its the wastegate, not the BOV.

Its the wastegate and it doesn't pose a problem. We tested this setup in real world situations and didn't have a problem. Not only is it between the wheels, its also right behind the passenger wheel and not in the middle. Even if you go over something, you'd have to drive over something high enough to reach the bottom of the car and have it pass right behind the front passenger tire without letting the tire get on it to touch the wastegate rod. The rod comes unscrewed as well, when he screws it back into position it won't be as low. Also note that the cross member is not on the car in the pics, so the wastegate seems to protrude more than it actually will when the install is finished.


Chris

It's true, after wrestling with it for about an hour I was too tired to keep working on the car so I put some jackstands and wood blocks under the engine and left it like that until I can get the engine mount and crossmember on later today.

Stuff I still have to do before first startup:

1) install upgraded secondary injectors in the lower intake manifold
2) install radiator & fan assembly
3) install oiling system (sandwich plate & return line)
4) install intercooler and piping!
5) finish my gauge pod (needs one last layer of resin and final sanding then I can paint and mount it)
6) install my WBO2 & boost gauge
7) plug in my Interceptor X

Iowa RX-8's FTW, lol
 

Hey, Des Moines isn't too far away! Are you coming to the meet April 19th in Omaha? I think we have 5 Iowans so far going for sure. We also have a group on Facebook for Iowa RX-8 owners, just another way to try and stay in touch with other local owners. We try to have little meets in CR every once and a while but we've really just started, most of us just got our 8 last summer. Look us up on the Facebook page and join up!

Thread for the meet in April
Link to our Facebook group page

Sorry for the off-topic....gotta recruit :Peace:

des moines is only a hour away from me.. Speaking of which, i need to catch a flight in des moines friday.

its lookin good man! cant wait for more updates

i'd love to go, gotta clear it with the wifey :)

I know how that goes, believe me! Just tell her she's getting plenty of notice for a girl's night out :)

^----ohhh thats a good point, ill use that in the future!

I got to clear it with my girl, cause shes the one behind the car! :lol:

Stuff I still have to do before first startup:

1) install upgraded secondary injectors - Done!
2) install radiator & fan assembly
3) install oiling system (sandwich plate & return line) - Need to tap for my mechanical oil temp gauge
4) install intercooler and piping!
5) finish my gauge pod (needs one last layer of resin and final sanding then I can paint and mount it)
6) install my WBO2 & boost gauge
7) plug in my Interceptor X

Pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...g/P1020113.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...g/P1020114.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...g/P1020115.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...g/P1020116.jpg

mmm beautiful turbo..

love watching this go by..

Super jealious of ya, cant wait to join the boosted club myself :)

nice install, but I don't think you needed to remove radiator & fan assembly for this install.

Not unless you are replacing the radiator.

Static is also installing an uber sweet BHR radiator anywho!

Gotta love the BHR radiator!!!

im at school :banghead:

all the pictures are blocked. i wanna see em lol. ill check it out when i get home :)

haha, i like!

lookin' good!

extremely jealous

Lookin Great!

Sexy Can I?

^-----
just pardon my manors!

btw nice install dude. countin down the days for those dyno #s

Whats the word stati?

The stall is caused by the wonderful people at fedex. I'm waiting for my radiator to get here. After I get my radiator I should be able to have the thing done in a few hours.

1) install upgraded secondary injectors - Done!
2) install radiator & fan assembly
3) install oiling system (sandwich plate & return line) - Need to tap for my mechanical oil temp gauge
4) install intercooler and piping!
5) finish my gauge pod (needs one last layer of resin and final sanding then I can paint and mount it) - Done!
6) install my WBO2 & boost gauge - Done!
7) plug in my Interceptor X - Done!

good thing to know you've still be busy. can't wait to see it done!

damn Static, this thing is looking awesome. Can't wait to see it all completed.

Well cant beat that customer service though...

is the esmeril kit's radiator not good enough? or is the one your getting that much better... and how much did it cost you =D

The Esmeril Racing RX-8 Turbo Kit doesn't include a radiator(cools engine coolant), it includes an intercooler(cools turbo air). He is replacing his stock radiator with a better unit. I think you are confusing the two.

Chris

Thanks Ray!

This is in no way BHR's fault, just a random "one of those things."

