I just read through most of this thread finally. Sick stuff man!

 

Thanks man.

 

hey 9krpm I've got an S2 shifter for you.
In fact there are 3 units I've just ot to do one more operation on the mill.
I've a list of guys that want them but we'll see who pays up first.
Giving you the first heads up.
axcharg@socal.rr.com
Because for some reason my rap@axialflow is not working.

 

that is so Fing sick bruhhh

 

Thanks man, I am just about done with her for now, then on to bigger and better things.

 

what does this mean exactly?

 

I am planning on trying something with the renny (I will give her one more rebuild if needed) and if I cannot get into the 12's reliably then I will start saving for an engine swap (not sure which direction I will take as of yet).

 

ugh the vague answer I was expecting

The swap part for me is easy. 20b all the way. I think it's the purists in me taking over. For some reason I see you going with a honda motor... K24 bottom end with a k20 head on a BW turbo.

 

What are you talking about? After he gets monkey stomped at sar, he's going lsx all motor.

 

I too would love a 20B, but the rareness of items combined with the reliability issues that may arise scares me.

An F22C is something I am considering. A buddy of my dads (mechanical engineer who has worked in a few areas of automotive and aerospace design) has an F22C swap in his old British Roadster and does insane work on everything from cars to sail boats, so I have been talking with him about it all and he has a few cool ideas in terms of fabrication. And the F22C is a great engine but after some research, a k24 Turbo swap seems like it would probably be the better choice so I don't have to run an expensive dry sump setup (although part of me likes the idea, ). I like the Honda option of course just because I have so much experience with swapping them and boosting them.

No matter which route I take, it will be expensive and won't make much sense financially but for me it is more about the challenge of doing it, an learning more fabrication skills in the process. But I need to hit the local Honda salvage yard do some actual measuring myself, I am going off of what I have found online.

 

An LS swap will never happen in the 8. I have looked at C6 Z06's a lot lately though.

 

Lol

 

Isuzu V6 YO

 

If your problem is headroom on the turbo at high rpm, PM me I've got a couple of solutions. One that you could easily try over a weekend.

 

He'll do anything to avoid getting on a dyno to prove what's what ...

 

I have been on the dyno, the numbers were about what you would expect for 4-5psi and falling at redline so I did not get to see optimal numbers on that day, but a new wastegate actuator and HKS EVC-S has solved that problem since then.

The next numbers posted will be in a video of 1/4 mile times, I just need to crack 12's with the renny without gutting it and then I will be happy and can move on. I will let it run it's course though and give it one more rebuild because any swap will require a lot saving if I decide to take that route.

But since I am waiting on Hoss to get his Adaptronic sorted, I might as well try E85, if he is going to Dallas to get tuned then I might as well tag along and see what Steve can do with E85 on my car. If anything, a little bit more safety would be nice. I can hit 10psi now, but it makes me very nervous, even with solid AFR's.

 

Aww, c'mon now, all the cool kids are doing it!

 

Yeah my buddy did it pulling bus lengths on a Mazdaspeed 3 on a less than ideal tune and it cost him an engine so I am little more conservative even though my tune is pretty solid,

 

I know how you feel, I'm more conservative these days myself just couldn't resist the comment!

 

Broken record time .............
Stock apexs will do that with the slightest ping at that boost

 

Yeah, hard lesson learned. But you know, when you get boosted fighting the urge to go ***** to the wall is hard,

 

So true .............

 

turn up the boost! all the cool kids are running over 10psi...

 

Save it for the safety of E85, but ideally you'll need a software solution that uses a flex fuel sensor to determine actual e-level

 

This is what I am researching now. It looks like I will likely be following my buddy Hoss into the Adaptronic world. That would be the ideal situation. The other option, is that since VP racing Fuels is local, and the RX-8 is not a daily, I just go there and fill up with race gas But that will be more expensive in the long run and kind of a hassle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNb_sgYuJE#t=223