MS RX8 or modified turbo RX8? you make the call
Is is a spy shot of the MS RX8 or owner modified RX8? I vote that it's an owner's modified RX8.
Not sure if anyone has seen these: http://www.genmay.net/showthread.php?t=413171 |
interesting, probably modified, I doubt Mazda would have a true MS turbo lying around
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especially with the lame front window sticker.
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Carbon fiber guage cluster thing looks cool
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Even if it is modified--where'd the turbo come from! Because all those parts on it are $$, Intercooler and boost gauge--carbon fiber binnacle. Could this be a Blitz test mule? The size of the intercooler suggest something well over 300HP. Did anybody see it run?
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maybe that's just an aluminum radiator ? :)
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http://www.iupload.net/082004/IMG_1148%20copy.jpg
http://www.iupload.net/082004/IMG_1149%20copy.jpg More than likely it's a radiator. I think intercooler cores wouldn't be as thin as that. The gauge is either a BLITZ boost, or vacuum gauge. I can't tell, since both are almost similar. Perhaps it's supercharged? :confused: Here's a pdf of the BLITZ gauges. http://www.blitz.co.jp/products/meter-ac-blm.pdf |
Man did those guys in that forum get nasty or what - LOL
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Here are the photos, I made them under 200K and reposted them here.
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and more..
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looks like the vaccuum meter to me.
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Although they are quite similar, on the boost guage you can see it goes from -1.0 to 2.0, resting at 0 and pointing left. The vacuum meter goes from resting at 0 pointing right and goes left to -1.0. In the RX-8 the gauge is pointing left and resting at 0, with a range of -1.0 to 2.0. It's boost :D
edit: and they vacuum gauge #'s don't match up either, on the boost gauge it goes from the 6 'oclock clockwise to 3 (which matches my picture) and the vacuum goes from 5 counterclockwise to the 7 |
damn thats a nice intercooler...must be pushing well over 275 hp...anyone see this in person? anyone know him?
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some shop was making a prototype carbon hood for the guage cluster, i think it was mazdatrix?
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Originally Posted by SEVENplus1
damn thats a nice intercooler...must be pushing well over 275 hp...anyone see this in person? anyone know him?
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Originally Posted by Sanchothepanda
Although they are quite similar, on the boost guage you can see it goes from -1.0 to 2.0, resting at 0 and pointing left. The vacuum meter goes from resting at 0 pointing right and goes left to -1.0. In the RX-8 the gauge is pointing left and resting at 0, with a range of -1.0 to 2.0. It's boost :D
edit: and they vacuum gauge #'s don't match up either, on the boost gauge it goes from the 6 'oclock clockwise to 3 (which matches my picture) and the vacuum goes from 5 counterclockwise to the 7 |
Is that gauge mounted where the air bag is? I cannot tell.
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Originally Posted by Sanchothepanda
I took the pictures, if thats what you're asking
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Unfortunately no, I didn't get to hear it, it was just up in the parking lot, and the guage was mounted on the left windshield pillar (A-pillar?)
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and btw.. genmay is the biggest group of flame-happy e-tards I have ever seen..
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Originally Posted by Ajax
and btw.. genmay is the biggest group of flame-happy e-tards I have ever seen..
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i think that guage is attatched to that carbon fiber trim...thats pretty cool anyone know where i can get one?
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Ooh a boost gauge. Thanks for the clarification guys. :)
Now, what is under the hood?
Originally Posted by Ajax
and btw.. genmay is the biggest group of flame-happy e-tards I have ever seen..
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Same car that Mazda had in the Mazdaspeed booth at IAS this year.
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Originally Posted by SEVENplus1
i think that guage is attatched to that carbon fiber trim...thats pretty cool anyone know where i can get one?
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Yup, an airbag lives there too :D If you're going to install gauges there, you better disable that airbag or else an accident will mount those gauges to your face.
Anyways, it could be a Turbo Renesis or FD-powered like most performance RX-8s out there. Someone at that site mentioned 400HP@8500rpm and 165TQ@9000. I think that's bull though. |
Originally Posted by Xyntax
Yup, an airbag lives there too :D If you're going to install gauges there, you better disable that airbag or else an accident will mount those gauges to your face.