There are two reasons why this doesn't bother me a lot:

A) Tomorrow its going to be a balmy 18 degrees here :)
B) I was the one that signed up as a beta tester for this radiator, so stuff happens when you get the first version of a new product.

Doesn't change the fact that my car is on jackstands in my garage, but what kind of traction would I have in 30 degree weather anyways :)?

I know the feeling...

My friend is about to buy a RX8 today, I used to own one a 05 sold it was to slow for my taste and no solid kits out back then. But damn things sure are looking out pretty good any new on how this will do against a stock 2008 HR 350z? People are running 13.2-13.4 with the HR stock.

I told my friend this car is a joy to drive but he should not look into it if he wants just brute HP, plus he is getting a 8 with 20k on it for 16k loaded 05. BTW OP nice kit good luck, cant wait till I go FI.

It's killing me dude, I just want to start her up so bad. I just want to see that turbo spin, watch my wideband flash in glory. See that boost needle jump into unknown territory. I just want to be inside her :)

Kind of disturbing, but when I drilled my oil feed plate to 5/8 to tap it in 3/8npt I drilled at a very slight angle. Anyways, when I went to tighten the fitting the thin decorative wall of the plate cracked. So I'm hoping I did a good enough job tapping it that it won't leak. In retrospect I should have drilled a 1/2 inch hole and just ground down the inside a little bit with a round file.

I used this stuff:

http://www.permatex.com/products/Aut...ad_Sealant.htm

Seems pretty badass, repositionable for 4 hours, then after 72 hours it cures to 10,000 psi resistance. Resists diesel fuel, oil, moisture, hydraulic fluid, glycol, brake fluid, freon, transmission fluid... Good from -65 degrees to 400 degrees.

You don't understand how much I know exactly what you are saying. :)

What size was the origional hole in the adapter plate? What size is the gauge? I'm sure there is a fitting that will work somewhere.

Original holes in the plate are 1/8 npt, so thats a little over 1/4 an inch in diameter. Since I'm using the Racing Beat gauge kit, I have mechanicals, so the temp probe is huge. The racing beat came with 1/2 inch Npt adapters for thier sandwich plate, So i had to buy a 1/2 npt to 3/8 npt adapter just to get it on there at all. If I had known it was going to be that much of a pain in the ass I would have just tapped my racing beat plate to another 1/8npt and been done with it (or moved the temp sensor to the oil pan)

associated costs (with using the Racing Beat gauges with this system):

5/8 inch drill bit $17
1/2 inch drill $119
1/2npt to 3/8 npt gauge adapter (need this because of the way the sender seals) $11

= $147

$119 for the drill:Eyecrazy:

OMG. That is extremely expensive. I would've sent you a drill before I let you spend that much if you would have told me. What is it, Carbide? I can get cobalt ones for like $20. It better last you at least 10 years......;)

Chris

p.s.Good Luck with the rest of the build

Well, I could have borrowed my girlfriend's dad's drill but I felt that I should probably have this tool for stuff in the future.

I got this one:

http://www.milwaukeeconnect.com/weba..._192159_192137

I have a 3/8 one but they don't sell 5/8 inch bits for 3/8 inch chuck size.

So now I've got:

Cordless drill I use mainly for screwing things in
Cord Drill 3/8 that I use for wood drilling and high speed sanding/grinding with a flap wheel/drum
Cord Drill 1/2 - probably going to use the 8amp motor for my metal work.

I heart tools :)

Ohhh! I see. I though you meant that price for the drill bit! I have seen drill bits at that price made of tungsten carbide so I though that is what you meant....I seee. Excuse my ignorance.

Chris

TOOLS!!! :ylsuper:

one can NEVER have enough tools!

I think you should make a video of a stock 8 against your turbo'ed 8. Just to show people how much of a gain your really making. :)

agreed

:lol: It doesn't help that I already had all the N/A mods including 4.77 gear swap :lol:

We can make a video at the meet next month, I'll play the slow competition next to you since my car is pretty much stock. :(

street racing is bad......:eyetwitch :lol:

well thats even better. it will give a good comparison between a heavily modified 8 (10-11k in mods?) to a nearly stock rx8. If you could, i think this would be a great way to format the video, most street racing videos suck ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp37BvVmzfY

a video showing about how much room will be in between the cars in a half mile stretch of road.

that would be cool, but we'd need 2 or 3 cameras and a straight bit of road with little or no chance of getting in trouble since there would be few people involved.