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This thread is turning into a general trash forumn

 

RP,

We can sure tell Mazda is in bed with FoMoCo, their dealership service SUCKS.

But, then what do you expect when you pay a fella $12 to diagnose and repair something that takes well over an hour when the door rate is $115 for that hour.

 

I don't now which tech you've been talking to that gets paid $12/hr, unless its a rookie, in that case I don't want him touching my car.

 

True it's not true aluminum as one would hope, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere.

What with man made diamonds getting bigger we might get nanomachines working sometime soon and then any material imaginable is possible.

 

uhh guys they've been using something very similar to the tranparent aluminum link above for some time on certain aircraft and on tanks blast shields..

Just so you know Aluminum oxide (alumina aka sapphires and rubies ) is one of the hardest materials known to man. diamonds are 4 times harder though. but nowhere near as durable. Alumina has been being formed with boron and tungsten carbides for a long time into "windows" and stuff for military applications. Aluminum doesn't "rust" because it encases itself in aluminum oxide which is so very hard and almost impervious. Just don't get any liquid mercury near it ( or just about any other metal.. as it will turn to powder in very short notice.

enough of that though, where's this supercharger already

 

Ohhhhh,

Is this thread about Axial Superchargers?

 

You mean there are two yellow 8's in Oz?

There will be supercharger news in the next few weeks, we are going to put some time into it starting now. :D Now that the test bench is about to run there can be real endurance testing and the ability to step test and hold readings. This was something we lacked. We tested the RPM range and it will duplicate the 8's rev range from 3500 to 9000 without a pulley change. Big help.

 

Thanks for the update RP.

Yeah not many of us own Yellow RX-8's glad to see you got the colour choice correct though. It says a lot about a man by the colour car he chooses ie; bold, creative, aggressive, fun etc, etc.

Joe

 

Has this even been mounted on the car yet i lost interest when we got to the thirty something page :p Anyways i remember the unit was posted and it looked great i would really like to see this thing in action SO RICHARD GET TO WORK !!!!! :D

 

smrx8 --
You recently installed nitrous, right?

Look forward to your supercharged/nitrous setup.

 

last one on the lot.... also happened to be the cheapest deal. but It's grown on me so much. I like it now. I like not blending in and standing out... usually.

now all we need is the supercharger and a hood like that white mazda speed prototype and I'll be set.

http://images.rotarynews.com/images/...s/dsc01564.jpg

 

yep just not interested in turbo yet .the only one i wanted was the ssr one but there over there head on the price money is not a problem but to me its just not worth it.looking into supercharger again if the price is right.

 

My main reasoning on holding out for a supercharger is that we'll see all the idiots blow thier engines on cheap/crazy turbo kits now. We'll have a good handle on what the engine can take and we'll start having some engnes with significant mileage by the time a handful of superchargers hit the market. Hopefully by then the ecu will be settled out and fully hacked and tuned. About this time next year things should fall together nicely.

 

Not to derail the thread too much, but if you find that hood+body kit, PLEASE PM me and let me know! I've been drooling over it since I saw it...if I had the money I'd find a customizer to create a mold and then maybe even try and sell them.

 

are you calling Greddy turbo owners idiots???????
Cuz that's the only "cheap/crazy turbo kit" right now.
I don't know about blowing engines with Greddy will be that easy, as most of them are running low boost.

 

no I mean the inevitable fools who boost way more than they should and blow them up.

I'd get a turbo, but the price/performance just isn't there yet. There's much more to be made from this mtor and I'll wait until the aftermarket is there.

 

My 15y/o resident car expert assures me that it's a one off by MazdaDesign of Irvine, CA, so no joy. Seems like the Knight Sports or Amemiya come the closest. I'd bet that having a quality MazdaDesign knock-off couldn't hurt sales of the AFS, though! (How would you deal with those integrated fog lamps?) I'd be first in line for both, now that we've been assured that our off-supercharger mileage won't suffer, much!! :D Isn't that hood scoop right out of "War of the Worlds"?!!

 

not to be a stick in the mud.. but is thread ever gonna get back to being about the AFS??
Btw.. how is it going RAP??

 

LittleJohn--
Post 1966 gives you an update which is only a few days old.

 

Yeah... I read that one..
I was just **** stirring a bit :D

Patience is of the virtue, besides it's not like i have the cash to buy it atm :o

 

Once he gets the car fixed, he'll get back on the project. Until the car works, there is no point going any farther. It is supposed to go back in the shop tomorrow and hopefully be fixed by next week.

 

Richard, did you ever get a confirmed diagnosis on your car's HP problem?

 

I do have the cash to buy it, plus the custom body kit, if someone makes it available.

 

The car goes in today, I think. That means if my appointment stays valid, waiting to hear from my man right now. Well maybe not yet it is a little early here.