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2006 Mazda RX8 - Rock You Like A Hurricane

Going Against The Grainin A Slip-'N-Slide RX-8

By Charlie Millions, Photography by
2006 Mazda Rx8 Side View

Fast Facts
'06 Mazda RX-8
Owner Tony "Hurricane" Angelo
Hometown Montrose, CA
Daily Grind beating down drifters and piston-engines alike
Power 394 hp @ 8600 rpm, 332 lb-ft @ 6800 rpm

Under The Hood '95 RX-7 13B-REW swap; Angelo custom port; Denso 850cc primary, Bosch 1680cc secondary injectors; SARD fuel regulator; Walbro fuel pump; KGparts.com fuel rail; HKS-Super flow intake; custom 3-inch titanium exhaust; custom manifold; GM LS1 coils; Mazda Racing spark plugs; Bullseye Power S372 turbo; SARD Type J Racing wastegate; GReddy Skyline intercooler core with custom V-mount piping and end tanks; Blitz SBC i-Color Spec R boost controller; Ron Davis radiator; Fuel Safe fuel cell; Cusco catch can;

2006 Mazda Rx8 Engine Bay

Drivetrain '95 RX-7 transmission swap; Tomei Technical-Trax LSD; Exedy Twin-Plate clutchBrains Haltech E8

Stiff Stuff KW Variant 3 coilovers; Cusco front sway bar, strut tower bars with integrated brake master cylinder brace; complete JIC Magic rear suspension arm set; FD RX-7 steering rack

Stoppers DBA rotors; Hawk HP Plus pads; custom lines

Rollers Work Emotion CR Kai rims; Maxxis MA-Z1 tires

Outside BN Sports Defend body kit, front vented fenders; Seibon carbon hood, trunk; custom reverse vent hood; 787B Mazda paint scheme

Inside Sparco Pro 2000 seats; Sparco 375 steering wheel; Auto Meter gauges; custom cage; Tilton Remote Bias Adjuster; custom rear emergency brake with Wilson tennis racket wrap

Props Dave Shoemaker, Michael Edwards, everyone at Camp Snakebite, my family, all my Drift Alliance family, Chris, Topics, Tuerck, JR, Petty, Dousan, Linz, Ameen, Amir, Kenji, Joon, Brian W, JTP, Luch, the Clubloose Guys, MA-Motorsports, Mike Napp for giving some punk kids a shot, Kevin wells, Sergio Ramirez, Buddah Justin for late night tunning sessions, everyone who helped on the road or lent a place to stay, Team Snakebite Forever!, entire Wu-Tang Clan, RIP Pink Godzira, Jim and Chuck at Mazdaspeed, Brandon at Maxxis, Sam and Jim at Sam's Autoland, George from KW Suspensions, Matt and Mark at Haltech, Billy and all at Alpinestars, Blair, Jacob and Cary from MMI, Eiji and Steve at Tomei, Russ and Yoni at Exedy, Ahad at Auto Meter, BN Sports USA, Seibon, Steve Lim, Dan and Dave at Bullseye Power, everyone at Formula D except Andy Luk (suck it, Andy!). Sorry if I missed anyone; thanks for your help!

WWW autometer.com; blitzperformance.com; bnsports.us; bullseyepower.com; dba.com.au; cusco.co.jp; driftalliance.com; exedyusa.com; fuelsafe.com; greddy.com; haltech.com; hawkperformance.com; hksusa.com; kgparts.com; kw-suspension.com; maxxis.com; rondavisradiators.com; sardracing.com; seibon.com; sparcousa.com; tiltonracing.com; tomeiusa.com

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By Charlie Millions
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