yup thanks for the answers

 

Jon
Would it be wise to do a port at the same time you do the turbo /supercharge upgrade ?

Why not do them at the same time ?

cheers
michael

 

Well, aside from the obviously longer downtime for the car (the removal of the engine to do the porting is a bitch), I personally want to wait and see how the engine handles just the turbo for now. Once I am completely satisfied that the engine runs without any problems related to the Turbo, I will go forward and get a port/polish job done.

I wouldn't recommend doing both at the same time since not enough people have done either the turbo or porting, I would wait until someone steps up to the plate and gets both done. Like I mentioned earlier, I'm probably going to go down that road in about 6 months or so.

 

Hey Jon, It's omecron's birthday today, why not take him for a helo ride as a present. I'll pay the rental. :D :D :D

 

:p :p :p :p

 

Besides, it is going to be very interesting to see the internals in 6 months after running it with boost. Looks like you are in for Guinea Pig for a while :p

 

You'll get no complaints out of me for being the Guinea Pig

 

Hows gas mileage? The spool up looks awesome!

 

Still working on my first full tank. I'm 1/2 through this tank and I'm only about 15 miles off where I normally am without the turbo.. Take into account that I really let it loose during those runs in the video and I would say fuel economy is still pretty decent compared to stock.


**EDIT** DAMNIT!! Ran into my first problem.. can anyone guess what it is? I forgot to hook back up the blasted fog lights when I put the bumper on.. grr.. Have to undo the bottom bolts to get at it.. it's too damn cold outside to do it now.. grrr.. **EDIT**

 

Don't feel bad, I do that every time I take the bumper off. :p

 

at least I'm not the only one.. lol

 

I did the same one time, but I managed to get my hand up there and reconnect them through the lower grill opening, but if you have a screen there - well you know the drill...

 

I did the same thing when I installed my front lip. I wanted to kick myself when I realized that I forgot.

 

Yeah, it's nothing life threatening to the car... it's just one of those things where you want to hit yourself in the head when you realized you did it.. heh.. I guess I should count myself lucky that this is the ONLY mishap that I've had with this install. *knocks on wood*.. Well, that and I accidentally broke the stock oil pressure sensor which isn't a big deal either.. got a new one from Mazda for $10.

 

Good price.

The oil pressure sensor has been, essentially, the same unit on nearly all of Ford and Mazda's models - except that they keep changing the connector.

List price on that sensor is like $60.

 

Wow, I hope they ordered the right one, I pick it up tomorrow morning.. so I guess I'll find out then

 

What do you mean? How can you be driving around with a broken sensor? Or did you just break the connector locking tab?

 

Damn!! Nice one philodox. I just finished reading this ENTIRE thread. Good luck!!

- Irish

 

Jeff,

Was what light was coming on during acceleration in second gear, was that traction light oor was it something else?

Regard,

Gibbo

 

Hey Guys, Just wanna let you know this the first time I write on a forum, However I have been reading your posts since I was interested in the RX-8 in June 03.

I"m from Miami,FL.
Bought my 6MT Blue RX-8 with the Grand Touring option. in October of 2003.

So Far mods:
*Lowered my car 1.3 inches with Tanabe springs.
*Custom 3inch Cat Back Magna Flow Exhaust
*Typhoon air intake
*19inch HP Evo rims 245 with1.5 inch lip for the front and 275 with 3.5 lip for the rear
*And now the Greddy Kit wich is delivered to my home this up coming friday!

I'm not a genious with the complexities of the Turbo and the rotary engines, like most of you are, but hopefully you guys don't mind me tagging along so that I can learn more on the way.

 

welcome to the forums marwar80!

 

MarWar abunch of the Rx7 and Rx8 owners down here around Miami and Ft Lauderdale are goingto be meeting upat the end of this month (read this). Maybe youcould show it off to everyone sinceyoull probably be thefirst person down here to havethe kit. I alreadyknow of a blue RX-8 downhere that has had a custom turbo installed since Oct 04 but nevergot to see it in person.

 

Thanks Konig!!!

Jerky, Bro, That is the weekend when I fly up to NY for a wedding. I planned on getting it installed while I was away. I'll be back on Tuesday the 1st of Feb =( By the way. I plan on getting it installed by this little shop by my house called Piston Rotary Motorsports. It located right behind the Tamiami airport. They claimed they would install it for $350. Do you know anyone who is reliable that could install for about the same price if not better?

 

Nice videos, couple questions though, I noticed a lot of rattling with the car, is it just from the way the camera's mounted? Also, the putt putt putt noise is that the engine backfiring? Just curious. I love the sound of the turbo though.. especially the blowoff valve.

 

$350? I would be very wary about that price! Most shops charge anywhere from $75-$100 an hour for labor, and this install took phil's mechanic almost 16 hours to do! I would look for somewhere in the $800-$1400 price range for an install.

Any place lowballing it that much, I would feel uncomfortable taking my car to.