitty seat cover? If not you should get some for the ladies. Well my little brother has that "J-Rock" look so all the emo girls seem to love him because of his hair. Most hispanic girls think I am hispanic so they like me but sadly I always end up with "Indie" girls who are full of ****.

 

yah, you didn't look flip in that pic man. i'd prolly think of the same. sheit. xP oh well. there's tito wackyracer on the west side. too bad you're all the way in Texas, you won't ever meet him. lol he owns a bunch of old schools and says "shaddop" to everybody, especially me cuz i'm dark skinned.

 

no more talk, more pics.

here's ed's FC

 

iM whoring this pic out!

ZERO.. where you gettin those mudflaps? member or store?
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Not defyong physics at all Stock rx8 intake/battery box both sit right over the radiator. As I've got an aftermarket intake that locates the filter elsewhere (front grill) I have opted to remove the bottom tray that typically holds the intake. Air flows through over the rad into the engine bay creating positive pressure causing it to travel through the vent. I can't lie and say I have hard data but have done a comparo with a stock rx8. My bay is touchable/cool after a hard drive, not as effected by heat soak either. Side by side my car seems to run cooler.

The extended warranty has nothing to do with renesis' reliability, quite the opposite in fact. The only parts that received the recently extended warranty were housings/rotors/seals. Motors were going it was unacceptable. I know individuals with 3 motors in 60,000 miles. The main culprit has seemed to be carbon buildup/poor maintenance but some just seem to have bad luck. Said warranty has nothing to do with cooling.

Remove what honeycomb parts? You speak like I dont know my own car as well as you do...

I was saying I took a form/function direction with this car, not making a generalization. If vanity were of more importance I'd be running prettier/lower offset wheels, dual exhaust, and some sort of body/lip kit. Oh, I wouldnt have the hood tilted, either.

Fair questions, Id do the same :P

 

Yeah, pretty gnarly, I'm not worried with the rx8 hood - the glass angle is low and the hood is flimsy as a tin can lol

Se3p comes from chassis code.

 

DAMN THATS ******* CLEAN!!!

any more pics??


oh im getting them from a friend... but if your lucky you can find them in a junk yard...lol

 

You know, I hear people bitching about that all the time "ooo you'll cut your head off!!" but I have NEVER seen any article or anything to prove it. Where did you get this info from? "My buddy who has a S13 Silvia conversion RHD Widebody RB26DETT LSD Nismo HKS Greddy blah blah blah, who also lived in japan for a week, told me. He's legit."

I refuse to believe a hood will rip itself from the hinges with out any flexing, miss both a-pillars, smash through a slanted windshield designed to stop stray truck tires, and still have enough inertia and structural integrity to SLICE a mans head off.

Show me something and I'll believe you.

 

In the name of science, I volunteer to make the ultimate sacrifice. Lets do this people

 

Dont even trip, we'll call mythbusters!

 

No, let him go.

God's speed, you cosmonaut of science.


Oh and I just measured my hood and it'll only fit through the lower 6" of the windshield before the a-pillars get in the way. Take that and subtract the 1" that the hood has been "popped" and you're window of possibility only gets smaller. Ha ha I crack me up.

 

Renton...let's see your car.