Hey Guys and Gals, if you will. I have been searching and searching and asking manufactures about quite a few aftermarket engine mods for the 4 speed auto. I was told by Greddy that the turbo was not made for the auto I seen turbos on automatics?? Can someone point me in the right direction for a good turbo or Supercharger. Also If you are a experienced street racer what should I be looking at for the very first engine mods. I am new at the RX-8. This rotary engine is a loop compared to my mustang cobra. Very Different in a good way of course.

 

wait, so you searched?

 

wow. you're saying/asking alot in those three sentences. also, you are not giving enough information for anyone to really help you. important info. like budget, what you are looking for (exactly), what compromises you are not willing to make, etc.

my advice...if you are unhappy with the way the 8 runs "out of the box" en toto, then you should've gotten a factory f/i'ed car. the 8, despite some successes and alot of arguments, is not what you'd call...an "ideal" candidate for f/i. most "tuning" bolt ons should be considered "fun-factor" or extremely slight gains for a lot of money. however if your pockets is a bursting, then you've a lot to do if you want to f/i your car. try searching under the "major horsepower" upgrades forums. there should be plenty on f/i.

hope this helps.

 

street racing is really frowned upon here. dont do it, its dangerous and stupid.

there are no kits currently out made for the auto. the pettit sc will be out it a little bit and they have a kit for the a/t. the greddy can be made to work but the greddy is just not that good though. you can try mazsport and see what they can do for you

how much are you looking to spend? the hp:$ ratio is really poor with the rx8 and dont expect big numbers anytime soon

 

actually if you are street racing go sell your car and buy some thing else. the rx-8 is not meant to go straight purely. id rather have you crash another car

 

The greddy turbo can be installed on an automatic car just fine.

 

Get THIS

 

LOL good find MM

 

nawwwwsssss

 

Make sure you read the fine print.

 

ha ha some good one liners in there "not for use while driving"

You went to a lot of effort there MM . Are you positive you covered yourself against legal proceedings ??

 

I want to buy It !!! Can we install it this weekend?
I'll give you a $1000 for it.

 

SOLD! I can install it while we tune the other turbo. That should DOUBLE your HP!

 

Dude My ride is going to be so PIMP !

hahaha

 

Thats for the info guys. Let me be a little more detailed. I understand the $ to hp sucks. Umm, lets start with the intake and exhaust. I am really swinging toward the RB intake and RB exhaust. The guys there seem really deticated to the 8 and I heard from a few guy local that have both said that they would highly recommend RB. Any suggestions on RB or other. Street Racing is NOT what I want to do, so don't get me confused with those guys because I'm not rich. I am just looking to get very respectable power and make the car more like me. I have a starting budget of about $2500 USD.

 

You're not going to get "respectable power" from an intake and exhaust on the 8. I'd say start off with the RP Supercat. Decent power gains for price.

 

For 2,500 you can buy a used greddy kit. That's the only way you're going to get respectable power out of this car for that price.

 

Then after the the RP cat swap look at the Int-X Mazsport makes for the Auto.

I sure SprGrn did this to his A/T...



Post 600 !!

 

 

The 8 comes, stock, with "respectable power." If you want, "bow-down-before-me-and-my-awesome-car-power" then, you either bought the wrong car or will need more money. $2500 bucks will get you a nice suspension setup and a short shifter...or RB intake/ram-air/screens + a decent catback exhaust. These will not give you "bow-down-power." It will make your car sound nicer and give you minute HP/Torque gains. If you are a mechanic then you may be able to squeeze in a flywheel if you do all the labor yourself. The most bang for your $$$ may be a light weight flywheel, underdrive pulleys, and new final drive ratio/mechanical LSD. It's all up to you and how you want your car to run. The absolute cheapest bang for buck would be NO2 which would probably cut your engine life by a good percent but give you instant gains for a relatively cheap financial cost (up front).

Now, if it were me and my 8? If I had $2500, I'd go with mods that accentuate the things on the 8 that are ALREADY top notch--it's handling! For an 8, suspension is the way to go because you'll never, really, turn it into a "crap-your-pants-torque-monster!" It just wasn't designed to be "that" type of car. I've read of many people on this forum who have tried to make the 8 something its not, and its sad that they don't appreciate the 8's strengths and only want to modify it's weaknessess. If you take the same mods (torque and HP mods) and drop the same $$$ into and Evo, STi, or Mustang, then you'd have one helluva 1/4 mile car. However, if you drop a bunch of suspension mods in a Mustang (note the two AWD cars, previously mentioned, are omitted), it will not handle as well as a tuned 8. Work your strengths or buy a different car and work that car's strengths. That's how you should mod a car. The 8 has got enough ***** to shoot in and out of hairpins really, really fast and fun.

Lastly, what do you mean, "more like me?" What kind of person are you? The 8 is a thinking person's car. Are you a sophisticated handling type of guy or a *****-out at the next green light kind of guy?

2 cents.

 

SC + Inter X + 2nd oil cooler + RB intake + exhaust + light weight wheels + ..........

Please continue....

 

that 2500 could go towards shaving some weight, and some sways and coil overs. I'd start there before going too crazy on the engine, I'm with phantom on this one, add to the cars strengths before going nuts and trying to attack its weaknesses.

 

+2 with Phantom.

I started with Springs =>sways => shocks => slotted rotors=> better brake pads => turbo.

With just the suspension upgrades, much more fun to drive and give a better feeling of handling..

 

even with just better springs/tires I can keep up with stuff I'm not supposed to be able to, just thought I'd throw that out there as well

 

good post phantom