Hopefully the scanned image came out but in this months issue of Option Mag they featured quite a few RX-8's.The main feature that caught my eyes was the trust turbo kit...i will be posting more pics as soon as i get them scanned...

 

http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9603

It won't be available until early next year, at the soonest.

Rob

 

does anyone know what kind of power the turbo will make? torque hp??

 

torque I dont know
but hp is supposed to be 50 on that turbo

 

50 doesn't sound too bad...does anyone know if trust offers some kind of guarantee for their turbo kits?

 

i doubt they would offer that kinda guarentee

 

I think that is 50 HP increase at the wheeel without an intercooler. The intercooler is in development.

-Mr. Wigggles

 

i know this sounds stupid, but "only" 50hp increase? greddy's twin turbo kit for 350z bumped it up to ~370, from stock 287...

 

maybe the SSR turbo will make better numbers? and hopefully greddy will make a twin turbo setup for the 8

 

id love any kinda turbo kit for my 8......but seeing as there are some horror stories still going on out there ill probably have to keep the damn thing under warranty.

 

umm not entirely true...it didn't make that much power..after they dynoed it, it only made 345 hp tp the fly wheel..not to mention it is using twin turbo's...so 50 hp isn't that bad after all...

 

so this trust kit being tested isn't a twin turbo?

 

nah its just a single turbo...i don't what kind of turbo it is though..but its just the right size for daily driving on the street...

 

Happened to see an OPTION CD where the BOSS of FUJITA ENGINEERING was interviewed.

My own translation "If u really must modify the RX-8, then i think d better choice would be NOS" as he was saying that, he walked over to one of his racks and pointed at a Blue bottle :D

He also said that there will be too much problems with o/heating in the 8 with turbo let alone TWIN.

Has anyone gave the 8 any shots yet?

 

They were also keeping the test in the safest range possible and running the turbo at a conservative 5.6 psi....at higher boost i'm pretty sure it would make more HP.

 

the greddy turbo for the 350z is 350 RWHP

 

So what is it at the flywheel/crank?

 

oh yea definetly...they should have kept the boost setting at almost one bar...i think it could have handled it...

 

does anyone know if the renesis is a bulletproof engine and how much lb of boost it can handle?

 

according to a friend of a friend who is a mazda rep. / sales person

she quotes mazda saying

"next year the rx8 will see around a 60hp boost power using a turbo."

She also said the rx7 is going to come out with 300hp w/ a turbo having a shorter chassi than the rx8 and a very different look than the rx8. In 2006.

 

yea...uhh i wish them rumors will be true!

 

off topic but i really wanna see the prototype picture for the '06 rx7, n e one have them or one or a link or sumthing???

 

I was wondering when the new RX8 Turbo kit will be available and how much it may run price wise. Year(s) or sooner.

Thanks,
William Hall





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Holy back from the dead thread, Batman! :D Good for you for using the search feature, or at least reading older threads. Lots of info to be had that way.

Problem is, US-spec ECUs are a lot different. You can be sure they really are working on it though, and I'd guess we'll see this kit (plus a bunch of others) hitting toward the end of this year - probably "just in time for the holidays."

(Um, honey, can I have a turbo kit for Christmas? )

 

The Supercharger that Sunflower Mazda is working on sounds like it will be nice, if they can make the numbers they expect too. 100-120hp with 5-7 lbs of boost. They should have some dyno numbers soon hopefully next month or 2.