hey guys, i was just over at barnes and noble and was flipping thru a few magazines, and i saw a pic of an rx-8, and i went to the article and this shop in australia, unfortunently, has a turbo set up and they are supposed to be selling it soon. in the article it said with the turbo, the setup tune ups, etc, it's 8000 aus. whjich is not too bad, like 7000 our money, somewhere there. i emailed them and i am just waiting for a response.

 

the shop is called rotor master, i checked the website, but it's not up yet.
http://www.rotormaster.com.au/

 

check the australian forum or do a search for rotor master turbo ... there was a thread up a while bit when it came out

 

sertop. Hymee revealed, at least to me that the Rotor Master kit was in development, or already out. :D

 

any info on hp gains?

 

You can figure roughly 14-16 h.p. gain per pound of boost.

Charles

 

they said they'll run about 6-8 lbs. of boost, which me like

 

$8000AUS is $5600USD.....

 

Here is the link .

 

the site is up.

there shop is 5min from me and i had a look at it the other day.

I will be going over soon to have a sit inside.

 

let me know how it is, supposed to be bad ***

 

hey did i read that dyno right? 189 whp, i hope thats the base map,

 

yeah, i was like wtf, it says it's a 55% improvement, is like over 100hp gain

 

55% improvement in torque at 5500 rpms i think?

 

That graph is F'd up. If it's only seeing 189 at the wheels, that's gotta be stock.

Either that or austrailian horses are much bigger than the rest of the worlds.

 

Hp is up 11%....torque is up 55%. It's a mild upgrade for better driveability. This is stage one....stage 2 is yet to be released. Boost is backed off above 8000rpm to 4psi.

Gomez.

 

Driveability would defn be inhanced, but at 189, my car drives fine, is this car an automatic? that would put the baseline run at about 168 whp, in which i can see the 11%, but man stock 6 spds are dynoing at around 189 without any modification. when i see a kit that can put me at 300 whp and gains from 4500-5000 up, im in, but just for some more torque, i guess i would have to drive one and see.

 

We have 237hp 6 port engines in our six speeds, and this is a six speed. What you see on any particular dyno depends on the operator.

Gomez.

 

torque is what the 8 needs, and lacks in, ...it's torque thats gonna haul out the better accel.

 

X-mann wins, if you read the paragraph above the dyno pic you will see that it specifically says the car is producing 189 Lb-ft which is a 55% improvement. How ironic that everyone went straight for the dyno chart and skipped all the technical info.

 

I read it all, the torque is great, a great step, i guess i am just hoping for some more top end along with torque, they mention internals, you think they are turning the boost down to prevent engine damage? or tuning issues, Now im ready for stage 3, the price on stage one sounds good.

 

The magazine article says the boost is reduced above 8k to "minimise high rev stress"...

Stage 2 is anticipated to include a new exhaust, new injectors and an ECU re-tune. Around 300hp at the flywheel.....

Gomez.

 

When is this stage 2 kit supposed to be available?

 

No idea....keep an eye on the website.

 

I check it every once in a while, but just thought I would see if someone else knew something.