Received my bits and pieces from Racing Beat on Tuesday and Ric (Shaw) installed them for me yesterday.

I ordered their REV8 Exhaust, aFe Air Filter, ULTRA 8mm Silicone Ignition Wires.

Putting these parts on together makes it impossible to see the individual impact, suffice to say the end result is impressive.

Initial driving impressions are that the rotary spins up even smoother than before and there appears to be the "advertised" increase in horses (ie approx 3.5hp).

The added benefit is the exhaust note. WOW! I feel like my 8 has now gone through puberty, its ***** have dropped, and it now has a deep, bass voice! No rice sound at all, just this deep growl when you punch the throttle.

Before you all ask about the Dyno..........no plans at this stage.......
but I'm real happy with the result!

 

Yeah, a new exhaust is mandatory. The RX8 is a gelding without it. The note is not what you would expect after hearing FDs and other pre-renesis rotaries.

As well as the feeling of more power (actually, it probably feels like more torque than more power ...) , I have noticed I never get troubles starting the car anymore. Before the exhaust, sometimes the 8 would struggle a bit to start, and I'd have to turn the ignition off and start again. Now that problem has completely gone - it is a very big cooincidence.

 

nice work

so when you wanna come out for a drink so i can check out your new mods

phillip

 

Paul

Congrats on your new exhaust .(hope hymee is not listening )

Going through puberty wasnt so bad from memory i got to play with all the prepubercent little girls .

cheers
michael

 

Well, on the subject of exhaust tones, I have to say, IMHO, the rotary is not right 'up there'.

Seems to me you need some serious metal fatigue happening, such as emerge from a V8 or better, a V12 to have a really good sound.

....and the Ducati is right 'up there', too.

The turbo rotaries give sounds that are otherwise heard emanating from a flatulant old man with asthma … not all that appealling

But Hymee's (the only one I've heard) does at least give more chest to the 8's sound, so I eagerly await mine

 

Congratulations,

I am a fan of Racing Beat products myself. Out of curiousity how much did the exhaust cost by the time you got it shipped paid import duty etc?

I have recently ordered Hymee's exhaust as I have had the chance to inspect the quality and exhaust note first hand. I cant wait!

 

....one of you two blokes has gotta change 'is avatar....s'all too bloody confusing!!!!

Go "my head hurts" mez.

 

Gotta be better than a picture of an old tv star dressed up as a knight! lol

 

.. reckon I was going faster than smoothy (twas on the main straight!). And ... I was the quietest car there :p

 

Apart from Gomez's avatar-centrism, what's wrong with old TV stars? They have served me well :D

 

Maybe you should change back!

You might have been going faster but I was pulling more g force on the corners at Qld Raceway.

We will both be going faster soon with our Hymee exhausts.

 

New avatar submitted together with my nick name underneath
(Smoothy)

 

This is the first time I heard about the aFe air filter. Is this a drop in or pod type?

 

Hey RX8-smooth! The Exhaust was USD595-00 which was AUD788-00, freight was $250-00 and duty and taxes approx $150-00 (haven't seen the bill yet!).

 

Hey skc,

Its a drop in filter and you can see it at either of the following links.

http://www.racingbeat.com/FRmazda4.htm

http://www.afefilters.com/Product.asp

Paul.

 

How does that work ????

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

Down, boy, dowwwwn....:D

 

It is hard to bead the sound of a V8 with just the right exhaust on it. I have heard plenty of crap ones though.

It is no coincidence the man who I reckon makes the bast sounding LS1 exhausts makes the best RX-8 exhaust I've heard.

Here is a link to some of my favourite vids with my old SS exhaust on song...

http://www.hymee.com/videos/driveby.wmv (1.8Mb)
Mine is the first one to go past after the camera rotates (Gold Sedan))

http://www.hymee.com/videos/reardriveby.wmv (1.5Mb)
Mine is the gold sedan following the gold ute just after the camera rotates. Dig the last one give it a bootfull. On-ya Mozz!

We need some vids like this from some rotar cruises.

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

Hehehe. I have been known to make long drawn out posts about the power and torque agrument

The problem is that if you make more torque (at a certain RPM), then you MUST be making more power at the same RPM. You can't alter the laws of physics.

Cheers,
Hymee.