Just a quick note to let you all know, Joe from rotor master, took me around the area with the turbo 8 on Saturday....I just wanted to say how much swifter and more responsive this is, as opposed to the standard.

appearance - evrything seems to be pretty much hidden under the hood.

sound - not all that noticeable, but i think they could do something with the blow-off valve, to add more of a longer response sound

NOW I AM NOT A SALESMAN for Joe or anyone, Im just saying a turbo 8 seems to go very nice. Obv. a turbo anything goes better than stock, but i could consider the turbo kit very easily, and any 8 owners schould consider the upgrade...just my opinion, pity about the $$ u gotta chip out..... I just tried stage 1....app. stage 2 will be out in a fortnight, and the difference is an exhaust an 1 other slight modification in/near the engine (couldnt remember), I asked him the kW gain, he said at the end of stage 2.....prob 200 kW at the engine.....

What are people's thought/opinions.......

Daz

 

oh yeah ruffly $8k for stage 1, and $9-10 k for stage 2

 

Eight to ten thousand big ones for turbo , tell joe he can keep it .

cheers
michael

 

YEAH!,

Especially for very little Kw gains!

JoeB

 

No, it'd be 200kw at the rear wheels.....

 

I am convinced in time there will be a lot of aftermarket turbos out for the RX8 . Better and definetely cheaper .

Mazda japan is working on electric turbos and superchargers , to pay$ 8-10,000 big ones to Rotor master with no warranty be a guinepig take the risk of f%^Ing up your engine NO thanks .

cheers
michael

 

Thanks for the review Daz.

Glad to see it doesn't come with a BOV (or an audible one). Anyone who gets one gets an audible BOV for their RX8 gets banned.... Hehehehe.

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

I'm with you Lock, $10k wow..................I'm not even remotely tempted!

 

if it was 5k and comes with some sort of warranty, then i'd be interested to get 200kw. but 10k and no warranty? u'd have to be stupid to try it, again only speaking from my own oppinion

 

isnt the car already doing 177kw and for $10,000 it increases by 25kw????

 

Seems I was wr....wro....w...wr......mistaken. Yikes, the kit is dear for a 25Kw gain.....This sort of money buys serious power in a Suby, Holden or Ford.

Gomez.

 

And only with 6 month warranty on parts and labour its a .j/k

cheers
michael

 

Maybe it might be cheaper to shoehorn an LS1 in there

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

200kw at the wheels is around 45kw+ (55+ maybe) gain coz our cars can't manufacture 177 on the wheels. its less than 150kw from what i've seen.

 

Blasphemer. Ban him. Where's a moderator when you need one?! :p

 

Hell, it's contagious

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=29442

 

Perhaps a 26B then.

 

Confession time ???

I must admitt that if i keep the rx8 long enough to have to rebuild the rotary , i have considered getting an aluminium powered chevy V8 transplanted in it .

Friends of mine in Melbourne built the engine for the new JOSS AUSTRALIAN SUPERCAR , if it ever goes into production .

$500,000 + FOR AN AUSTRALIAN SUPERCAR HMMMM .

A light hand built aluminium v8 with great torque would be nice .

Oh well time will tell .

cheers
michael

 

Still lighter than an LS1!

 

I read the subject of the post and i thought someone glued a vibrator to there dash..

Anyway good on rotor master for trying and having a LOCAL product. Which would be cheaper if something goes wrong i guess ( Not that it will but you know what i mean ). Its good to support Australian products guys.

Im sure when the imported turbo and supercharges scene come to Australia for our rx8 even our aussie guys will drop prices alittle.. But dont forget taxs, shipping charges that you will have to pay.

Regards
Phillip

 

Yep, good to support local products, especially grill kits and exhausts

 

I fixed it for you. No longer Rotor Mater
If you are after that sort of thing, go look here

http://fleshlight.com/main/products.htm

A must see for you Lock!

Cheers,
Hymee.

PS - And in a effort not to hijack this poor old thread, how about any related posts to the link be put in the lounge?

 

Check out Rotormaster turbo RX8 review in this month's Motor magazine fellas

 

is there more info on this turbo available? what does it include for fuel and boost management. any pics to be had of it installed? what turbo is used?

 

It uses a TSI Fuel Ignition controller and uses a Garret T28 turbo (from memory). This was published in a Magazine article. If I can find it online I'll post it.