My Pettit Racing rebuild experience
01-12-2023, 12:01 PM
#51
The estimate was basically for what the shop considered a fully prepped StarMazda build and I did not use their services. Builder with was in no way good at listening to customer needs, explaining services performed or keeping up with communications. On top of that, $20k for 200hp is silly, which is why I'll probably just throw in a basic mazda reman when the time comes.
01-12-2023, 12:06 PM
#52
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The estimate was basically for what the shop considered a fully prepped StarMazda build and I did not use their services. Builder with was in no way good at listening to customer needs, explaining services performed or keeping up with communications. On top of that, $20k for 200hp is silly, which is why I'll probably just throw in a basic mazda reman when the time comes.
01-12-2023, 03:05 PM
#53
77 cylinders, 4 rotors...
The estimate was basically for what the shop considered a fully prepped StarMazda build and I did not use their services. Builder with was in no way good at listening to customer needs, explaining services performed or keeping up with communications. On top of that, $20k for 200hp is silly, which is why I'll probably just throw in a basic mazda reman when the time comes.
01-14-2023, 04:39 PM
#54
^^Funny that you’re so attuned to my noise-signal ratio and openly smear me about it any chance you see the cheap opportunity to pile on, but are blind and deaf to your own. Stop pretending to be something you’re not. Did you ever buy and run one? We all know the answer.
I strongly recommend that anyone serious about Renesis engines read the first post in the link below and burn it into their memory bank. Nobody knows the ins and outs of the Renesis better than this man:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...9/#post4948167
there are gold nuggets like this on the forum, but unfortunately it’s often lost in a flood of garbage aka the doctrine of men, who sincerely strive for your attention, but inadvertently deceive you from the truth. It’s not the fleshly wolf in sheep’s clothing; the one that knows he’s a wolf, and is intentionally in sheep’s clothing for that very purpose, that you should worry about. They’re easier to discern.
No it’s the spiritual wolf in sheep’s clothing you need to take heed of; the one that doesn’t know he’s a wolf, or that he’s in sheep’s clothing. Because he doesn’t comprehend the truth about himself any more than other things he attempts to inadvertently lead others in. Yet he sincerely and wholly believes he has the understanding of the truth, when in fact he does not. Therein is the great power of his deception to mislead and confuse others. The blind leading the blind, and into the ditch/pit they all go …
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I strongly recommend that anyone serious about Renesis engines read the first post in the link below and burn it into their memory bank. Nobody knows the ins and outs of the Renesis better than this man:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...9/#post4948167
there are gold nuggets like this on the forum, but unfortunately it’s often lost in a flood of garbage aka the doctrine of men, who sincerely strive for your attention, but inadvertently deceive you from the truth. It’s not the fleshly wolf in sheep’s clothing; the one that knows he’s a wolf, and is intentionally in sheep’s clothing for that very purpose, that you should worry about. They’re easier to discern.
No it’s the spiritual wolf in sheep’s clothing you need to take heed of; the one that doesn’t know he’s a wolf, or that he’s in sheep’s clothing. Because he doesn’t comprehend the truth about himself any more than other things he attempts to inadvertently lead others in. Yet he sincerely and wholly believes he has the understanding of the truth, when in fact he does not. Therein is the great power of his deception to mislead and confuse others. The blind leading the blind, and into the ditch/pit they all go …
.
01-14-2023, 05:17 PM
#55
77 cylinders, 4 rotors...
^^Funny that you’re so attuned to my noise-signal ratio and openly smear me about it any chance you see the cheap opportunity to pile on, but are blind and deaf to your own. Stop pretending to be something you’re not. Did you ever buy and run one? We all know the answer.
I strongly recommend that anyone serious about Renesis engines read the first post in the link below and burn it into their memory bank. Nobody knows the ins and outs of the Renesis better than this man:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...9/#post4948167
there are gold nuggets like this on the forum, but unfortunately it’s often lost in a flood of garbage aka the doctrine of men, who sincerely strive for your attention, but inadvertently deceive you from the truth. It’s not the fleshly wolf in sheep’s clothing; the one that knows he’s a wolf, and is intentionally in sheep’s clothing for that very purpose, that you should worry about. They’re easier to discern.
