Did you resurfaced the housings or you used new ones? Also how is the car now? Any problems?

No words car...

Do an engine swap SR20DET. The best you can do is partial repairs where you can still run it like you said phase by phase til you get an extra money.

I daily a 2020 595 turismo. Everytime I walk up to the car I think to myself "this car is way to small and way to child like (I'm in my 40's) I smile the moment I pull away. When I park up and get out. I forget about what I thought walking up to it. I always look back at it and smile. It's just pure fun. You're right about cars nowadays just being big on horse power. Give me some corners and power that can be used.

Great channel, I love the documentary of this revival. I’m rooting for you

We recently copped a 66 plate 1.4T and every day I look forward to driving it. It's quite cushy inside and a beautifully 'creamy' drive. That 1.4t engine gives a nice 'push' in the midrange and the small size means it can be hustled around the roads with some vigour.

For the welding I'd recommend buying complete replacement sill panels. They're still pretty affordable, and as you're planning to do the paint anyway it gives you the opportunity to make sure it's properly rust-proofed inside and out.

Use mine as a daily driver find it perfectly comfy.

@2:10 the dramatic steering over correction 🤣 it's an auto mate. They barely break traction

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Yeah. My suspension was decent when i got it, but the struts went a few months in. Replaced them with Bilstein B14 coilovers and it is FANTASTIC. Aftermarket suspension is a prime modification for these guys.

I'd love to meet Peter! I own a 98' c5 coupe and live in London. I have not found any other c5 owners in London, so would be happy to head further out.

Will it still pass emissions at 950 idle?

I just bought a 2007 (high tax 🙃) one and got really lucky with it rust wise! 40k miles and I dont intend on driving it in bad weather/winter to keep it that way Too many of these are given up on because they're cheap (for now) its good to see one being saved

Your wrong they never MADE fiat uno abarth it was just a UNO TURBO IE thats all 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Congrats, dad! Enjoy it, And the car! Watched this series recently as ive bought a well looked after RX8, Thats rotten. With poans to swap it all into an NC MX5. But im temoted to save it. The editing and videography you guys put into the videos deserves so much more recognition.

Sports button actually has a function in this car including chugging the gas.

Glad to see her back, keep up

Awesome vid! Glad to see an RX8 rebuilt. Happy driving. Great work by the guys in the garage too. Seem like some top quality rebuilders.

Congrats on the rebuild and thanks for an absolutely brilliant series. The first start at 10:00 sounded absolutely brutal - I was on the edge of my seat!! Good luck trying to keep the revs down until it breaks in :D

Just binged watch this whole series 10/10 I own a black R3 and it's my pride and joy, A good upgrade is using Redline gearbox and diff oil, which made a huge difference on my car. Another is poly bushing car, especially the diff mounts. Best of luck with Roy may he have high compression for many years!

Nice ride, a stock C5Z06 with GM test driver did the Nurburgring in 7:59 something so a slow trackday is no problem with this car, i had a yellow manual C5 cab 2002 earlier but changed to a 2010 C6 Grandsport Callaway SC606 love it, toured Germany - France last summer from Sweden and despite having 600+ hp it still is like 28-30 mpg at highway amazing fuel economy.

9:09 love that video gauge thing you did there. Love the whole video actually

My rx8 has just failed MoT on rusty sills. The dilemma of is it worth getting them repaired and where. Where is big ben located? and how much do you think the cost would have been without all the under body treatment

Reece and Josh are famous. 😂 the best there is.

Nice car but like mine they fall apart after 70 thousand miles sadly not a car you could daily drive in the UK , you know its fragile when my old 2011 Hyundai i10 shopping trolley never went wrong but after only 2 months owning my 500 the door handle fell off , the clutch and gearbox went bang costing me near £1000 to fix and suspension broke and the blu tooth system broke and ive not bothered fixing that lol , I know these are cheap cars but the build quality is very poor.

I've been waiting for an update! I was nervous waiting for that rotary to be cracked open. I'm in a similar spot right now. The outer sills are trashed and i have to fix the inner before putting the outer. I had to make my own rear corner piece in front of the rear wheel inside. The exact spots he said go bad XD. I have everything except the rear subframe and gas tank off. I've started dealing with the rust and making my own pieces. But I have a low mileage engine and a rebuild kit on order. I still have my original engine and am cracking it open this weekend anyway. If I had some more courage I'd be posting my journey too, but I don't lol Can't wait to see more of your car and journey!!❤ good luck!

Just bought a 1.6 turbo last night

Great video 🙌🔥

I have a 2001 C5 Coupe with the Z51 handling package. I agree with everything in the video. My other car is an urquattro which I thought was fast & great at handling. The Corvette is in another league entirely 🏁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Really enjoyed the video and agree that for a street driven car, the factory more or less knew what they were doing. I've owned my RX8 for 21 years this year (original owner of a pre-ordered initial batch North American car.) Just subscribed and will keep following the build.

Waste of time watching this…

Why the front has the Mazda look. What a shame carmaker has become. To literally rip copy from another.

Great Video! Funnily enough I got my engine rebuilt with these guys, you can actually see at 9:44, the black R3!

I am following with interest as I need to get my PZ rebuilt - its either these guy's or Rotary Motion - makes sense upgrading and keeping stock - I look forward to the end result - good luck!

My local Rotary shop said that most RX8 engine rebuilds required new housing due to carbon build up. This all because of the side port exhaust.

Bridgeport the exhaust

😂 Watching your face when your kaka valve kick in,your not a driver.

Great video ❤

A street port doesn't do much but make the idle lumpy in a Renesis from what I've read. I love the series btw!

The rx-8 does fit a car seat! A passenger with a rear facing seat, not so much. Use the sound of the rotary to calm the kiddo down. It worked for me!

I literally went through the same exact thing the day before this video. I made it to 125k, went in wanting porting etc… and learned so much to the point that my rebuild will be OEM with some port polishing. Enjoy the journey!

Nice job guys! Keep it up!!

Everyone can enjoy my different hairstyles in the series 🤣 Great video Alex 👍🏻

Great video. TPS are awesome! I had my clutch changed and engine rebuilt by them and my car has never felt better. Everyone there is super friendly and very knowledgeable. Highly recommended

I've dealt with TPS a few times with my previous rx8 and funnily enough have just bought another rx8 from Josh, can't fault either of them best in the game in my opinion

Any plans for content in the meantime?

Big the council houses in France.

Yes, here in the US a well-maintained C5 certainly can be a daily driver. Mine is., and it's a delight to drive every time I get in it. Fun review as it's great to get a British perspective on these 20+ year-old cars.

How much did it cost in the end in total?