Pettit Super Charger Owners
 

I just thought it would be nice to have a thread that lists all the owners of the Pettit super chargers. There are other threads that are dealing with other aspects of the s/c. I am the proud owner of one of the originally released Pettit super charges and would like to hear from all whom have also purchased one. It would be nice if you also posted if you self installed, Pettit shop install or other third party install.

Mine was installed by Paradox Performance (Now called Black Halo Racing), Charles R. Hill IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR NAME ON THE LIST BELOW, PLEASE PM ME WITH YOUR INFORMATION.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/CENTER]1. Owners Name(s): Screen name and first name
2. State and city of residence:
3. AT/MT & color of vehicle
4. Installed By:
5. Any links that you wish to have added



1. shinka213 / Pat
Aston, Pennsylvania
MT
Pettit Racing

2. Bastage / Gleyner
Melbourne, Florida
MT
Pettit Racing

3. Phil's8 / Phil Dorsey
Las Vegas, Nevada
AT, Brilliant Black
Black Halo Racing
See my garage https://www.rx8club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=12315

4. marsredr100 / Juan
Lakeland, Florida
MT
Self Installed (PM him for details)

5. munche187 / Roland
Pembroke Pines, Florida
MT
Pettit Racing

6. vIce^gRip / Dan
Virgina Beach, Virginia
MT
Pettit Racing

7. olddragger / Denny
Macon, Georgia
MT Red
back yard install with help from members of the GA rx8 club

8. Joff / Jesse
Phoenix, Arizona
MT
Pettit Racing

9. jskup1 / Jon
Virginia Beach, Virginia
MT
Pettit Racing

10. cybershark01 / Carlos
Disappeard from members list, Florida?
MT
Pettit Racing

11. MorkusYambo / Adam
LA (lower Alabama), Alabama
MT
Self-Install

12. Rote8/Norman Madden
Orlando, Florida (it's still raining)
MT
Pettit Racing
VB Garage- https://www.rx8club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=13533

13. Bco007/Bryan
Aventura, Florida
MT
Pettit Racing (Cam)

14. ZenRx8/Wes
Unknown, Virgina
MT
Pettit Racing (Moon)

15. Moon/Moon
West Palm Beach, Florida
AT, Yellow
Pettit Racing (Cam and self installed)

16. California Style/Robbie
London, England
MT, Yellow
Self Installed

17. Dogpound 48/ Jon
Mount Holly, New Jersey
MT
Self Installed

18. Rotr8/Greg Thompson
Baltimore, MD
MT, 2004, Ti Gray
Moon Installed

19. BLYNCH/Bill Lynch
Montgomery, Alabama
AT, 2007
Installed by Cam at Pettit Racing

20. JMKuco / Jean-Michel
Guadelope, French West Indies
MT, unknown year
Self Installed with help from an unnamed PRO

21. Dondo / Mike
Seattle, Washington
MT, unknown year
Installed by Black Halo Racing

I'll have one in 4 days if that counts. They're putting it in.

I have the last of the first production run. Installed by the Man the Myth the Legend Cam.

Ps. I love it!!!!

I thought you were getting it this week. That is why I asked earlier plus I am going to be getting an oil change soon. So i wanted to time it to be able to see another Silver 8 with the S/C.

Your going to love it.

I was originally planning on it, but I have a promotion dinner to attend w/ my wife tonight. When are you going to be there? I should be there on Monday and at least Tuesday as well. At least by getting delayed, I'll be able to install and use my new navigation head unit for my trip down there.

This Friday. I may be able to swing by Tuesday mid afternoon.

JSKUP1:
Welcome to the Pettit group. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do.

I believe mine was installed right after Shinka213's was (3rd week of April). First and only blue to my knowledge (until Moon gets his)

I am here... I am waiting on word from Cam to get his Ok for us to make an official Map. This way he will provide all users with the s/c.

I also thought it may be a cool touch to Phil's request to have the a Shot of the Owner with the s/c'd 8. Kinda helps to identify the family.

1. Owners Name:
2. State:
3. Installed By:
4. Photo of You and your s/c'd 8


Sound like a plan?

Good idea, it'd be nice to know where all these kits are...

How many kits have been sold to people who don't frequent these forums, though?

pledge----- :)
olddragger
Georgia
MT
back yard install with help from members of the GA rx8 club
olddragger:scratchhe :sweatdrop :fingersx:
OD

Dun forget
Joff
AZ
MT
Pettit

The pictures sound like a good idea. I'll just have to get me in one, somehow.

Check out the 1st post by Phil... It has been updated.

map enlargement doesn't work on my end.

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when I click on the link, it looks like this:

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...kslikethis.jpg

map enlargement doesn't work on my end.
What does it do or not do?

This is the direct link.
http://www.hr8c.com/forum/Pettit_Map.gif

Maybe your browser has an issue with large GIFs
I made a JPG.
http://www.hr8c.com/forum/Pettit_Map.jpg

Anyone else having similar issues?

Linky no worky.

