Traction control was off. Trust me, I've forgotten before and you'll know it right away.

Pressing the "DSC off" will turn off the TSC [Owner's Manual, pg 5-23]. The "DSC off" was illuminated on the lower left gauge (out of view from camcorder).

I believe your talking about holding the DSC OFF for 5 secs to get the orange indicator to come on. I will try that next time but doubt it will make any difference.
The TSC never blinked "ON" during my burnouts or runs so it was never active.


June 25th is the next autox I can make. It's only a practice run, so I can really test the limits of the Azenis.

There was another Honda civic there running 11's. Thing was gutted out w/ MT's and turbo.
As far as heatwave, I'm going to see if the dealership will sponsor me and pay my entrance fee. I'll put their dealership banner by my car for them.

 

What Sigma said, for weight.
The diameter is almost the same (0.2in bigger now). I could have picked up some gearing with 245/40/17's tires which would've been 0.8 inches smaller diameter. But that also means my car would've dropped 0.4 inches more.
I don't want it any lower since I've got MS springs and a bodykit. The front lip is already scraped up pretty bad on the underside.

Miata site has a tire calculator too figure all this out. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

this is texas the humidity never goes down lol

 

Great video. Hopefully sometime soon we'll see another one from someone else with the SSR turbo on it and a different outcome against the Cobra.

 

Great video, best turbo'd video i've seen so far. Can't wait to see more.

 

Looks like you're driving with quite the gangsta lean.

 

You can't see it, but I had a 40oz in the cup holder. :p

My "home depot" camera mount was alittle short and my shoulder blocks the RPM's.

 

I kind of drive with a gangster lean because of how far back Mazda decided to place the clutch.

 

ever considered to buy an El Camino ? that thing is scary in terms of acceleration... impressive

 

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

 

finaly got a chance to watch the video...imust say i agree with who ever sadi it..this is the best video of an rx-8 at the drag strip. good deal...i like you set up...how is it as a daily driver? same as stock just more power?

 

14seconds 1/4mile time is really good!! But, from what I counted it cost over $8000 to get it there!

Kind of makes me not want to invest so much money for such little gain

 

i think his car can do much better than the 14 he posted up...guess only time will tell.

 

Besides the increased power, the suspension and shifting are the big differences compared to stock.
Stiffer shocks/ Sway bars/ strut bars improved the handling. Stock was good, but the way it is now is perfect.
The clutch is alittle harder than stock and the RP short shifter improved the shifting feel.

My boost isn't holding and I need to get it tuned (emanage map, running rich 7k and above). Once I get these fixed it should be in the mid 13's. I'm also going to up the boost to 8psi in the future.
Yeah, $8k is about right for the "performance side". That doesn't include the "show side" (body kit, stereo, 19" wheels,....)

You gotta pay to play.

 

great vid!!!!!! good to see someone dragging a turbo 8. I do think you could be easily in the mid 13 range. I'm shooting for low 14's with my base as soon as I get some tires for my gram lights.

 

Great video, glad to see the 8 beat a WRX. Well put together clip.

 

it BETTER have with a friggin turbo. Stock for stock, and RX8 should be able to keep up...with a turbo RX8, it better smoke it.

 

Hey Adrian,
Remeber me I bought your cz unit a while back. Great vid. Thanks. You do have some tuning to do as you should be below 13.5 with that car. All note Adrians reaction times--pretty doggone good man! Have fun getting it right! See how once the tires hook in 1st and the turbo has spooled then the great lunge forward --then it is like the turbo died.
Good driving.
olddragger

 

I'm surprised the mods weren't a little apprehensive about this thread. Look his RX-8 made two kills! :D

 

first off... great vid!

Really liked your 60' on your run vs. the hatchback. Was that hatchback turbo'd? Sounds like a type S bov on the pre run burn outs, but at over 15 secs it sure didnt run like it was (or was it your bov)? When I had my gsx I had 60's of 1.7-1.9 so you had a good 60' on that one. I would really concentrate on your 60' to get your times lowered.

On your psi not staying up.... possible boost leak? I'd test for a leak if I was you. Doesnt take very long and it makes a world of a difference. Is your turbo ported and/or clipped?

great job overall!

edit: i see now that you DO have the type s bov (looked at some of your pics)

 

Great Video. You should get your turbo rx8 into the mid 13's at least though. It seems sad to spend 8000 and not be using the full potnetial of the car.

 

Those pics were old. I have the type RS BOV now. The hatchback sounded like it had the type S BOV. I don't know what happened on their run.
The turbo was installed the way Greddy sent it. No porting done.

 

I think "legal" kills are allowed.

Yeah, I've ordered a leak tester and hope to get it in and test by next weekend.

 

that should help you a lot if that's what your problem is. You could have built one yourself to save some money... but that looks like a good one.

dsmtuners... miss those days. I used to live on that board. You'll learn alot about turbos there.

G'Luck!

 

New link: http://www.nemesis8.com/videos/dragstrip%20060805.wmv

:D