Sunflower Mazda Supercharger info
04-08-2004, 02:35 PM
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I appologize to everyone for having not posted any updates on the Procharged RX-8 recently. I have been quite busy and have not taken the time to stop by Sunflower Mazda lately.
The good news it that there is an article about the Sunflower Mazda Procharged RX-8 in the latest issue of RX Tuner!
I have not read the article yet but did see it on the web site magazine cover at www.rxtuner.com.
The good news it that there is an article about the Sunflower Mazda Procharged RX-8 in the latest issue of RX Tuner!
I have not read the article yet but did see it on the web site magazine cover at www.rxtuner.com.
04-23-2004, 12:29 PM
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Supercharged RX-8 dealer option
The latest RXTuner magazine mentions the Supercharged Option that will be Mazda authorized / warenteed. It's made by a Midwest Dealership, not by Mazda.
They expect 350-360BHP with 6-8PSI of intercooled boost. You won't be able to crank the boost up though as they are NOT decreasing the engine's compression. The $7000 option kit includes the intercooler, supercharger, piggyback computer, piping, manifold, and installation.
They are also working on or have a 4 port setup I believe for this kit that works better with boost.
Again Mazda's not letting anyone touch that encryped ECU code, so no flashing the ECU with your unencrypted hand-held "superchips" computer. It's piggyback ECU only.
The dealership that makes the supercharged kit says they will NOT nickle & dime their customers to death. You get the Top RX-8 with a "all the damn dealer accessories" in one package instead of paying through the nose for each dealer accessory.
This probably doesn't include the Mazdaspeed accessories though.
(edit) RXTuner said the kit was available at time of press I believe.
They expect 350-360BHP with 6-8PSI of intercooled boost. You won't be able to crank the boost up though as they are NOT decreasing the engine's compression. The $7000 option kit includes the intercooler, supercharger, piggyback computer, piping, manifold, and installation.
They are also working on or have a 4 port setup I believe for this kit that works better with boost.
Again Mazda's not letting anyone touch that encryped ECU code, so no flashing the ECU with your unencrypted hand-held "superchips" computer. It's piggyback ECU only.
The dealership that makes the supercharged kit says they will NOT nickle & dime their customers to death. You get the Top RX-8 with a "all the damn dealer accessories" in one package instead of paying through the nose for each dealer accessory.
This probably doesn't include the Mazdaspeed accessories though.
(edit) RXTuner said the kit was available at time of press I believe.
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04-23-2004, 12:41 PM
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The dealership is Sunflower Mazda in Olathe, KS. The sales manager there had two of them in his show room about a month ago, a silver one and a red one. The red one was already sold. It also had a Borla exhaust, it sounded sweeeeet. He said it was over $40,000 with all of the modifications.
04-23-2004, 01:57 PM
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Ok, time to revive this thread.
Thanks to an article in the most recent RX Tuner magazine, it looks like SunFlower Mazda in conjunction with ATI/ProCharger and MNAO (!!!) may well be releasing several different FI kits that will NOT VOID YOU FACTORY WARRANTY!!!
HOLY SHEEP DIP, BATMAN!!!
Time to get some discussion going on this one again!
Anyone know anything factual? The idea of forced induction of any kind is really really appealing to me... but the idea of voiding my warranty is definitely not. If they do this, and it really doesn't void the Mazda warranty, then baby, I'm there!!!
Thanks to an article in the most recent RX Tuner magazine, it looks like SunFlower Mazda in conjunction with ATI/ProCharger and MNAO (!!!) may well be releasing several different FI kits that will NOT VOID YOU FACTORY WARRANTY!!!
HOLY SHEEP DIP, BATMAN!!!
Time to get some discussion going on this one again!
Anyone know anything factual? The idea of forced induction of any kind is really really appealing to me... but the idea of voiding my warranty is definitely not. If they do this, and it really doesn't void the Mazda warranty, then baby, I'm there!!!
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04-23-2004, 02:24 PM
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Well, that's a start. But what I REALLY want to confirm is that this won't void my warranty. The idea of 350 WHP makes me positively drool, but voiding my warranty doesn't. Can anyone (KCROTOR, perhaps?) speak to this???
04-23-2004, 02:37 PM
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Originally posted by Omicron
Well, that's a start. But what I REALLY want to confirm is that this won't void my warranty. The idea of 350 WHP makes me positively drool, but voiding my warranty doesn't. Can anyone (KCROTOR, perhaps?) speak to this???
Well, that's a start. But what I REALLY want to confirm is that this won't void my warranty. The idea of 350 WHP makes me positively drool, but voiding my warranty doesn't. Can anyone (KCROTOR, perhaps?) speak to this???
I told you to plan to make the RotoRev! Gee for me I had completly forgotten that this was supposed to be there ... not! If the question isn't answered before next Sat, I'll see what I can find out ... with ranger4277's help of course.
04-23-2004, 04:40 PM
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It's RX Tuner magazine, not Rotary Tuner ... close enough though. We'll post the story on www.rxtuner.com this weekend as a pdf for you to download.
like Mike said, come to the Rotary Revolution end of the month in Indy if you want to see the car in the sheet-metal.
like Mike said, come to the Rotary Revolution end of the month in Indy if you want to see the car in the sheet-metal.
04-26-2004, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by Omicron
Ok, time to revive this thread.
Thanks to an article in the most recent RX Tuner magazine, it looks like SunFlower Mazda in conjunction with ATI/ProCharger and MNAO (!!!) may well be releasing several different FI kits that will NOT VOID YOU FACTORY WARRANTY!!!
Anyone know anything factual? The idea of forced induction of any kind is really really appealing to me... but the idea of voiding my warranty is definitely not. If they do this, and it really doesn't void the Mazda warranty, then baby, I'm there!!!
Ok, time to revive this thread.
Thanks to an article in the most recent RX Tuner magazine, it looks like SunFlower Mazda in conjunction with ATI/ProCharger and MNAO (!!!) may well be releasing several different FI kits that will NOT VOID YOU FACTORY WARRANTY!!!
Anyone know anything factual? The idea of forced induction of any kind is really really appealing to me... but the idea of voiding my warranty is definitely not. If they do this, and it really doesn't void the Mazda warranty, then baby, I'm there!!!
Just got a reply email from the sales manager......
Adrian,
We are currently offering two types of the Mazdaspeed RX-8 here at Sunflower.
Stage one car will have an upgraded exhaust system, filter-charger and a piggy-back ECM from canzoomer, target HP is 288
Stage two gives you all of the above with an ATI Procharger with 6-8 pounds of boost, target HP is 355.
I am still working on pricing and we do have one supercharged car here at the dealership.
I do not know what I will be offering customers who are looking to upgrade their cars that they have purchased from another dealer. The whole purpose in the program is to offer the enthusiast a place to buy their vehicle and a reason to buy here vs. other dealers. Keep in touch with me and I will keep you posted as the project develops. Attatched is a picture of one of our project cars that we sold last month..
Zoom-Zoom
Larry R. Smith II
Sales Manager
Sunflower Mazda
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So it looks like it is true. Don't know if the warranty will only be covered by their dealership? Hopefully, out of state owners can purchase just the kit and have a local dealership do the service on it to keep the warranty.
Hopefully we'll see some pictures from the rotary revolution this coming weekend.
-Adrian
04-26-2004, 02:08 PM
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My understanding from discussions with the sales manager is that the service would be only through the Sunflower Mazda dealership. ATI (suplier of the ProCharger) is 2 blocks away and the 3rd party doing the R&D/install is a few miles away. I believe they would be the ones to handle any warranty work on the system through Sunflower Mazda.