Very nice upgrade to the begining post - I assume that Cam liked the idea?

Question: Was not Moon the first to receive a s/c? I understand leaving off Cam as it was the development unit. Then again Moon does not have the ride any more.

The link on the map does not work for me. I think you got Joff's name wrong but I could be wrong also.

It will be very interesting to see what the "family" look like. The only two that I have meet or seen to date have been Moon and Joff (and his lovley wife).

Cam has not approved or denied the map. SO this is an UNOFFICIAL USER CREATED MAP! I just figured, as we know who these people are, we could add them. Moon's s/c was undamaged, but is not on the road. When Moon is s/c'd again I will put him back up.
Also when this car has a home that owner will be up here too.
http://pettitracing.com/car_sale/black8gallery.htm

Mao Question? It is working fine for me and I see no apparent flaw in the code?
Can yas tell me what Browser you are using?
Internet Exploder or FireFox?
UPDATE: OK Never Mind... It was a bug in lame ass Internet Exploder! It will not display large filed GIF's. I have updated the map with a JPG file so it should all be fine now.

You fixed it - I was getting the same as Bastage earlier. Very nice. Being computer challenged seems to be a trait in my family - even my sister who is a Prof. at CSLB and has a doctorate in languages has trouble operating the computer.

hi guys
my name is carlos im from the palm beach area and as we speak my Black 2004 GT RX8 is at the shop getting the stage 2 SC and stage 2 breaks install im looking foward to get it back and try it . i been reading u guys post for a few weeks so i decide to join u guys family

Welcome to the fold Carlos.
Get us a pic of you with your s/c'd 8!
I'll add you to the Map as soon as I can.

I was at the shop today your car is done. I like the brake upgrade. Your car sounds looksa and sounds awsome.

Congrats and welcome to the club.

I loved the hood which hood is that. Where did you get it

I spoke to Cam during lunch and the MAP is a GO!!!!

how's your MPG? city/hwy?
 

hi i know this is a ridiculous question, but may i ask what you owners of the Pettit SC are getting in MPG city/hwy? and what your pre-SC mpg were?
The reason I ask is, Mazdatrix has a new SC out, and I would like to have some comparison, and weigh out the pros and cons of each SC before I commit. Appreciate any info. Thanks.

Can't wait til my warranty is over to get the SC and the HP this car should have had in the beginning.:mdrmed:

I was 225/300 Full to Empty - City/Highway Stock
S/C'd 180/280 Full to Empty - City/Highway Blown

As you can see in city it drinks a lot... mostly cause the shutter opens up if you roll the throttle anything other than mellow.
I used to get just over 50 miles per 1/4 tank City... now I get like just over 40 miles per tank. You can't play without paying! Though Cam suspects and hopes that with the flash the fuel economy will come back.

Your car runs SOOOOO good. Can you say FLASHED.

Flash - a-ah - saviour of the universe
Flash - a-ah - he'll save everyone of us
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Flash - a-ah - he's a miracle
Flash - a-ah - king of the impossible

He's for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He'll save with a mighty hand
Every man every woman
Every child - with a mighty flash

Flash - a-ah
Flash - a-ah - he'll save everyone of us

Just a man
With a man's courage
He knows nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No one but the pure in heart
May find the golden grail
Oh oh - oh oh
Flash

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/562/

No cells either, yea. Drives stock, learns and everything, really smooth, Cams has the 3rd stage pully on and that flash is almost ready also.

D00d... Stop!
Don't get my hopes all up for Stage 3 already... I told myself not till Jan 08.
Not that I won't take it any sooner!

Cant have it any sooner, lol

Moon your a Tease!!!!

Welcome to the family Carlos.

Wait a minute---wait a minute---hold on---i am dizzy here. i am finalizing full payment next week------anything I need to know to make my plan to be better? I have not received my int x yet--still in building stage----come on help out a wounded veteran here!
olddragger

I think I may have mentioned it to you earlier. I am not sure if others have the same problem, but the X does not respond well to changes in the humidity levels or air density. The idle is a real bitch to get correct and hold. Jeff (MazdaManiac) has the technical terms for this, me just the results. I am frustrated with the X in the desert cuz in the very early morning it will run well and then in the heat of the day it was a completely different car. Now that winter/fall has set in it's more under control. I would have chucked it long ago if not for the chance of the flash tool from Pettit. Jeff and I are going to give it one more try during SEMA and if we can't get it to acceptable levels of operation then it's up for sale. NOW please note that no one else except desert people have complained about this so it could be only dry thin air that is the problem. Cam did a quick tune at SSX and it ran well in Cali but the closer I got to home the worse it got. In fairness a vacuum hose came loose during the drive but even after replacing it the car still ran terrible. I reloaded a map off the dongle and it is now running acceptable. Sorry I can't be more technical but I'm just learning about tuning.

Wow so having the X out here sucks ah Phil? Does Pettit come with a flash?

