here's my new car

[swampy]

231 model
9000rpm rev limit
Rwd!

The noise the engine makes is crazy!!

[7057sam]

Nice getting cheap now

though they're more of a accident waiting to happen than a gti6

[Toms306]

Nice parking...

These do make an epic noise lol, think I'd be worried about engine rebuilds all the time though... Is this replacing the Alfa?

[WiNgNuTz]

Yplac.

Looks nice mate, always liked the look of these.

[1616six]

Look great, awful engine & worse mpg!

[Tom]

Dont you have to run these upto temp everytime you start it or it floods the engine or wont start or something?

[Piggy]

Look great, awful engine & worse mpg!

Poor mpg yes...but not when you consider the power 1.3 rwd 9k rpm grin factor in return!

And its an epic engine. Just needs lots of tlc

[7057sam]

Dont you have to run these upto temp everytime you start it or it floods the engine or wont start or something?

And before you turn them off also have to redline it every time you drive it to stop carbon build up on the roters.

My mate had to drive his 15 minutes everytime he when a 1 down the road to the shops

[Tom]

Dont you have to run these upto temp everytime you start it or it floods the engine or wont start or something?

And before you turn them off also have to redline it every time you drive it to stop carbon build up on the roters.

My mate had to drive his 15 minutes everytime he when a 1 down the road to the shops

Yeahyeah thats what i meant has to be turned off hot

[swampy]

No it's not replacing the alfa it's replacing the 406 v6 coupe.

So long as the engine is looked after and serviced regularly they arnt that bad, no they don't like short trips but I can use the alfa for them.

Driving home last night was fun but couldn't give it too much as the wife was following me home.

Plans are to sort the wheels , can get them done at work in the body shop.
Uprate the coils and get some custom braided brake lines made up

[ozonehostile]

Did they ever update the sunvisor throughout production?

I'm sure it's the rx8 that has a hole in the middle of the visor?

[7057sam]

Me and my mate finded this dirt cheap toyo exhaust(yeah toyo I now)anyway sounds absolutely epic,popped and banged sound like a fighter jet,the power band of the engine is quite odd to get used to,but once you have they great.

they also pretty easy to drift and extremely hard to spin with all the stability stuff on.

[SupaStar88]

Hmm, even working for Mazda for a short while still disagree these are anything but shit lol, even services every 5-7 k with internal servicing there still [PILE OF POO] lol worst car ever made :/ get back to pug!! Ll

[swampy]

Did they ever update the sunvisor throughout production?

I'm sure it's the rx8 that has a hole in the middle of the visor?

Nope they are perforated

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Did they ever update the sunvisor throughout production?

I'm sure it's the rx8 that has a hole in the middle of the visor?

In not sure , this one has perforated panels in the visor

[Eeyore]

Yeh these are the perfect beginner drift cars. Very cheap now. how many miles has this done? Generally they need rebuilding around 90k from what ive seen.

[THE_Liam]

These are amazing value now, and have a lot going for them. Fantastic handling and steering, rotary is awesome when on full chat and being used properly, but feels limp round town, fuel economy is awful and rebuilds are expensive...

[swampy]

Fuel consumption isn't an issue as the 406 v6 was hardly frugal with the juice

[r3k1355]

Yeh these are the perfect beginner drift cars. Very cheap now. how many miles has this done? Generally they need rebuilding around 90k from what ive seen.

They really aren't perfect. They drift alrite, but thats it.

Beemers and MX-5's are perfect, because they're not only cheaper but reliable most RX-8's are a ticking time bomb and will promptly die after a couple of sessions.

Also most std cars make about 180BHP at the wheels, which leaves people still thinking Mazda over-stated the power (they originally claimed 250BHP)

[swampy]

Fuel consumption hmm

120 miles to half a tank of shell v power and that on the hole has being driving conservatly !!!

The mods start this weekend,
Got some led sidelight bulbs and chrome indicator bulbs front and rear.

Then wheels off at the front to measure up for starting to produce braided brake lines for it, will also be looking at the clutch line in braided aswell.

Then all the exterior black plastics will be getting painted Peugeot graphite grey ( same colour as the wheels on my old s16)

Then the front indicators are getting a tint

Wheels going graphite grey aswell

[lolsteve]

so manyy triangless

[ozonehostile]

Black and graphite is such a perfect combination

[swampy]

the car is actually a very dark green, darker than peugeot goodwood green.

but yes it should look good with the dark wheels.

calipers need painting aswell just not sure on what color yet

[swampy]

Think I have my work cut out cleaning these up!!



Better picture of it now my cherished plate is on it!!


And once the sun hits it the metallic really shows up, actually looks like a totally different car!

[Ari]

... OH DEAR ...

[swampy]

a scotchbrite pad and autosol metal polish is slowly bringing the exhausts back up to a decent ish finish

[7057sam]

When you getting the wheels done?

Colour?

[swampy]

Wheels will be a month or so probably.

They are badly curbed so going to get a second set of wheels and get them completely done.

Probably going for Peugeot graphite grey , as I loved that combination on my old goodwood

Fitted this today which helps brake the front end up

[swampy]

Time for a service!

Spark plugs and plug leads set me back just shy of the £100 mark!

Access was a bit limited



Yep that the passenger side wheel arch you access them from !!


And I don't think the air filter should be like this



Luckily that's an easy job to do

[swampy]

Ooh time for a big update.

Well firstly this car ran faultlessly until December , the. It started knocking!

So I arranged to use a ramp at work on a Saturday to investigate, well an SLK came for a play on a duel carriageway hmm he didn't get passed but the engine bearings shst themselves so new engine time!

So I'm in the process of stripping it down and changing the engibe, of course along the way it's getting a few changes,

People say the tb and inlet will flow 300 bhp easily , but pah I'll get porting abolishing them along with a bit of port matching

Snapped a bolt going in to the exhsust stay bar so that's getting replaced with a tubular stainless item

And as I'm off work and can't do much I have done a few bits I ca daily do



Strut brace is now the color of my 406 v6 coupe



All badges painted grey
Yep need to sort some rust


Bumper stripped down









Fog lights removed and painted the same colour as the badges

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The Lower lip is getting painted the same colour as aswell and the rear bits on the bumper will be done the same

I then have a set of mesh grills to cover all the holeswhich will be getting painted grey

The clear white lights are a bug aswell so I have tinted them

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Is whAt they will look like I just need some chrome bulbs to go with them, then I'll be getting a set of rear lights to smoke aswell

The coils are a known weakness and suffer over heating due to how they are mounts so I've take. The standard mount , painted it and added some exhaust wrap as a heat proof barrier





As they say every little helps

Next up im looking to reduce intake temps, now thestabdardcsirbox is said to be as good as they get but it sits right over the radiator which had a suck fan on the back, so my plan is to line the box with the heat reflective take stuff

[7057sam]

Sorry to say it was only a matter of time before it went bang

Just out of interest how many miles had it done ?

Where you doing the correct warm up/cool down procedures?