Reply With Quotethat's a hella lot of work
Rotary NC monster
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=158121
It's not finished but it looks like it's going to be an awesome car.
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that's a hella lot of work
Fascinating... definitely a labor of love. Hopefully someday he'll have it running.
One thing that surprises me is his choice of wheel and tire sizes/offsets - the American CSP NC pilots figured out how to stuff 18x9.5 wheels with 285/35-18s under all four corners of an NC with pretty minor mods a long time ago. A 225/285 front/rear stagger on an NC chassis seems a bit extreme to me.
Iain
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Wow! That thing is going to be a monster!
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And you'll be able to buy/build a car that's much faster...for much less $$$...
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But that's not really the point. It's kinda like Chuck Mallett "stickin' an LS2 in it" on the Solstice and Sky models... It's "doing what the maker coulda/shoulda done" (assuming they didn't have to make a buck or meet regs or sell more than a dozen) in the dream scenario.Originally Posted by miataspeedracer
Sometimes, just having the ONLY one like it in the world is reason enough. At the end of the day, he'll have his dream car, a blown, wankel-powered monster miata that he can say with pride "Yes, I dreamed it, designed it, and built it." Some wanker with a 911 Turbo can only say "Yes, I bought it..."
Are they putting them over custom 8-pot Brembos? Looks like he doesn't have much clearance to go with higher offset wheels.
Yeah - the brakes are overkill and the stagger is silly. But somehow it's still pretty badass.
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