Next month ..... yum ...

 

i have dreams of that header on my car. thats the last piece i need for a fully custum exhaust

 

your checkbook is really going to hate you...

 

mmm, i wonder if any of these headers end in a full 3" and mate up with the turbo xs race pipe...

 

They have applied for CARB on the intake. I bet they applied for the header too!

 

Turbo XS mates with stock headers so why would the RB need to be 3 inch. If they made it 3 inch nothing would connect to it unless it was custom.

 

mm, good point.

and the entire thing is a full 3 inches. i dont have the midpipe, but the catback is definitely 3" and it mates to the stock cat. the flanges must be extra large on the stock pieces or something.

 

I believe my custom manifold is available

 

sounds good, but it takes a while to get CARB approved.

 

swung by RB yesterday; you guys are gonna love this thing!

 

How much performance does it bring to the table?

 

Dear RB,
u giv header or die.

Thanks -- me

 

1 gajillion HP to the crank!!
Translated to RX-8 terms, that equals roughly.....2 hp.

No performance figures have officially been released and even when / if they are, keep in mind that RB is always very conservative on their hp claims.

 

RX-8 Header: Part # 16133
(according to the catalog I picked up yesterday)

 

Eric Meyer (Koni Challenge and Nasa RX-8 racer) has also worked with a shop that has a header available that adds about 15 hp (dyno proven). However, I believe it does require an air pump delete, and it is not cheap - I think it is 900 bucks.

I'm not sure how much hp Team's has gained, but knowing him he wouldn't have done it if it wasn't worth it.

Anyway, just so you know you do have other options besides RB to get headers from.

 

The problem with the present headers available is that they are made to hook up to the oem cat at it's present location. People haven't started to think outside of the box yet.

 

I thought outside the box years ago and no one has tried them. I don't have a Renesis so I have a good excuse not to. It's all hypothesis until proven of course but there have been those who have said they can't work although they've never tried them. Everyone keeps repeating the same thing and stamping a new name on it and people keep thinking it's got to be different because of it. As long as everyone treats all 3 exhaust ports the same, none of them will have any more benefit than any other. I don't care if it's short, long, log or otherwise. The center port is special and needs to be treated as such before anyone gets anything more than a few more horsepower out of it.

 

RG, yes, I know. And I supported them. I have a car, but I don't have tubing, a bender or a welder & associated skills.

 

figures after over a year of waiting, I go and save up for my Petit SC and dont have the money,,,, ohh well this is deffinately next on the list....

 

So how much hp gains are we going to get 0?

 

0.4hp

 

present headers are only good for the sound they offer and for the guys that have FI
olddragger

 

damm greg tht sux. I was really hopen u would get a petit SC. Just so u park nxt to pat n give her a run for 1st place!

 

ah , lol , I see , sorry Jon for the bad gramer, I ve already put the deposit on the SC. I mean all the money went towards that, and now the RB header is next on the list....

 

by the way I assume RB will reveal/debut thier header at SevenStock???