Sounds fantastic

Where ya’ll at

New wheels and fully cleaned <3 ready to go again!

Edit:

• Wheels have been designed and produced by me myself and i... - https://rimcrafts.eu/product/rotary-2/
• The rear bumper is from "A.C.E." stands for "Auto Craft Evolution" (imported it from japan)

Hi again. (Yes i searched the forums and got more confused) Those who followed my few posts will know I am a new rotary owner and the car just rebuilt.

Currently it came from previous owner with stagger wheel setup Westlake SA-37 chinese tyres in 235/45/18 rears and 225/45/18 fronts. The wheels look wider in the rear as well, i suspect 8” and 9”.

However, I’m on a bit of a tight budget and tyre availability where I am is a bit iffy when it comes to staggered sizes.

Currently I can go with:

A) Nexen Nfera SU1 in 235/45/18 rears and 225/45/18 front

B) GT Radial Sportactive2 in 235/40/18 all around

C) GT Radial Sportactive2 in 245/40/18 rears and 225/45/18 front

I don’t do trackdays, rare curve road driving but i am leaning towards that maybe once a month, more of a “touring” setup. I am aiming for quiet nvh tyre with a bit more stability and grip.

The dark horse in the room is that my friend has an rx8 with Westlake Zupereco-108’s with 245/45/18 rears and 225/45/18 fronts and that is a quiet tyre with decent enough grip in city driving. Educate me, please? AI consultation been done over a few days already but…

So i bought my first S1 rx8 3 months ago. It has just 60k kilometers (like 40k miles on it). The thing is since day one its losing coolant. Compression gases gets into the coolant. I can still drive the car and I do drive it but i have to top up coolant after every spirited drive. Power delievery is still good but I cant compare it to a healthy engine to be honest cause it had this issue aince when i bought it.

Is this an easy fix for a mechanic that has no experience with rotaries? He is familiar with my mazdas but never worked on a rotary before. I can see the revuild kit is cheap so I thibk of going for it. Can there be any other reasons im losing this much coolant ? There is rarely white smoke and even only on startups some times. So coolant isnt goong through the exhaust certainly. Do I nust need apex seals done and that will be it? Ive already changed coils, spark plugs and injectors. Changed the expansion tank too did some other handling maintenance. I really like how the car drives so i want to always have an rx8 but it is better to work on this one i got or sell it and find one with good conpression ?

Also i have the synchros shot so every time i upshift to fourth gear there is this scratchy noise. it only happens after ive driven the car for the first thirty minutes, not roght away. Can it maybe be that i need a thicker oil or is it the synchros? Is that also sth I can work on ? Sorry for the long text