Darkness8

iTrader: (2)

I am thinking of purchasing the Haltech sport 1000. I just wanted to find out if anyone is running this ems on a renisis. From what I understand this has a lot of functionality that is not offered by the cobb and can assist in some of the misshaps that commonly occur in boosted situations. Its also three times the price. feel free to chime in good or bad.

www.haltech.com

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

talk to dannobre

you might also want to search the subject on this forum and inform yourself better, just some friendly advice not just being a hard @ss harassing you to search


.

JantzenRX-8

iTrader: (9)

I've witnessed an rx8 running on a Haltech at this shop. It wasn't fully tuned but it was running

Rotary Inspired Performance moore ok

Darkness8

iTrader: (2)

i typed in haltech and did not get a single thread.

steezy_11

here

Brettus

iTrader: (2)

Wouldn't recommend it simply because it isn't proven within the rx8 community .

ChrisRX8PR

iTrader: (1)

I have been experimenting with both the Haltech Sprint RE and the Platinum Sport 1000 as a more advanced alternative to the Microtech and I am having great results. Currently I am just tuning for driveability but pretty soon I will have some high HP feedback. So far the Haltech is superior in every. It just has more tuneability and the outputs (specially in the Sport 1000) are so many that you can control pretty much everything you throw at it with it.

Cheers!

Darkness8

iTrader: (2)

^ that is what I heard and turned me on to thinking about it. I spoke to a tuner and he explained some of the pitfalls with tuning from your stock air mass sensor. Also he told me about some of the shut down parameters in the 1000 to avoid blowing in certian situations. he was pretty confident higher horse power could be attained due to the safe guards, providing the apex seals hold up. I also likes the fact that it replaces the stock ECU which can be placed in the passenger footwell which is beneficial in a top mount setup.

@Brettus, I understand where your coming from but I see you venture into unchartered territories in your builds. I think I am willing to take the risk. I think people may have shied away in the past because it is the most expensive option available. 3times the price of the cobb.

Brettus

iTrader: (2)

Yes but I am prepared to suffer the consequences if things i try don't work . Advising others is a different thing entirely

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

It cannot run all the factory functions, You still need the stock ECU.

And Esmeril should concentrate on fixing their mostly sub-par turbo kit rather than dicking around with the Haltech. They have zero credit in my book so I suggest you seek other opinions if you plan on seriously considering this route.

j9fd3s

i've run haltechs since i put one on my 3 rotor, in 2001...

the platinums are really nice, no experience on an Rx8, however it should be fine. stock ECU should stay.

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Yeah Haltechs are great on older stuff and on track cars but controlling the Renesis specific functions was the issue Dannobre ran into IIRC and in working with Haltech, they could not get the issues resolved so he ditched it. He has talked about it, the Op should be able to find it.

j9fd3s

i think a flashed stock ecu is probably better, its in the car already, its accurate, and powerful, and it runs all the stock doohickeys

Darkness8

iTrader: (2)

I hear ya loud and clear.

9K,
it wasnt esmeril that i spoke to but i was referring to the issue they had with the top mount.

thanks to all of you for the feed back. I will hold off on immediate plans then. the premise of the damn thing sounds good though. the 8 is such a unicorn.

dont delete this thread just incase some one else gets the same pitch I got. came close to pulling the 1,600 dollar trigger.