Hey everyone im Chris. I have been using this site for years and its been a wealth of knowledge in keeping up with my cars.
I own 2 Rx-8's both are 2004's
one is a sunlight silver Gt 6 speed. its had a reman engine swap done at the dealer at 73,000km the car now has 113,000KM The car is mostly stock aside from a typhoon intake by K&N, i doubt it makes any extra power but it sounds great and the filter is easy to swap and maintain.
the second car is a parts car. It is a 2004 Gt (?) automatic with the red and black leather interior. Ive stripped all the parts I could potentially use on my car and plan on putting the rest of the car on the for sale section here. If i dont get a decent offer I have an idea....
since this one was bought for 1,700.00 and ive pulled a good chunk of parts off of it, and its beyond repair I have been considering turning it into an offroad-esque car!
I dont expect this thing to be a baja truck by any means, but I figure if I slapped some really small rims with some meaty smaller tires I could have some fun.
there are some key issues, such as I dont know if the thing even runs!!!
I bought it salvage, no key. the car was rolled on its side and written off. I have almost no other info. the interior and most other components were in GREAT shape so I have hope
this is kinda the game plan
Weight reduction:
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Mechanical issues
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I own 2 Rx-8's both are 2004's
one is a sunlight silver Gt 6 speed. its had a reman engine swap done at the dealer at 73,000km the car now has 113,000KM The car is mostly stock aside from a typhoon intake by K&N, i doubt it makes any extra power but it sounds great and the filter is easy to swap and maintain.
the second car is a parts car. It is a 2004 Gt (?) automatic with the red and black leather interior. Ive stripped all the parts I could potentially use on my car and plan on putting the rest of the car on the for sale section here. If i dont get a decent offer I have an idea....
since this one was bought for 1,700.00 and ive pulled a good chunk of parts off of it, and its beyond repair I have been considering turning it into an offroad-esque car!
I dont expect this thing to be a baja truck by any means, but I figure if I slapped some really small rims with some meaty smaller tires I could have some fun.
there are some key issues, such as I dont know if the thing even runs!!!
I bought it salvage, no key. the car was rolled on its side and written off. I have almost no other info. the interior and most other components were in GREAT shape so I have hope
this is kinda the game plan
Weight reduction:
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- Strip interior
- Remove trunk
- Remove sunroof
- Remove air conditioning
Mechanical issues
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- solve the key issue, I dont want to have to pay the dealer to re-key it. I wouild like to just be able to wire a switch in.
- increase suspension clearance (I have a massive mechanical shop and welder I was just gonna add some sort of blocking to increase the height. I understand I may need to do some modifications to the a-arms to allow this....well explore this later
- exhaust....its fine and in great shape visibly. since I would be bombing this thing through fields with stubble and brush and I dont want to burn any fields down. I was considfering just dumping the exhaust straight up.....but back pressure etc. so this might just turn me into puting some sort of skid plate on
- roll cage. I own a business people count on me to pay there mortgage I want to refrain from death. Since I am also a moron the suggestion of being "smart" wont be applicable
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- A bunch of L.E.D lights
- Replace glass with meshing on side windows
- Replace windshield and back window with lexan (back window will be flat and might not be the prettiest)
- hilarious decals and badges. (something along the lines of what Top Gear does in making it so when the doors are open it says something funny)
Long time lurker, stupid project I am excited to work on!
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