GReddy Turbo Install = Yes, Specs/Details = No
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Originally Posted by epitrochoid
No, im not being defensive. I'd just hate for in 6 months greddy to say "well we were going to release a bolt on kit for 450hp for $1500, but epitrochoid told everyone it sucked so we didn't"
trust me, i am very excited about this kit. It'd be great to have 300whp, but if you do the math it doesnt add up...in a perfect system 1 bar will double the power (everything else constant, double the air, double the fuel), so .5 bar or ~7psi would be 50% more or 270whp (based on 180whp ), about 320 or so at the crank. Knock 20 off that because physics really only works in a dream world, and we have about 300bhp. A great generalization, but you get the idea.
but does the kit run more tha 7psi? Maybe...I didn't even think to ask! So who knows...
a few pics too at http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dv/
#78-81 are of the greddy kit, but there's alot of other pics in there, and a few of yours truly with some fine ladies :D
trust me, i am very excited about this kit. It'd be great to have 300whp, but if you do the math it doesnt add up...in a perfect system 1 bar will double the power (everything else constant, double the air, double the fuel), so .5 bar or ~7psi would be 50% more or 270whp (based on 180whp ), about 320 or so at the crank. Knock 20 off that because physics really only works in a dream world, and we have about 300bhp. A great generalization, but you get the idea.
but does the kit run more tha 7psi? Maybe...I didn't even think to ask! So who knows...
a few pics too at http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dv/
#78-81 are of the greddy kit, but there's alot of other pics in there, and a few of yours truly with some fine ladies :D
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Originally Posted by epitrochoid
No, im not being defensive. I'd just hate for in 6 months greddy to say "well we were going to release a bolt on kit for 450hp for $1500, but epitrochoid told everyone it sucked so we didn't"
trust me, i am very excited about this kit. It'd be great to have 300whp, but if you do the math it doesnt add up...in a perfect system 1 bar will double the power (everything else constant, double the air, double the fuel), so .5 bar or ~7psi would be 50% more or 270whp (based on 180whp ), about 320 or so at the crank. Knock 20 off that because physics really only works in a dream world, and we have about 300bhp. A great generalization, but you get the idea.
but does the kit run more tha 7psi? Maybe...I didn't even think to ask! So who knows...
a few pics too at http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dv/
#78-81 are of the greddy kit, but there's alot of other pics in there, and a few of yours truly with some fine ladies :D
trust me, i am very excited about this kit. It'd be great to have 300whp, but if you do the math it doesnt add up...in a perfect system 1 bar will double the power (everything else constant, double the air, double the fuel), so .5 bar or ~7psi would be 50% more or 270whp (based on 180whp ), about 320 or so at the crank. Knock 20 off that because physics really only works in a dream world, and we have about 300bhp. A great generalization, but you get the idea.
but does the kit run more tha 7psi? Maybe...I didn't even think to ask! So who knows...
a few pics too at http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dv/
#78-81 are of the greddy kit, but there's alot of other pics in there, and a few of yours truly with some fine ladies :D
I don't think it's impossible to get 300 if not 320 at the wheels with proper tuning and 7psi of boost on this engine.
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Tuning wasn't seeing so much extra hp in Japan. Everyone (tuners) were giving numbers ~11ps for their a/f and ignition remapping... no e-manage here, they are going the RB route of flashing the ECU itself. Their stock whp numbers from chassis dynos were similar to the US spec cars as well. Trust/Greddy then added the turbo to this and was quoting hp figures under 300hp. They were giving like 265hp or so if memory serves.
So it may be possible that 300whp is their real figure, but based upon previous figures, it doesn't sound right.
So it may be possible that 300whp is their real figure, but based upon previous figures, it doesn't sound right.
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GReddy Turbo RX8 at SEMA 2004
Overboost.com has a pic and a few comments on the GReddy turbo RX8 featured at the SEMA show this year, stating that it will have the turbo kit available to the public in January and that will produce a little over 300 RWHP at 7 lbs of boost. Sounds great if it's true, time will tell. Also not sure about there new body kit, the front end with those big lights seems a little overdone IMHO.
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That's the RE-A bodykit ... I like it too. I would post my pics of the car (I took a LOT), but I lost my media card and all my pictures from the second day of SEMA 
My take on the GReddy kit - they don't have their engine management worked out. It's the same kit that RE-A is using on their car, and the same kit that they've had running around for awhile in Japan. BUT, the US ecu protocol is different, and the e-Manage has fits with it. I asked them at the booth, and their US car only has about 200 miles on it with the kit. So I anticipate delays due to problems with the e-Manage on the US version, but I hope I'm wrong. I'll be in So Cal mid-December, and have a date to drive the US turbo'd car. By then, we'll know for sure whether their late Dec/early Jan release date can be met.
