So whatever happened with the Protech Performance turbo down here in Austin? Did the company go out of business?

They were so close to launching and then disapeared (sp)?

It was such a promising setup to =(

looks like you can still pre-order on their website (http://www.tuningmotorsports.com/product.php?productid=16135&cat=0&page=1&featured) But they did promise that they were planning on selling in August'06.

things happen...

wow,

after all the false promises does anyone care?

beers :beer:

I do....im an hour away and for half the price of mazsport I could get the same figures...oh well

for half the price of mazsport I could get the same figures
Ever thought that that's why we don't see them around anymore?

good point.. just curious what actually did happen to them?

werent they the ones in car and driver?

Ever thought that that's why we don't see them around anymore?

what are you saying mazsport bought them out lol......not sure I get what your trying to imply......

maybe someone should give them a call :rock:

there so much sarcasm idk what to believe.... eeks

Well there car is currently on ebay. Who knows if its legit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PTP-Mazda-RX-8-Featured-in-Car-Driver_W0QQitemZ160065278666QQihZ006QQcategoryZ841 60QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They are still here in Austin and in business. I stopped by the shop the other day on the way home from work and saw boxes of piping and manifolds. All work on the turbo kits are done and the piping just arrived that they had been waiting on. Jon said they are talking with Ryan about setting up vendor status so they can start selling the kits.

what are you saying mazsport bought them out lol......not sure I get what your trying to imply......

maybe someone should give them a call :rock:
well, you can't have your cake and eat it too. IMO PTP jumped into this market with the same mentality that can be applied to cars that are much easier to modify. There's far more to making a marketable turbo kit than slapping on a manifold, snail, intercooler, piping, and a half-assed EMS and calling it a day at only $4000. Sure plently of people have done that, or had shops do it for them, but when you're selling a product as a business the rules change quite a bit.

its not that we approached the project incorrectly, granted we made our share of mistakes, but more the lack of massive amounts of money required to finish the project.... hence the time it took to get it all together

Jon

cool. im excited to see how this turns out. im only 3 hours away from them. i wont have to ship my car across the country now :)

FYI, the Ebay listing says the kit will be available "sometime in 2007".

-Mr. Wigggles

yes it should be released in january of 2007, but we will setup advertising on this forum soon... and i will then give out all the info about the kit.

As far as I know they're still there and in business, I haven't stopped by their shop in a while (even though it's only 20 minutes away), but I did drive past it the other day (was just goin up Lamar), and I looked over and could still see their sign and everything

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=107739

more info