{"id":1924,"date":"2025-12-16T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:31:21","slug":"bench-race-build-rx8-with-drivetrain-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/bench-race-build-rx8-with-drivetrain-swap","title":{"rendered":"BENCH RACE BUILD: RX8 With Drivetrain Swap!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ever started out a Track Race Car build on a dare? Maybe it was from a bench racing session with a buddy, over a few beers. Maybe your existing car just doesn’t “fit the formula” that your favorite racing groups has for class rules. Maybe you think you can find a loophole to exploit, or just want to build a car to the minimum weight, maximize power, and run the bleeding edge limit on aero, tires, and suspension – but within a budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes you are so busy bench racing that a buddy finds you a free chassis for the car you have been dreaming up. That’s what happened here<\/a><\/strong> with our buddy Paul or Pontini Racing – he had been talking about an RX8 build for SCCA Max5 or Max4 Time Attack for so long that you found him a car, to see if he’d actually do it. And he did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this forum post<\/a><\/strong> we explore the ideas, the class rules in question, and even the three “Levels of Safety” that SCCA prescribes for their Time Attack series. We dive into two potential classes and 7 potential drivetrain swaps on this 2004 RX8 – and none of them involve the dreaded rotary (a seriously cool idea on paper, that never seems to work out as well on track). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you have ever day dreamed about building the ultimate car for a given class – even one with rather mild limits – this forum build thread<\/a><\/strong> might be worth a read. And you can comment with your suggestions in the forum! Follow the instructions<\/a><\/strong> on how to sign up on the vorshlag forum<\/a><\/strong> and join in the discussions! We’ve had this forum up for 25 years and it is chock full of tech. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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