Petrus

Probably a repost, but I couldn´t find it on the board,,, in that case, sorry.

Anyway, found this on the web just now... not much info or dyno´s
Please check
http://www.bulletproofautomotive.com...il.php?ID=3510 or http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/ Turbo is ONLY for AT as I understand. (My japanese isn´t he best...=)

mtnpass

Repost

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...hlight=amemiya

Check it out.

RXE16T

Crying shame that it's only for the auto.

mr2000x

there is another turbo for the manual, but nothing on their page for it

DreRX8

Yeah its been posted before--anybody have any guess on what kind of times this thing will run (0-60, 1/4mi etc)?

therm8

That dyno has to be engine horsepower. Even then I don't like it. Stock horsepower is 210-220 (on the graph), rated by Mazda at 197hp, and who knows if it actually makes that. Combine that with $5000+ for the kit plus install and tuning costs, and the fact that if you have problems you're calling Japan, makes this kit worthless in my opinion. I'd be surprised if they sold any.

I would just wait on a kit from a company that has a customer service based here (unless of course you don't live here :D ) such as Greddy or Blitz or any of the other people with kits in development.

guitarjunkie28

jasper performance might have a kit ready as soon as i finish up on the one i'm doing.

Virgil

I think, and I have the Modified issue right next to me featureing that car, that it was rated at 325 hp and 256 lb&ft. Who cares it its automatic, at least it has shifter on the steering wheel.

I would trust RE simply because they are probably the best tuner for rotaries in japan, they even have a car in the Japanese GT series, thus quality is to be expect.

guitarjunkie28

even the best learns through trial and error sometimes...i've heard they've blown up 2 already. small price to pay in the name of research, though.

JeRKy 8 Owner

I heard that the turbo kit SSR is working on will also be produced for the automatic Rx8. They havent determined yetif the stock automatic tranny would have to replaced though.

shelleys_man_06

RE Amemiya hasn't won a GT300 championship in many years, but that doesn't stop them from making street cars with European car bodies grafted to them. :p

Japan8

AAAAND... as RG pointed out sometime ago, RE Amemiya has the vast majority of their experience with TURBOCHARGED rotary engine... not N/A.

325hp? Was that rear wheel or flywheel? Either way I'd still have questions about that number... not only because I saw different figures in the JDM magazine I have, but also because that magazine brought up a point which has also been discussed here... just how much power can the auto transmission take? 325whp sounds like quite a bit for that poor torque converter. Considering the other corners that Mazda cut (low temp cat, 6spd manual trans syncros), I'm willing to bet that the auto's torque converter won't have a long life under those conditions.

AND... check my other post in the ptp turbo thread... RE Amemiya ain't the be all and end all. Talk like that verges on rice. AutoExe is bigger, FEED is good and so is Knight Sports. Not to forget RMagic, Rotary Run Racing, Rotary Revolution and a host of others...

Japan8

True... but the RE Amemiya auto 8 IS the full Trust/Greddy kit that has been tuned for the auto. I don't even know if they are selling it yet as I have yet to see or hear anything about it being anything more than an engineering exercise by Trust/Greddy and RE Amemiya.