Bringing my RX back to life - Mazda RX8 1JZ VVTi

[abdulmunimqadri]

[abdulmunimqadri]

Haha, it definitely needs a drop but my attention is towards the RX8 for the time being. Though I bought this EK in 2013 for the project but I didn't have the time & budget for it. My basement is filled with parts for the civic so Insha'Allah its her turn after the 8.

[Hassan1991]

INSHALLAH
Will be waiting

[abdulmunimqadri]

Insha'Allah, these pictures are old though. I took these after I got the hubs changed from 4 studs to 5, if you notice that. I changed the hubs because of the rims back then, lol.

[Hassan1991]

Hahaha...Yep. So staying with 5 studs? and going to swap or keeping stock?

[abdulmunimqadri]

Yes I'm staying with 5 studs, the conversion wasn't cheap so I'm not planning on going back to 4. The guys at the tyre shop were telling me that I'm high because my car is 4, not 5. I showed them the car & asked 'whose high on weed now?' btw I'm planning to keep it stock or maybe upgrade the engine a bit. But not planning to make it loud since I've got 2 cars for turning heads already. I'm just going to mod it cosmetically.

[Hassan1991]

haha
alright that's good. A daily driven.

[abdulmunimqadri]

Exactly. Don't want to spend on something that's useless to throw my money into. These cars are meant to be taken care of instead of ruining them as a so called race car.

[Hassan1991]

Agreed. But you can keep it daily with a B16b. Not a race car but....a car that is fun to drive

[abdulmunimqadri]

Those engines are hard to source. I made a few calls to people I knew who can source B series but they told me that they'll let me know but it's almost impossible to get a hold on B series now. Not expecting anything at this point but if I find one for a good price, I'll def get the deal.

[Hassan1991]

You can source from UAE if you got contacts but i agree it's really hard and expensive to get pure Type R engines now. One of my favorite is F20C . Honestly few people knows what that engine got.

[umarabdullah]

Ahh yes the crazy high revving screamer from the ap1 s2000 with a lot of power but not a lot of torque, they say that Honda changed to the f22 for the ap2 because the first gen motors were too bland and whiney for Americans who didn't like to work hard and row the gears to get the punch at the top of the Rev range.

Few people know but the new Mazda mx5 Miata with this years refresh is very similar, all the heavenly punch at the top of the Rev range.

[Hassan1991]

Exactly. That's why they gave f22c1. "Donut media"
But it's f20c that wins and remain the highest hp per litre producing engine.

[abdulmunimqadri]

This is what the car is looking like with the new wheels.

[abdulmunimqadri]

F20C won't fit my civic, it will require a lot of alterations. We had a Honda Accord CF3 with F20B, it was one amazing car but we sold it after it started creating problems almost everyday. It used to be driven by my relatives mostly coming from abroad, so once your car is driven by other people, it will definitely get problematic.

[Hassan1991]

Nope. Not suggesting you for you're civic. As it doesn't came with FWD tranny. Whereas custom work can be done.
B16B suites you.
As i said wheel is big. Distance between wheel and ride decreases. Looks good.

[abdulmunimqadri]

Went to the workshop but my car's wiring is going to take another day or two, thanks to the electrician. Met my bro, Mehr Hassan today at the workshop so had a great time discussing our projects. He owns a white RX8 with original rotary sitting on Vossens.

[abdulmunimqadri]

Luckily, my car is still parked inside so I'm not expecting any further damages to the car's body.

[abdulmunimqadri]

Veilside 350Z was there too.

[umarabdullah]

Is that an s3?