416to212

Damn we must be on the same mail route! I was looking for my C&D too and all I got was an Amex magnet. I have around 9 on my fridge and all my C&D are beside the toilet. I could never do the whole digital subscription thing...

Detrich

where do we sign up to get this mod?

djgiron

I like the digital subscription a little better, dont have 1 million magazines all over and it is easier to archive them! Anyway, it is a good article.

JRichter

How does it work? Email? Server?

I like to lounge around and read and sometimes while I'm on the throne.

But I do have a problem with 14 years worth of every car magazine stacked around.

My C&D usually gets to me on in the first 3 days of the month. Motortrend is always the winner getting to the mailbox before the month starts and Automobile is always lagging comming in the 2nd week.

Anyways, I have an article to look foward to...

Animagix

can't exactly take it you on the commute home unless, you have a laptop. but in NYC, people are frickin nosy and will look over your shoulder... not to mention the hommies would wanna swipe it from you.

Raptor2k

So about $7000?

yiksing

Its nice to know that another standalone is available, HKS is only available in my country

Animagix

www.zinio.com they email you a new issue notification then you use their software to download/read it. I subscribed to FHM and car and driver to see how it was. Honestly, delivery is much faster but i do miss taking my magazine with me to the bathroom and on the trains.

dmp

ALL press is GOOD press. Neat write-up.

My car loses about 30-40HP from Flywheel to RearWheel. I'm not sure why an RX8 would lose TWICE that with more power.

If the car made 330whp as-tested, then it probably had pretty close to 360-360 FWHP.


As a comparison - if one can be made, 252whp took my fwd 3000lbs car to 107mph trap speed. I'd like to think 330whp in a couple hundred pounds-heavier rx8 would be more than 2mph faster...although that could be about right what with gearing and what-not.

DailyDriver2k5

Nice power upgrade....but not so nice price-43k in change......c'mon that is vette territory. I know this price includes car/ turbo/engine management installed, but the common sane person would drop an extra 2-3k and pick up a vette. Besides the vette is making 10 more HP,faster 0-60/1/4 mile time and can keep those rear tires planted all in N/A form.

Unless you absolutely love your rotary and you have to have a turbo , this seems to be a waiste of money.

maxxdamigz

iTrader: (1)

I like the kit setup. It's a bigger turbo than the Greddy designed around that 4k-9k band of aggressive driving. The Greddy seems to be designed around providing the low/mid power that the car just doesn't have. I also like that it comes without a stand-alone. This way, you can pair it with whatever control system you trust. If I somehow find a pile of cash laying around, I think this would be the type of turbo setup I would be looking to build. Even if you scrap the e-manage, the Greddy price is very good.

And the 40+K price includes MSRP, a couple grand in suspension, a couple grand on staggered tires/wheels, and some other goodies I think.

If you buy your 8 for 28k, you could have that power train for around 35. The new vettes are 50+. Besides, you can make this argument with any tuner car.

DailyDriver2k5

But your paying 43k to have a slower car than a stock vette?? Doesn't make sense....i could see if you were pulling some respectable numbers like in the low 4's (0-60),low 12's(1/4mile). 5.6 0-60 is very weak for a car that puts out 390HP. After suspension work,wheels(nice lightweight wheels at that), you would be right under the price of a vette...but yet still seeing the taillights of one.

Don't get me wrong, this tuner did a fabulous job in making power, but now they need to get that power to the ground better, more tuning and research is needed.

Its cheaper to buy a RX-7 TT , 300ZX TT, Supra TT and put 5k into the motor and achieve jaw dropping results for a fraction of the price.

Aseras

sounds like this is a dyno queen. big numbers and no performance...

Ike

Since when do dyno queens only have around 300whp?

zoom44

1st- the 0-60 was 4.9 as tested not the 5.6 you posted. second why do you think the person who does this is trying to match / catch /exceed whatever a vette? most people just like to make their car "better", based of course on their own ideals of what they want their car to be. just as an example will use me

1. i dont want a vette- they are bigger than what i liek and still only carry 2 people. i need to carry 4

2. if i wanted the vett i couldnt afford it. its 50k+ and i had a limit of 30k for a car.

3. ill probably go for a AFSC kit in the next year or so. ittl be 5k to 7k. see i have saved money after i bought the car to put towards a future project so i can afford this- budget ya know? i spent 29,800 so even at 7k the final "price" of my car is still only 36,800 and ill have the power i want.

so for at least 13K LESS than the vette i have my wonderful 4 seat sports car done the way i want it. and remember i could care less what the vette's tailights look like because it isnt my benchmark. as long as it stays out of my way while im having fun in the twisties - its all good.

Raptor2k

The AFSC kit will be at least $5k...? So $100 for 1 hp?

zoom44

i wonder about the HP actually. a 300hp 2006 Mustang does 0-60 in 5 seconds. why does this particular car with obviously less weight and much higher rated HP only match that? cant simply be because of the traction.

rotary crazy

it feels like no matter what and rx-8 does theres going to be people that say IT IS NO ENOUGH ITS SLOWER THAN X CAR

why compared it to the vette when evry body knows its the best bang for the buck?

zoom44

i dont know what his pricing will be- im just making an educated guess based on the price of other FI solutions and install plus some extra guages etc.

rotary crazy

my fd with 340 rwhp was running 1/4 times of hi 12's

DailyDriver2k5

Uhhh...Zoom you would still be seeing tailigts from the vette...even in the twisties.
Especially if the vette is equipped with the Z51 package.

maxxdamigz

iTrader: (1)

If you really wanted to, you could build a car that's faster than a Z06 in the quarter mile for maybe 10-15k. I guess that makes the Vette guy look dumb, right? I don't see why you would hang out on an rx8 forum and ask why people want to do something with an 8 when you can just buy a vette.

rotary crazy

amen!

Red Devil

Gonna have to disagree with that, the Z51 package is a good upgrade, but it's not all that either. An RX-8 with a good set of coilovers should be able to keep up with, if not outhandle a C6 Z51.

saturn

Blasphemy!