surrey86

It's a lot of money for something that hasn't changed much in 8 years, depends on your personal financial circumstances really. The performance pack is the only thing that'd make me even consider it, that and the shiny new car feeling.

Appreciate I'm late to the party, but really love the paintjob on this, looks superb.

Entry is 7-7:30am for the Jap zone, usual social distancing rules, no access to inner paddock. https://www.timeattack.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GoJapan_Tunerfest_ShowPlan.pdf

It's still on. Early start for us! Stand location is ok again, a bit close to the RX-8 owners club and we're upwind but needs must. 😛

Probably the last meet for some time given the new rules

I seem to recall following @Lauren down there at near 100mph on a January day! There's a couple of us signed up for Donington National on Nov 1st.

They are really cheap to run to be honest. Tyres last ages, brakes the same. Oil service isn't bad and its easy to do yourself if you want to DIY. Your main issue will be the huge amount of aftermarket parts available for the car and the temptation to modify the shit out of it.

The website says the last date for club entries is today BTW..

I've just bought a ticket and booked onto the club stand, bit of a tradition now this one!

Not anymore, been in house for a while. Iirc by someone who used to work for JP

Not sure I agree with you. Quote below lifted from the Eurocarparts website! They know well what they're playing, suggesting the parts are high performance. Brembo High Performance products meet the great demand coming from the market of race enthusiasts, who insist on replacing original brake systems with Brembo High Performance equipment. Enthusiasts in order to improve their riding style in terms of performance and safety while also improving the overall aesthetic appeal of their machines. Brembo is widely regarded as the leading manufacturer of brake systems in the World; it is not surprising that the majority of all performance and prestige car manufacturers choose to fit Brembo High Performance Brake Systems to their vehicles as standard.

Exactly. OEM is good quality. These are rubbish trading under a premium name.

They always heavily discount. I would avoid their 'brembos'. I fitted a full set of discs and pads to my wife's old Jazz and they warped within months. They aren't good quality at all.

I went around the ring on OEM pads a couple years ago 😂. I wasn't pushing but it is no way heavy on pads in a light car.

I used Carbotech xp8 pads on stock calipers & discs with upgraded fluid and brake ducts for a number of track days. They were great for around 5-10 mins, depending on the track, then became inconsistent. You couldn't really brake late as it was unclear what braking action you'd would get from the pedal. With the Reyland kit and ds2500 there's none of this, they just work the same throughout a 20 min session so you can brake on the limit and trail it in etc reliably.

Jap performance parts are in Crawley, i.e. near London Gatwick

That's the issue with Bedford for me, there's too many straights! Rewards straight line hero's over corner speed.

Imagine if an s2k gearbox was a bolt-on 🤤

It's hard to believe the same manufacturer made the S2000 gearbox!

What tyre size have you fitted?

15mm isn't worth the hassle tbh.

RHD will be annoying if you are living there, makes overtakes trickier and pulling out of some junctions more difficult. Plus toll booths won't be fun if you're on your own.

Is it really necessary to rebuild the 3rd engine? Seems like it would be safer to leave it unopened.

It's a really nice looking exhaust to be fair.

Doesn't look like there's a lot of room to fit a diffuser there with all that pipework. It would have to be custom whatever, and therefore cost a lot in money or time. It's right to point out you could lose more performance in drag than you gain in power from the cat back.