Point of no return for FI?
01-29-2009, 01:51 PM
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Point of no return for FI?
Hey guys it me again. In my never-ending juvenile quest for more speed I've discovered yet another fictional scenario in my head.
Is there a point where an RX8 has too many miles to be eligable for forced induction?
My 2005 RX8 has 40,3XX on the clock right now. Has never been abused, never missed an oil change or been low on oil, and is rarely raced (maybe see's a redline one or twice every couple weeks). Still has just an AEM CAI that has never been dirty. Haven't felt the need to change my plugs so they're stock.
My old man recently got a C5 LS1 Corvette. He let me drive it around a little and ugh...the torque lol. After driving a 350Z it threw into perspective how lacking my RX8 is in third gear, and driving the vette hit even harder.
So lets say a well maintained RX8 with 50K miles wants an FI kit. Is it a ticking time bomb or is the rotary engine as good at 50K as it was at 30K?
If not, I'm getting ready to drive a Speed3 as I type. FI RX8 with say 50K miles worst case or start fresh with a ~$25K Speed3 thats already turbocharged and reacts better to mods? Thanks for the replies. Haven't been on in a while, but I still love this site
Is there a point where an RX8 has too many miles to be eligable for forced induction?
My 2005 RX8 has 40,3XX on the clock right now. Has never been abused, never missed an oil change or been low on oil, and is rarely raced (maybe see's a redline one or twice every couple weeks). Still has just an AEM CAI that has never been dirty. Haven't felt the need to change my plugs so they're stock.
My old man recently got a C5 LS1 Corvette. He let me drive it around a little and ugh...the torque lol. After driving a 350Z it threw into perspective how lacking my RX8 is in third gear, and driving the vette hit even harder.
So lets say a well maintained RX8 with 50K miles wants an FI kit. Is it a ticking time bomb or is the rotary engine as good at 50K as it was at 30K?
If not, I'm getting ready to drive a Speed3 as I type. FI RX8 with say 50K miles worst case or start fresh with a ~$25K Speed3 thats already turbocharged and reacts better to mods? Thanks for the replies. Haven't been on in a while, but I still love this site
01-29-2009, 02:22 PM
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Turbocharging will eventually lead to engine failure but your engine will eventually fail anyway so its up to you what mileage you expect from your engine and how long you expect to keep it. Also consider the resale values of RX-8's are **** and a boosted RX-8's value is even less. But if your engine is healthy and you boost it responsibly and don't skimp it should last you another 50k I would think.
01-29-2009, 04:55 PM
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^that is 100%correct....actually I was sort of in the same situation as the OP and wondering if it's too late for me (41,xxx) but the more I see lots of ppl are going FI well over 50k miles and still going strong!
01-30-2009, 08:24 PM
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Hardly no maintenance, check the belt once a week and keep her oiled...
I can just take my blower belt off and Im back to NA, a little ruff but I can limp home if I need to,,,
01-31-2009, 11:05 AM
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What was the military discount? And how long did it take to install, tune, etc till it was 100% ready to go? I'm going into the service soon and will probably only have weekends off.
01-31-2009, 04:12 PM
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My work is maybe two miles from where I live right now. The car is barely warmed up by the time I reach work, and I don't want to rev a cold engine. And I'm sure that the 13B can handle a redline a day no problem, but I'm pretty sure the engine isn't going to get clogged up with carbon if you don't hammer it everyday.
On the other hand my oil has gotten pretty creamy lately. It got like that the last place I lived and my work has also right up the road. Also cuz of the cold weather. Hows yours?
01-31-2009, 04:21 PM
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It took three days to install, was scheduled for two( 1 for tear down , 1 for build) but I painted a couple things and did some other stuff so we took our time with it...
The flash took a whole 40 secs to load and about 15 mins driving time so the ECU could relearn itself, wala!!!
It looks a little different now but here are some pics from the first week
01-31-2009, 11:03 PM
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If you FI, plan on a new engine at some point...maybe later rather than sooner if you're running an Accessport & the MM 3071 GReddy upgrade, but it will almost certainly pop either way.
p.s. All the haters need to count the number of blown engines versus the number that have run FI for > 50k miles. Yeah, pretty close to '100% blown engines'.
p.s. All the haters need to count the number of blown engines versus the number that have run FI for > 50k miles. Yeah, pretty close to '100% blown engines'.