Not the best way to say "hi." Do you talk to your Mom like that? Show a little courtesy please.

 

I agree. I expect to see these SC on many different models/makes of cars.

I think RP has made himself a millionare with this product, its just gonna take time to recieve all that money.

And I hope you dont sell out RP!

 

No insult taken. It was my feeble attempt at humor.

 

With any thread like this the first post should contain a summary of the current state of the project so everyone that is interest always knows where things are at without having to read 200 pages.

 

That's a good suggestion.

 

I did not look on this thread for a while. I just browse through and look for Richard and stop there to read. But yes, I think that is a good suggestion also.

 

Kind of reminds me of the 100MPG carburetor. Everyone talked about it thought it was a great idea, but no one ever sold one.

 

This one must have been sold at one time:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Latha...76578860QQrdZ1
and if you buy it, it'll be sold again.

 

Any updates? I'm antsey in the pantsey and have been fighting the urges for turbochargers...M-m-u-s-t...g-e-t...-p-p-p-0-w-a...

 

You just joined, how can you be so "antsey in the pantsey"?

 

yay! It's out! Oh wait a minute....never mind...

 

haa...I've been watching for a while...I *just* joined so I could be pinged when something was posted...I fought the urge to join for a bit...at first it was curiosity...the geek in me...wanting to know the who/what/how/why...

So basically...its because of this thread that I even joined the forum...and now I'm getting sucked in and "knowing" lots of the older posters cause I've read thru them and stuff and seem them scattered everywhere...

Mazda Maniac for example...he was cool back in the MX-3 days...he didnt have much of a life back then either...but man he was hardcore for the supercharger project...

Hes been around for a while...he's still as cocky and smug as always...but man as annoying as he is...he knows his stuff...I think he put it best one time himself on this forum somewhere...

Hes an "impatient idiot savant" or something to that extent...haa...

Long story short...I went thru 2 MX-3's...straight to the RX...and while I will miss it....cause you DO grow to love that little gnat...I'm totally at home in the RX...

So...while I may have joined just a little bit ago...judge me not lest yee be called the judge...or something...

Back to your regularly scheduled bitchfest in session...

pantsey...antsey..blah blah...out??!?! ohhhh....sooo..sad....


heh...

 

Are we waiting on the Cobb tuner or what?

 

As far as I know it's going to be a different one with the same capabilites as the cobb unit. Not sure though.

 

how about those of us that already have a piggyback - I won't mind doing some testing .....

 

My guess is that when the kit is finalized he will find 3-5 beta testers to test it out. Using feedback from them he will do last minor(hopefully) adjustments before he goes into major production. This is what he did with the AxialFlow shifter and it would only make sense that he did it with the supercharger as well.

With that said part of beta testing would be testing the whole kit including whatever EMS system he will be using. If he were to beta test the supercharger on someone with an EMS solution already it would not be much of a beta test and would not help get the final product out quicker. Mechanically it should be mostly fine. Tuning on a variety of RX-8s is what probably needs the most testing.

 

don't know what a beta tester is but I'll sure as hell be a better tester !

Why not take the Petit approach - offer maps for various piggybacks already on the market ?

 

Because none of the developers of any of the systems have the time or the resources to tune one EMS, let alone 1/2 dozen.

 

A Beta tester is a person that is willing to test a product before it is released to the public. This product may or may not have all it's bugs worked out. The Beta tester will report back to the company what kind of experiance he has had using the product. For his trouble, he may get the product at a reduced rate. The first place I heard the term used was in software testing.

 

I havent checked up on this thread in a bit, so I was wondering whats new? Whats the status, what the hell is going on?

 

I think maybe Richard could be waiting on the Cobb gadget to resolve the electronics part of this?

 

Whats up with the electronics, having trouble talking with the ECU? And what does this cobb unit fix?

 

It allow you to make custom ECU reflashes, so there would not be any problem with talking to the ECU because it would be the ECU controlling the SC.

http://www.cobbtuning.com/

 

Funny thing about Cobb, I have emailed him twice and called twice. He never calls back. He must not like me or has to many sales already. I wanted to look into his product because it fit our objectives well.

 

Mmm, they say in their page Mazda forum that they're intested in working with RX-8 turbo a SC providers. Maybe they first want to have a usable generic product before starting to tune it for different providers?