No it’s the spiritual wolf in sheep’s clothing you need to take heed of; the one that doesn’t know he’s a wolf, or that he’s in sheep’s clothing. Because he doesn’t comprehend the truth about himself any more than other things he attempts to inadvertently lead others in. Yet he sincerely and wholly believes he has the understanding of the truth, when in fact he does not. Therein is the great power of his deception to mislead and confuse others. The blind leading the blind, and into the ditch/pit they all go …
.
I strongly recommend that anyone serious about Renesis engines read the first post in the link below and burn it into their memory bank. Nobody knows the ins and outs of the Renesis better than this man:
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tec...9/#post4948167
there are gold nuggets like this on the forum, but unfortunately it’s often lost in a flood of garbage aka the doctrine of men, who sincerely strive for your attention, but inadvertently deceive you from the truth. It’s not the fleshly wolf in sheep’s clothing; the one that knows he’s a wolf, and is intentionally in sheep’s clothing for that very purpose, that you should worry about. They’re easier to discern.
No it’s the spiritual wolf in sheep’s clothing you need to take heed of; the one that doesn’t know he’s a wolf, or that he’s in sheep’s clothing. Because he doesn’t comprehend the truth about himself any more than other things he attempts to inadvertently lead others in. Yet he sincerely and wholly believes he has the understanding of the truth, when in fact he does not. Therein is the great power of his deception to mislead and confuse others. The blind leading the blind, and into the ditch/pit they all go …
.
HA! Disagreeing with you is not smearing. Believe me, I have not yet begun to smear. That's not what I'm here for.
In the other string I was actually defending you, to a small extent. And I never claimed to own/run a high dollar engine built by a race shop. Probably never will either. Nor do I name-drop. Not my thing.
If you want to compare Johnsons, I'm not playing. It's always fruitless. I have enough knowledge/experience with mechanics to know I don't know (and actually don't need to know) everything.
I think your prickly-ness speaks to your insecurity, friend. It's also obvious to many (most) by now.
So, take a breather.
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cbmmm3 (01-21-2023)
01-19-2023, 08:08 AM
#56
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Awesome, thank you for the results! Looks like that's in the high 80-mid90s psi range, Was this a hot compression test?
On Facebook there's a guy with 600,000 mile RX-8. He's on his fourth engine which happens to be a Pettit engine with 122,000 miles. Unfortunately he couldn't provide any compression numbers but I'll try reaching back out to him for any history.
On Facebook there's a guy with 600,000 mile RX-8. He's on his fourth engine which happens to be a Pettit engine with 122,000 miles. Unfortunately he couldn't provide any compression numbers but I'll try reaching back out to him for any history.
01-22-2023, 09:31 PM
#57
That would be me. I picked up my car and drove it home to Columbia Missouri. Limited RPM to 4K for the first 500 miles. Changed oil at 500. Kept it under 6k for the next 500 miles and changed the oil again. Then drove like normal and changed oil every 3K. Currently have 130K miles on the engine. Did a compression check at 100K. Don't remember the exact numbers but they were lower than I had hoped (met Mazdas replacement guidlines) since I am premixing with this engine for the first time. Still starts hot.
11-18-2023, 02:45 PM
#58
The engine now has about 10,000 miles on it and the oil rings must be bad, the car sat for a month and upon startup huge amounts of blue smoke filled my garage.
Still never heard back from anyone at Petitt since I left them messages almost a year ago, these guys are terrible.
Still never heard back from anyone at Petitt since I left them messages almost a year ago, these guys are terrible.
11-18-2023, 08:29 PM
#59
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The engine now has about 10,000 miles on it and the oil rings must be bad, the car sat for a month and upon startup huge amounts of blue smoke filled my garage.
Still never heard back from anyone at Petitt since I left them messages almost a year ago, these guys are terrible.
Still never heard back from anyone at Petitt since I left them messages almost a year ago, these guys are terrible.
i had found when i used the atkins one piece corner seals that i had ~70psi on the rebuild. Which led to another rebuild. Just going to mazda seals I went up to 90-100psi on used irons and rotors.
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_JB_ (11-20-2023)
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