RX8 on cover of TURBO the mag
 

just got my most recent edition of Turbo magazine and an rx8 by panspeed (? ) is on the cover. it ran a lap at tsukuba at 1 minute flat

NATURALLY ASPIRATED

yeah i was shocked too, but they used a weird hybrid of parts to complete the engine to obtain nearly 300 hp.

before u flame me for BS, they used rx7 rotor housings and blocked off the side intake ports to make a periferal (sp) intake port rx8 engine. i dont kno whcih exhaust ports they blocked, since they dont say if they did or not and the pics dont help, but considering the fact they now had side and periferal exhaust ports, im sure they prolly blocked the side ports. and the intakes have two throttle bodies, i would assume them to be one per rotor. and the intake system is a HUGE pipe runnin from behind a hole in the hood to the throttle bodies

they retained the rx8 rotors and end plates and used ceramic apex seals. they claim 298 ps at 10k (im fuzzy on the rpm part) ps is diff from hp i kno, but the conversion isnt much too diff.

it has the usual track car setup, coilovers, tires, wheels, brakes, aero parts, empty interior with full cage, blah blah blah adnauseam



whatev, it isnt a complete rx8 engine but it gains some respect, i mean it was on the cover even!

im happy

gotta pick up the mag now!

sweet. I'm gonna have to pick up Turbo this weekend

wow. i cant wait until some of the long term members see this.

I'm gonna make a quick run to Barnes and Nobles...

its amazing that turbo magazines website doesnt say a word about this miracle rx8

its too early in the edition, all mags sites r like that.....wait a couple week and they will post it, look at sportcompact cars website, their homepage is ages old!



and ps, this wonder hybrid engine reminded me of the guy who recently was claimin to try to get 300 crank hp out of a renesis and many ppl said BS.....


well its doable.....its basically all oem parts sans the apex seals.........


next mod for me i guess would be to find ITBs!!!!!!!!!
jk

I just went to the grocery store and got the TURBO mag. It has a widebody RX7 turbo on the cover??? Maybe the grocery store was an issue behind; it's for May 2007.
Perhaps you got a different issue than i did.......

Someone scan it!

:crazy: hahaha leavin right now for NEX!!!

No RX8 in the entire issue. Only rotary is the widebody turbocharged 500+ horsepower 3rd gen RX7 on the front. Good read about it tho. They also have a 500+ awhp Evo, a turbo NSX, and some info of the Edlebrock turbo kit for the Civic.

I'm not doubting you, because it would make no sense for you to make something up that you know thousands of people could find out, so I'm not doubting you. Perhaps you have the magazine name or issue mixed up???

I have a copy of the mag but no scanner...

And I have a scanner but no copy of the mag..just got back from the exchange & may issue was still on stands...This is the june issue of turbo thats Ft. this 300hp rx8 right?

what month issue is it? thanks for this

yeah, AAFES is normally a week late...

the cover says "YELLOW FEVER"

that widebody rx7 is old, doesnt that say some little red box about "1.3l and 400 hp" or some crap? thats the old issue bro

Stupid AAFES. haha

CRAP! I'll goto Barnes and Nobel tomorrow; they'll probably have a more up-to-date issue.
Oh yeah, still interesting to read about the turbo FD!

that's where I got my copy from. pretty interesting, the amount of work put in the car was impresive...

Looks as if panspeed beat lasse wankel to the punch

affes ftw . sigh i miss eating at robin hood.

Friday I had a toasted Chicken sub, with bacon, black-olives, Japalenos, and dill pickles, all on mayo and Italian/garlic bread.

Was AWESOME.

:D

there you go, theres a threat by wolverine that has more pics of this car

You bastard ^^^(to DMP) lol but yah back in okinawa i would go to camp butler just to eat there lol.

Holy Cr*p!!!

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=97909

K - i think its time for a new body kit. i hate you guys. Actually, i love you guys... but my bank accounts hates you all.

-hS

I wonder if it will meet emissions in the US modified that way?

nope^^^

not a chance.

yeah that is totally a sweet looking body kit.

where? I didn't see it...

I'll post a link if I find it (unless someone finds it before me...)

btw, that front looks outstanding. That was what caught my attention, even before the stuff under the hood.... What kit is that?

here: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...5&page=1&pp=15

its not even a renesis anymore

DUH!! I was all thru that thread a little while ago, but I didn't know that there was anything extremely outta the ordinary about that 8...

Shows how much I pay attention...

you are 100% correct, but it is a cool car :)

i like the car tho =D

i like the front end
Even like the splitters on the bumper
its the first I ever looked at them as being hott!! (going to ebay LOL) :)

Looks like some poor Ti got painted Chrome Yellow.

I do like the body kit.

yeah i got that issue a couple days ago in the mail and it cought my eye. I read the whole article and was disappointed to see that it is RX7 based, NOT the renesis. Still a Sweat car, but im into keeping the renesis and hoping to see its TRUE Virtue come out of it. I know there is potential in this motor. As is with some upgrades to it i was able to seriously put 350Z and nissan 300 ZX to shame. Our car has a whole lot of power, I am just giving it time to see what other can come up with that will blow me away. If nothing comes up then i might be swaping the renesis motor into My 85' FB and the Sequential Twin turbo 3-rotor engine into the RX8. But that is my last resort, lol. Until then i am perfectly happy with the Renesis being in the RX8.

The green one in the background looks bad a$$
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=97923

the thing is that the renesisi is define by the potition of its ports, to get power out of a rotary engine you have to mod the ports, so it is a renesis engine with its side ports closed and pports. In the past when you made a 13b-REW into a pport configuration it was still a 13b-REW

so it is a renesis with peripheral ports :D:

WHOA... forget about that front bumper, where can I get those front fenders??? They look badass.

Except the name 13B-MSP no longer can be used...

you are 100% right

It's now an official 13B-ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ - LOL

mine will be done sooon can't wait i'm getting the same or probaly a little more HP like 300 to 340 or so

just got the issue last night. i'm so happy that an 8 was finally looked at as a decent track weapon.

You should start a thread with what you are getting done!

Back on topic

Looking forward to reading the article. Too bad they could not do it with a 100% renesis motor.

The interesting thing to me was the dual throttle bodies for each rotor. That is an interesting way to get more air and possible more HP. I wonder what the cost of such a mod would be?

Never heard of this Turbo Magazine...
Sounds like a rice-fest though.

And what is a Naturally Aspirated car doing in Turbo Magazine? eh?

Usually much more $/hp than other simple mods. Only hardcore trackers usually mess around with that stuff. Although I have seen a couple of S2000s with it