Just a friendly reminder ...

A stock 8 will have problems in the snow because the "summer only" tires that come with it have a problem in the snow. I bought a set of snow tires along with a set of wheels from TireRack and have no problems in the snow - as long as it's not too deep. This is my 4th winter with my car and I get around OK. It's obviously not as good as my wife's Rav4 but, with snow tires, it's better than the front-wheel drive eclipse that I used to have (it just had all-season radials).

At the time when I bought mine I didn't have alternative transportation and had to drive my car in the snow. Since it sounds like you already have something else to drive, I would just stick with that.

 

I am sure this does not belong in this thread but I've got to say something about driving in snow. After moving from TX to NY my first winter was crazy! Summer only tires would not allow me to start rolling and after I finally started I couldn't stop! I passed through red lights etc. So I bought all season sumitomo tires. I will tell you that with the perfect balance of RX8 I am passing SUVs, AWD, FWD and it is a blast to drive in snow!

 

p0sted by Trey...
I don't know how accurate Q3 is, I personally think we're closer than that. That being said, we tend to give the guys that get hammered on the phone everyday with "When's this coming, when's that?" artificially long dates so we can beat expectations. I hate having them get those "But you said it'd be ready LAST WEEK!" phone calls. Patience is certainly something us Americans have no time for.

Right now we need resources. Reflashing and tuning the ECU is pretty much done on our end. We just need to finish the CAN cable for the Mazdas, and get more software written for the AccessPORT and tuning software. Its for those reasons we don't have a product out today. We could do bench flashes for any RX-8 (USDM AT/MT or otherwise) today. No problems. But putting together all that into an easily digestable handheld product that's still being developed for the Mazda takes a little more time.

 

r0tor... where did you get that comment from Trey?

 

Try here
http://www.cobbforums.com/forums/sho...=31354&page=15

 

Thanks!

 

http://www.cobbforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=440552&postcount=148

 

actually he posted it here yesterday himself

 

Bump to keep our hopes alive!

 

the longer i help make this thread, the fewer hundreds of time i can read it all before this thing is done

 

wtf are you saying? that makes no sense whatsoever.

anyways RP..

 

Actually, it makes perfect sense. By increasing the length of the thread, he is increasing the amount of time required to read through it completely. Since it now takes longer to read through the entire thread, there is now less time available to read through it again.

Now, why anyone who's already read through it would want to start from the beginning is another question all together, and that does make no sense.

Patiently awaiting FI.

 

Damn. Looks like we've been beaten boys. The Pettit racing thread seems to indicate Cam's SC will be ready for ordering any week now as their casings are in stock.

Now I'm not saying that this is as signifcant as say, the Russians beating the US into space, but it's pretty up there.

I am taking a trip to Florida next week, and since I have visited Pettit Racing in the past, and gotten a ride in one of there charge'd 8's, I can easly pose as an interested customer, and sabbotage their opperation. I can' t gauarantee more than a few weeks setback time for their team, but it might just be enough to let Richard get his product to market first.

Damn this is close. Perhaps that's why I appear to have gone insane due to lack of HP.

 

i'm glad you see my logic there... i re-read the entire thread on occasion out of sheer boredom, and lack of abiliy to retain some of the principles of this stuff for more than about 48 hrs or so. if i didnt re-read or at least skim throuhg on occasion i would be all the time

 

And when you re-read it how do you feel about the first sentence in the thread? "We are about to market a new supercharger."

 

"About" is a relative term. In the geologic timescale, humans have only been around for a few minutes!

 

Pettit's SC will most likely be on the market first since last we heard from Richard, he's still working on the tuning (aka flash) for the AFSC.

Being first does not always mean being the best. ie; Russians getting to space, and the ever so famous Greddy Turbo.

 

I give Pettit way more credit than Greddy. I don't even consider the two to be in the same category.

 

Do you guys have any clue what thread you're yammering on in?

 

you guys are taking my comments WAY out of context. Point I was making was... so WHAT if Pettit's SC comes out first. The AFSC will be out as soon as it can and it will end up being worth the wait.
I've seen the AFSC in person, seen Richard driving it, I believe in the product, and when it comes out I think there will be plenty of satisfied customers who will be happy that they waited.

Now....back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

^^^
Fair enough. I'm really looking forward to the AFSC also.

 

I think the AFSC will make the RX8 even more exotic that's for sure.

GO-RP-GO

 

The geologic timescale is based off of relative time instead of absolute time. Therefore in the geologic timescale we haven't been around for a few minutes...since thats a measurement of absolute time in relation to a relative subject. Humans in geologic time have been around for merely one or two grand canyon dyke formations....there ya go

 

Ive only read a few pages back (dont feel like reading what I missed) so I was just wondering where RP is at the moment. It seems that hes doing alpha testing if I am correct?

 

thankyou