Rote8

Pettit Racing S/C rocks!
About a one day install in my case.
I called yesterday morning to put down a deposit; Someone had canceled due to "stork issues".
So....
Drove down to West Palm yesterday afternoon.
I made "170 HP and some change" N/A on the Dyno.
Factory ECU was reprogrammed for SC; no Int-X.
Drove home today under boost.
Maybe a turbo makes more horsepower eventually, mine is FUN instantly.

I can't say it will happen as fast for everyone.
But I want to give a big thank you to all of Pettit Racing for this fast, painless installation.

PS: When is the next club meet with a Dyno?

nuke0907

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sounds great. glad to hear you like it.

sosonic

Good to have a Pro-tuner shop doing your install, doing it quickly, flashing your ECU (as oppose to 3rd party EMU), and then standing behind the results.

That type of security and confidence is worth something.

HiTMaNN

What qualifies some one as a "pro" tuner shop? Is it how many engines they blow or how much you know about the product?

I know a few guys who don't own shops but there main passion in life is cars andd there product knowledge and tuning capablities are far more refined that a "pro" tuner shop is. IMO I would rather trust those people more then a Pro Tuner shop.

Rote8

The Pro shop in question (and most others I worked with in the past) employ a few guys who don't own shops but there main passion in life is cars.

Sorry for the spank, but many shops are OK; Then again, there are some that are not.

Seriously loving the boosted RX-8.....

Peace.

Phil's 8

iTrader: (3)

Welcome to our group of Pettit owners

Kenco

Did they dyno the car to give the post supercharged results?

MazdaManiac

iTrader: (3)

Why would they do that?

HiTMaNN

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

do yo have an updated dyno?

Kenco

It seems they dyno'd the car beforehand, so I would have thought there was a chance they would afterwards.

Is there any particular reason they wouldn't?

or am I just being thick?

MazdaManiac

iTrader: (3)

No, its a legitimate question.
However, in some circles, your question would be regarded as heresy.

I take it you never bothered to look at the "Dyno Comparison" thread? Its a sticky, so I presume not since it is the way of the newb to ignore the stickies.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...yno+comparison

Now, you tell me which device is actually "instantly" fun.

ChattyRX8

*subscribes* I knew this would come up sooner or later.

mysql101

Pettit has a dynojet machine in their shop. It's ground level too, so strapping a car on is a walk in the park.

The next time someone has their SC installed at the shop, insist on an after dyno, and request the .drf dynojet file.

MazdaManiac

iTrader: (3)

It comes up over and over again.
Now everyone gets the front row seats for when Bastage gets here to tell up how stupid we are for questioning the Ways of Pettit.

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

Not trying to pour more gas on this fire but that's a very reasonable request. I for one would WANT to know what type of HP figures my $8,000 just paid for (or whatever the cost is)

Did they offer to dyno and you turned it down to 'break-in' the unit?

mysql101

If their dyno chart showed below 3,000 rpm we might know if they make more power under 3k or not, but unfortunately we don't even have that, so he can't even make the claim of more power in the low rpms than a turbo.

MazdaManiac

iTrader: (3)

Who pushes their car below 3000 RPM, anyway?
I mean, really! That would be such an esoteric exercise.

mysql101

hey, I've seen people cruising around on the interstate at 45 mph. In the Rx-8 at 6th gear, they'd be under 3k.

or maybe they're bog racing.

HiTMaNN

When cruising I am normally under 3k RPM :| but then again when do I ever cruise :o

Bastage

iTrader: (1)

I know of at least two people that dynoed in the mid 290's, and their curves looked virtually identical to Pettit's, with a bit lower peak.

If they cared to post their dynos, more power to them.

Cam's car has the same flash/setup as mine. When we had the same setup pre-flash (interceptor-x/same map) we both dynoed at 261. By that reasoning I would say that I'm up around 300. I'd get a dyno, but it wouldn't prove anything to me, so it's not a priority.

mysql101

You claim you have nothing to prove, but every sentence you've uttered contains "get some ***** and drag race me" after I said I have no intention to drag race with a brand new transmission pushing all this torque.

Good thing for you that you don't have to worry about too much torque, huh

Bastage

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For the reading comprehension-impaired: I said a dyno would prove nothing to me since I already know around how much hp I'm making, and what the curve would look like.

I would just be paying for a piece of paper, and it's not worth it to me since there are plenty of other things I'd rather spend my money on. Make sense, or should I dumb it down further?

As I said before:

You're going to make a great lawyer.

HiTMaNN

Enlighten me bastage how can some one legally show there car is faster then someone elses? Is it when you go to the track and you have your numbers Notarized and reviewed by your lawyer?

mysql101

HiTMaNN knows the score