OD... no holding of the breath... And I'd not go and call Cam about Moon's announcement (A Calculated Leak). It is rather premature, but a fact that it really is quite this close. The Flash in on a few Vehicles, but it is in the tuning, diagnostic and trouble shooting phase. It is not being sold as ready for release. Carlos is in the area and can quickly go to the shop for mapping and diagnostics etc...

Now... Phil. It is not only you. We may not have it as severe as you, but we are not perfect either... The Int-X (by my estimation) "gets the job done". On cool crisp days, it is absolutely unbelievable the power the s/c / Int-X produces. The drive is smoother and better than I could dream for. But the same thing at sea level on my coast up north... as the climate changes, the power, response & crispness is not the same. This does lead to the notion that the Int-X can not adjust for altitude, humidity and climate changes the way factory PCU's are designed to. It does not go without saying that cool intake air will always make a car run better because the molecules are more dense and create a nice rich explosion as opposed to big fat lazy hot air molecules. It also does not say that some of the things that are being added, specifically for the flash would no assist the Int-X, but Pettit wants a stand alone solution for their kit, so rather than spend time developing fixes for the X, they are focusing on the Flash.

Perhaps there are some things I could shed some light on in regards to tuning the Interceptor-X with the Pettit setup. There are cars running the unit all over the U.S. and other countrys without these issues. Feel free to call the shop or pm me if you like, I will be happy to help,Scott

I wanted to play--so i guess I will play.
OD

thanks Scott I am new to this type of modification and have a lot to learn. Add that to basal cell ganglia fatty deposits in the brain and i have a real challenge ahead of me! with 3 women in the house i hope my install etc is in good coordination with the estrogen God. Sometimes there is not enough chocolate in the world........
olddragger

Now where did I say that??? No it does not suck it just seems to have some quirks that I am not smart enough to fix. Obviously the flash will be the panacea and solve all our problems. I just get frustrated when the tune changes. Scott is always asking me to get with him about my problems but I'm not the one tuning it only changing the maps when I have a problem.

Oh I see your just frustrated with it at the moment. Got it.

Scott,
Please know I am not at all slamming your product. My X was loaded with Juan's latest tune, and while in FL. it ran great. even better when it was cooler at night with low humidity.
I do appreciate your position on standing by the X! I hope I did not come across as calling it not a "finished" product.
Maybe I will give ya a call next week to get some better understanding of your system.
Dan

I've been using the X since I was n/a and was satisfied with it's performance. I am not capable of tuning myself and have had three others tune it. One of them is touted as being the best. All can get a good tune for the hours of the tune and we have mapped the best in the computer or the dongle. Scott, I think you know Steve Kan. He was in town for a 7 tuning session and agreed to do mine. He got a great n/a tune in it but even he got frustrated later in the day when it completely changed. Jeff has tuned it three times and has produced some great tunes but they have changed (settings still the same but results changed) in a few hours. Cam tuned it at SSX and it ran great during the tune and again the next day but as I got closer to Vegas it started to deteriorate. Since then Jeff suggested that until we have another chance to work on it that I reload one of the dongle tunes (it's worked rather nicely). I have been reluctant to bring you in because if I then had a problem you are 3000 miles away. I was hoping that you would be at a tuning session that was planned in LA so that you and Jeff could talk, but it did not come off. Jeff is trying to teach me, thank god he's got patience. I did not realize I was bad raping the product just pointing out my frustration. I apologize for any of my comments that may have been construed to be negative to your product. There are hundreds out there that do not have any problems.

I remember in the old days that you also had to chamge the tune when you went to the mountains etc. dang car at times would not even pull up a steep hill in high gear as usual. So I suspect the physics are the same:)--it is just the way cars are tuned now. That is why at the track people now have weather stations.
If we are going to play we have to learn the game.
olddragger

What on the tunning fixes the elevation diffrances? Make a knob that changes those perameters on the fly. Just throwing out ideas. Is that possible Scott. Other then the tunning modual wich if you dont now what your doing you can accidently erase maps just by sitting on it wrong. I like that thing by the way, you can tune in some great gas milage out of tank buy the way.

Somthing in that respect but I look at that as being another map to worrie about. Thats what I liked about the interceptor is the simplicity of what your working with. Load, wide open throttle, cruze all crossed buy the boost /vac. Thats a great option for those that like to try different things like mods and more boost, nos and just about anything, hell they run them on the Diasios and plant a consistant 370 to the ground and have very reliable results.

LOL... my Next gauge... Altimeter!

Wow a barometer sensor. Must be a Aneroid barometer is an instrument for measuring the pressure of the air, due to the weight of the column of air above it. As the earth's atmosphere gets thinner with increasing height, it follows that as we ascend from sea level and low-lying parts of the earth's surface, the weight of the air will decrease. That is, the pressure will fall.
Invented about or around 1645 by an Italian mathematician named Torricelli. He discovered the principle of the barometer. Talk about old technologie lol

Another plus about the interceptor is it dosnt care if you have a cat or not so if you want to flash you need to keep your kitty or get a high flow. It throws a cell without it.