My take on the GReddy kit - they don't have their engine management worked out. It's the same kit that RE-A is using on their car, and the same kit that they've had running around for awhile in Japan. BUT, the US ecu protocol is different, and the e-Manage has fits with it. I asked them at the booth, and their US car only has about 200 miles on it with the kit. So I anticipate delays due to problems with the e-Manage on the US version, but I hope I'm wrong. I'll be in So Cal mid-December, and have a date to drive the US turbo'd car. By then, we'll know for sure whether their late Dec/early Jan release date can be met.
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Originally Posted by SimplexEffect
Well it is an RX8 to supposedly have 300 rwhp... I too dont like the lights that much but hey its a rx8 with a turbo.... No way in hell that i would not drive it 
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Life is good huh....
Geez.. Your doing what we only dream about.. I think we are in the wrong profession..... haha..
First the Pettit car and now Greddy.. Is there no end to this.. I hope not for the sake of the readers of RX Tuner Do you plan on reporting your findings anytime soon on both of these cars?
Awesome..
Geez.. Your doing what we only dream about.. I think we are in the wrong profession..... haha..
First the Pettit car and now Greddy.. Is there no end to this.. I hope not for the sake of the readers of RX Tuner
Do you plan on reporting your findings anytime soon on both of these cars?Awesome..
Originally Posted by BOOSTD 7
That's the RE-A bodykit ... I like it too. I would post my pics of the car (I took a LOT), but I lost my media card and all my pictures from the second day of SEMA
My take on the GReddy kit - they don't have their engine management worked out. It's the same kit that RE-A is using on their car, and the same kit that they've had running around for awhile in Japan. BUT, the US ecu protocol is different, and the e-Manage has fits with it. I asked them at the booth, and their US car only has about 200 miles on it with the kit. So I anticipate delays due to problems with the e-Manage on the US version, but I hope I'm wrong. I'll be in So Cal mid-December, and have a date to drive the US turbo'd car. By then, we'll know for sure whether their late Dec/early Jan release date can be met.
My take on the GReddy kit - they don't have their engine management worked out. It's the same kit that RE-A is using on their car, and the same kit that they've had running around for awhile in Japan. BUT, the US ecu protocol is different, and the e-Manage has fits with it. I asked them at the booth, and their US car only has about 200 miles on it with the kit. So I anticipate delays due to problems with the e-Manage on the US version, but I hope I'm wrong. I'll be in So Cal mid-December, and have a date to drive the US turbo'd car. By then, we'll know for sure whether their late Dec/early Jan release date can be met.
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Hey guys.. I got a response from Greddy and this is what they said...
Sounds like 60 to 70 additional whp...
Thanks for your interest in GReddy Products. We are currently in the
process of finishing the turbo kit for the RX-8. We are aiming to make
it
available by February of 2005 and we will notify its release on our
website
www.greddy.com. The kit will put out around 300 horsepower to the
flywheel
and will have a base boost of about 7 PSI. The kit will include a
T618Z
turbo, Emanage, and all the piping and hardware needed to install the
turbo
kit. Please keep in touch with your favorite Authorized GReddy Dealer
for
updates.
--
GReddy Performance Products, Inc.
9 Vanderbilt
Irvine, CA 92618
www.greddy.com
Sounds like 60 to 70 additional whp...
Thanks for your interest in GReddy Products. We are currently in the
process of finishing the turbo kit for the RX-8. We are aiming to make
it
available by February of 2005 and we will notify its release on our
website
www.greddy.com. The kit will put out around 300 horsepower to the
flywheel
and will have a base boost of about 7 PSI. The kit will include a
T618Z
turbo, Emanage, and all the piping and hardware needed to install the
turbo
kit. Please keep in touch with your favorite Authorized GReddy Dealer
for
updates.
--
GReddy Performance Products, Inc.
9 Vanderbilt
Irvine, CA 92618
www.greddy.com
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Thanks for your interest in GReddy Products. We are currently in the
process of finishing the turbo kit for the six speed manual RX-8. We are
aiming to make it available by February of 2005 and we will notify its
release on our website www.greddy.com. The kit will put out around 300
horsepower to the flywheel and will have a base boost of about 7 PSI. The
kit will include a T618Z turbo, Emanage, and all the piping and hardware
needed to install the turbo kit. We have not tested the product on the
automatic application yet and cannot say if it will be compatible at this
moment. Please keep in touch with your favorite Authorized GReddy Dealer for
updates.
--
GReddy Performance Products, Inc.
9 Vanderbilt
Irvine, CA 92618
www.greddy.com
process of finishing the turbo kit for the six speed manual RX-8. We are
aiming to make it available by February of 2005 and we will notify its
release on our website www.greddy.com. The kit will put out around 300
horsepower to the flywheel and will have a base boost of about 7 PSI. The
kit will include a T618Z turbo, Emanage, and all the piping and hardware
needed to install the turbo kit. We have not tested the product on the
automatic application yet and cannot say if it will be compatible at this
moment. Please keep in touch with your favorite Authorized GReddy Dealer for
updates.
--
GReddy Performance Products, Inc.
9 Vanderbilt
Irvine, CA 92618
www.greddy.com