Anyways, it could be a Turbo Renesis or FD-powered like most performance RX-8s out there. Someone at that site mentioned 400HP@8500rpm and 165TQ@9000. I think that's bull though. |
Haha. It's the Internet, anything goes. :D
Yeah 165 whatever (units?) is pretty much made up, like that guy who stole Jump120MPH's pics. :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by SEVENplus1
i think that guage is attatched to that carbon fiber trim...thats pretty cool anyone know where i can get one?
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Originally Posted by shelleys_man_06
Haha. It's the Internet, anything goes. :D
Yeah 165 whatever (units?) is pretty much made up, like that guy who stole Jump120MPH's pics. :rolleyes: edit: estimated 250 bhp & 165 ft-lbs. |
Originally Posted by Xyntax
Someone at that site mentioned 400HP@8500rpm and 165TQ@9000. I think that's bull though.
400 * 5252 / 8500 = tq tq = 247 ft*lbs I'd say it's pretty safe to say that it's BS. |
Well that RX8 was in the mazdaspeed booth at SEMA, Window banner and all. So it just might be the real deal.
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Originally Posted by dpm
Well that RX8 was in the mazdaspeed booth at SEMA, Window banner and all. So it just might be the real deal.
Your first post, and you mention the car that we all dream of owning - a turbo charged RX8! Welcome to the club dpm... Are there any pics on the net? or links to the car show? |
That is definitely an intercooler as the radiator is mounted further back, that intercooler looks likes the Blitz one as well; more than likely it is supercharged...
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I wonder if that RX-8 belongs to anyone here. Maybe he or she could debunk the myth. :)
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Your first post, and you mention the car that we all dream of owning - a turbo charged RX8! Welcome to the club dpm...
Are there any pics on the net? or links to the car show? links That Rx8 http://www.modified.com/media/images...al/IAS_208.jpg ANd u can see it next to the MS miata in this one http://www.modified.com/media/images...al/IAS_206.jpg BINGO***** http://www.pasmag.com/img/gallery/image6576.jpg ***** |
OMG - I want one, or at least I want what's under that hood under mine :D
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More photos right here also: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/greddys-rx-8-a-35321/
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Can anyone run the plates and find out who owns this car? 5EWX269
Could be a way of getting more info. |
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Looks like an overlay to me, not a total replacement.
See the lower edge? If they could get the fit right, that'd be pretty slick. |
mocked up speed8. turbo or supercharger maybe but who says that it even works. could be wired and ready to go but still missing the vitals of the system. My car is the same way, lots of eye candy bolted on inside and out but nothing yet where it counts. I thought about getting the guage and intercooler pre installed so when i do get a kit my install will go faster but then i decided that would be pretty weak to mock up so i am just going to wait for my warranty to run out and hymee's supercharger to be released b4 i do anything. my 2 cents.
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Don't be too quick to invest in an intercooler. Intercoolers are also called charge coolers for a reason. ;)
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what bodykit is that...
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Originally Posted by DoobyWho
what bodykit is that...
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With all these pictures and links, we still haven't figured out what this car has. :confused:
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hmm, that's what i thought but then it also didn't look like it....
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Well, with all the new 8's poping up, I wonder what happened to this one - maybe Bern knows... Behold the three mystery 8's and Pettits's supercharged 8. I saw it run, so I believe there is hope close for all of us that crave HP. |
The first is hardly a mystery. It was the "Mazdaspeed " RX-8 at SevenStock. There are notes on the board about it. Apparently, it is supercharged.
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
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Well, with all the new 8's poping up, I wonder what happened to this one - maybe Bern knows... Behold the three mystery 8's and Pettits's supercharged 8. I saw it run, so I believe there is hope close for all of us that crave HP. Sorry I didn't see this thread a lot earlier... I would've cleared up the mystery many moons ago... :D -Bern |
So, is the "bule" turbocharged or supercharged? I must have missed out on this confirmation. Thanks for helping out Bern. I'm just too busy to keep track of all of this excitment for the rotary world.
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