192 to 231
 

Hi there

I recently brought my 2nd hand RX8 with 50,000 Km on the clock and love it to death.

RX8 are rare over here especially the higher powered versions so i decided to settle for the 192hp 5 speed manual version.

Just a quick question for you guys;

I've been searching through the forum and couldn't find much about modding the 192's. I did find something that said the 231 version has an extra set of intake runners over the 192, but thats all.

Would it be possible to add an extra set of intake runners to mine and remap the ECU to get some more HP?

thanks in advance
~Craig

It's a whole different engine buddy, you would have replace plates

The 5-speed 192hp RX-8 is the 4-port RX-8 from 2004-2005. The 4-port refers to the number of ports in the engine for intake and exhaust. Adding two additional intake runners will not do anything for the 4-port - the 2006+ engines have 6-ports.

If you want to increase the power of a 4-port RX-8, you should really look into force induction or nitrous. There are a few 4-port RX-8 owners who have done big modifications for power.

Since you're living in belgium (where I am right now :) ) the best bet would be to sell your car and get a high power one.
The 2 engines are completely different, so is the transmission etc. Even the timing on the intake ports those 2 engines "share" is different.
There are threads up here about this kind of swap but i still don't find it worth the hassle.
paulmasoner's shinka could be a cheaper alternative than just the money you'd spend for the swap. Plus it's a shinka, maybe the only shinka in europe at the monent :)

Use the FORCE INDUCTION

:lol2:

Well thats disappointing :sad:

Only just brought the car so don't really want to sell it. Just got a bill through for the registration tax........1900 euro's. You could add at least another 500 euro's to that for the 231 version (which i would have to pay again) IF you could find one over here (can't see any for sale at the moment)

Buying and owning a sports car over here SUCKS!

Would love to go turbo, but don't really fancy forking out $6000+ for it.

Does anyone know anywhere in Belgium/Netherlands/Germany/UK that works on RX8's?

You should read the link in my first post :)
That's a well kept rx8 you may want to consider.
There are some cool guys working on rx8s in the uk but i don't know many of them in the benelux area. Same for germany :(

there was another in Germany for a while(before i was here), i think it's gone now. anyhow, yeah, i'm looking to sell mine.

oh, where do you live Craig? I'm near Mons

Beverlo, Belgium?

Very close alnielsen..........Beringen :hahano:

Im not really intested in selling mine and buying another one, as it would cost too much.

I was just hopeing to be able to get some extra HP out of mine without having to spend too much.

Thanks for all the help though guys!

If i really wanted more HP my best bet would probably be an engine swap.

I had to call apron my superhero Moderator & Internet skills to nail that one. ;)

ah, your over on the cooler side of BE :)

i live about 1.5 hours from you. we should meet up sometime. BSE is currently staying with me, so if you wanted to meet in the next few days(before he goes back to Roma) you'd meet him too.