He has no idea how lucky he is right now.

 

Interesting. That gives me a little more hope for our motors.

 

for most applications, anything over 600 hp in unusable, FOR THE MOST PART. that much hp can obviously be utilized but it takes lots of time, work, and money.

 

hell yea... i waiting to buy it when i get back from overseas..... just had my tranmission redone, new clutch and gaskets bearing and syncros all done by 30,000 miles

 

New tranny.
New driveshaft.
New PPF.
New rear suspension links.
New rear axles.
New differential.

And that is just the driveline/suspension............

 

Charles, what do you consider the safe power limit of the Renesis with forced induction (I'm thinking about a custom Rotrex supercharger install) if you want to run pump gas and maintain good daily drivability/reliability but also lay a beating on it at the track from time to time?

 

I'm gonna throw a 300-400 whp out there... 400 being on the high end as it is not common at all to see and I personally haven't seen a S/C do that yet... I'd say 310 - 330 at the wheels is where you see many people able to sit comfortably.

 

Do you still have my cell number?

 

Based on mere statistics? There are SO many variables involved and so few F/I'd Renesis engines, relatively speaking, that mere statistics will not suffice. Not IMO, anyway.

 

Yes.

 

n00bs will be n00bs .....

 

Everybody is a noob.

 

"The world does not start and stop at your convenience, you miserable piece of......"

Walter from The Big Lebowski

 

Everybody will be everybody ... Except in the case of a n00bette such as yourself

 

haha based off mere statistics is exactly where that is from...That's all I have to go off up here haha.... but one day when budgeting is of less concern and I am more knowledgeable in the world of FI I mean to test this engine so I can give an answer from first hand experience. Not to mention FI'd Renny's should slowly become more affordable

 

I hope this thread can get back on track with you. It is a lot of fun seeing this written up.

 

1) By then, BHR will have published everything anyone will want to know.

2) How so?

 

Cheaper to purchase an Rx8 therefore more people will take it FI.

 

How much cheaper does it need to get before people are willing to risk their Renesis engines because their buddy, who tunes Hondas all day long, decides that Renesis engines are no different than piston engines? We are on our 4th and 5th generation owners these days, RX-8s can be had for less than $10K, and I am not yet seeing this trend you are hoping for. There are many people inquiring about going F/I but they cannot afford to lose their engines MORESO than those of us who got our cars when they first came out.

Think of it this way; rebuilding Renesis engines will not get cheaper. Therefore engine replacement cost is becoming a greater percentage of the purchase price of the car, itself.

That is just my theory, though.

This is all just sidebar conversation until Dave resumes posting about his mods, anyway. Classroom murmur, if you will........

 

My 8 only cost me $11k, which I think is a heck of a deal for a low mileage sports car that's this much fun to drive. With 300whp, it'd be plenty fast given that it's a relatively lightweight chassis. I'm tempted to do something silly like a V8 swap, but before I go anywhere near that I'm going to port the Renesis and see what kind of naturally aspirated power I can get out of it and then I'm going to look at a low boost supercharger setup. No point in doing a complex and expensive V8 swap if I can get the Renesis to a power level I'm happy with and is reliable.

Speaking of reliability, here's a couple pics of that ARK Design MFD gauge unit I recently installed. It's a pretty cool little device and doesn't clutter up the interior at all. I like the fact that it stores peak temp and pressure values so that I can review them after a track session where both water and oil temp are critical to keep an eye on with these engines. I'm curious to see if I get a water temp drop on track once I relocate the battery to the trunk. Will report back on that one once the battery relocation is done and I've been out to the track again for testing.




Took a couple glam shots recently for an upcoming story that I thought I'd share too while I'm at it.




Gotta get some MS sideskirts to go with the front bumper, plus I've got a really nice custom wing from DJ Racecars in the UK that we'll be making some nice mounts for so it can call the 8's trunk home. Going to build a custom removable front splitter too for Time Attack use, kind of like the one I built for my racecar:






Gotta thank the noob-lovin' TeamRX8 for his post about HJS Motorsports, since I got my hands on one of their WRC catalytic converters and will build that into the Racing Beat midpipe I have on the way. I'm excited to see how this cat works out, since I've only ever tried consumer-grade high-flow cats before. This thing is a true hardcore motorsports cat so it'll be interesting to see how durable it is and what kind of power it frees up.

 

Thats a clean civic, very nice

 

Dave does the ARK operate via OBD II or is it a direct plugin? I've been looking for a replacement for the MSD DashHawk for a while now but haven't found anything that I liked.

 

I need me some fried chicken. Finger lickin' good!

 

By the way, the car is looking good Dave!

 

Fixed, eat mo' washoku .....