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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 10:17 AM
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I was looking at a greddy exhaust they run around 400-500 i heard those give off 20+ HP but not sure.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

where the heck did you hear this from?!?!
as the saying goes...BLASPHEMY!

Originally Posted by poonkoons
i want to gain horse power
im telling you son...NAWZ is the only way you can go with this one. it would make everyone including me and you happy
its completely naturaly to feel somewhat nervous or afraid of taking the leap into nitrous, but thats why we're all here to help you through it!
and believe me, once you go NAWZ, you ain't never goin back!
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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ok this might be a stuid question but is it just with the car cause of the rotary that you dont get much of a gain from bolt ons or is it just the same on any other car??
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 12:07 PM
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^^ not really, rx8 engines are maxed out on performance already. some engines on other cars have more potential to be modded and more room for cusomizing performance etc.

by bolt ons you probably mean exhaust intake right? turbos and sc's are bolts ons and provide whp close to/over the 300 range.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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ya i mean like intakes exhaust pulleys fly wheels just anything less then a sc turbo or nos.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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Mazda squeezed out most of the available HP from the 13b. The stock items that are easy to replace are pretty much as free flowing as they can be.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by PearlWhite21
ok this might be a stuid question but is it just with the car cause of the rotary that you dont get much of a gain from bolt ons or is it just the same on any other car??
In my opinion, I think it's both. As said, Mazda kinda maxxed out the Renny... but also on the same token.. You can add an intake, header, exhaust, and pulley to your average car.. granted you'll probably gain a few more horses than the 8 would... but you're not gonna see a huge power gain either.
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:34 AM
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I just installed the intake it took me 3hrs to install it. I am looking to go for a ecu upgrade or an exhaust and then maybe some pulleys? and seriously NAWZ is ricer and what is it dynoed.
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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As for ecu tuning wait for the COBB tuning accessPORT, it will be cheaper than anything available right now and is hella user friendly, but thats my opinion.

As for naws being for ricers is nonsense, so by that logic going fast is for ricers? That sh*t makes your car fly
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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COBB is definately worth it. I had it on my WRX, great product. But if you want something right now and only plan on doing bolt-on's then I would go with Racing Beat's ECU reflash.
As far as nitrous goes, I only think it's ricer if you only hook it up as a purge kit, and not to the motor.
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by romycha1
As far as nitrous goes, I only think it's ricer if you only hook it up as a purge kit, and not to the motor.
but nitrous purge is awesome..???
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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Nitrous purge is awesome... if you're actually purging it from the motor... but there are alot of people out there that just buy a bottle and a purge it.. it's not even hooked up to the motor. They'll cruise around and purge the line, acting like they're big sh*t. That is ricer.
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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it might be ricer, but that purge is still pretty awesome
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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it is hahaha but i dunno no money for that right now
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Hey i was just wandering do you have to remove the wheels to remove the front bumper?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by R3v9K
Hey i was just wandering do you have to remove the wheels to remove the front bumper?
I did, but only because I was following the instructions that AEM sent with the intake. But I've heard other people here say that they did it with them on. I've taken the bumper off once with the wheels on to repair some damaged caused by getting too close to the curb .
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by R3v9K
Hey i was just wandering do you have to remove the wheels to remove the front bumper?
rofl
AEM is basically full of ****. i've taken my front bumper off twice already (intake and headlight replacement) and taking off my front wheels never even occurred to me mainly because i wasn't following some POS instructions.

save yourself some time and dont take off the wheels...
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Go down to SoCal and buy me a 12 pack and I'll install it for you in less than an hour.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Renesis SE3P
Go down to SoCal and buy me a 12 pack and I'll install it for you in less than an hour.
thats too expensive.
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 03:22 AM
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Mike hahahaha nice
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 03:25 AM
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It took me 3 hrs to install it an i didnt need to take the tires off.
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 03:30 AM
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It's easy to install. I can do it in less than an hour.
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