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zoomallday 02-06-2007 11:56 AM

Turbo Kit breaks the side seals
 
I just called a respected tuner in the Midwest.

They told me a convincing story that turbos are bad for the RX8 because it blows the side seals (not the apex seals).

And that Greddy in fact discontinued their turbo, at least temporarily -- he wasn't sure if the Turbo is being sold again.

Comments?

smrx8 02-06-2007 12:05 PM

News to me but would not surprise me.

smrx8 02-06-2007 12:06 PM

By the way whats the name of the shop ?

smrx8 02-06-2007 12:21 PM

Just called them and they said they dont know what Im talking about ...I feel like an ass :wallbash:

MadDog 02-06-2007 12:30 PM

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Detonation blows seals, not turbos. Your respected tuner is full of shit.

rotarygod 02-06-2007 12:54 PM

No one has blown a side seal yet as a result of forced induction.

I'm getting really sick and tired of the term "respected" being used in conjunction with tuners who don't know what they are talking about. They don't get that respect from me so I respectfully disagree with the term.

rotorocks 02-06-2007 03:57 PM


Originally Posted by MadDog
Detonation blows seals, not turbos. Your respected tuner is full of shit.


That nut kicking image....
LMAO
Muahhahhha

TeamRX8 02-08-2007 05:50 PM

apparently he's not an accredited National Renesis Tuner of America graduate :cwm27:

fwiw, any dipsh-t can call themself a tuner, and he might even be one on other makes or models, but apparently is talking out of his coffee can muffler on this one ....

Nopstnz 02-08-2007 06:05 PM


Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
This was exactly why I chose a rotary-powered car this time. Piston technology is easy. Rotary is different and exotic. Besides, the Renesis without a cat sounds like an F1 engine when it's at 9K+.

It does? I would love to go catless but could not stand that terrible smell as well as constant CEL. Maybe a little later after my cat burns out.

rotorocks 02-09-2007 09:47 AM


Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
Ask Olddragger how it sounds. He and several others got a listen down in ATL when I was buzzing by the stands on the front straight at Road Atlanta at 9,000 rpms. They said it sounded like I should have been in the Big Bore class. The cool thing is that with a catless mid w/silencer and Borla cat-back it is as quiet as a stock system below 3,500 tooling around town. However, open it up and when it hits above that it sounds like a monster. I'll be trying a new sensor fooler in the next couple weeks for the CEL and as for smell.....what smell..........what smell.................what smell..........................

Yeah Really,
Now that my cat is gone, I don't hear any smell, Neither I can smell any noise.
It burns my eyes a bit at the intersections though :Freak_ani

Seriously though. It sounds real cool when catless. Especially with a turbo instead of a muffler. Oh the noises she makes... Makes other cars scatter when I hit it. :rock: LOL


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