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Old 07-20-2008, 10:24 AM
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They looked poor, all of the coils were showing white rings and the plugs looked corroded. Still have the coils but not the plugs
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OE coils

Here's what my factory coils looked like:

Old 07-20-2008, 07:38 PM
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Spots on the bottom of the coil are meaningless.
All that matters is that the ignitor (on top) isn't melted and the potting is intact.
There is NO WAY to diagnose a coil from the outside.
It is purely coincidental that some failed coils are white on the bottom.
There are far more properly operating coils with white spots than not since they ALL get them eventually.
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*Keep In mind it was near 90 degrees F. and humid when this was taken, and was probably 5+ degrees hotter in the garage where the dyno was. My car actually overheated on the third pull. The coolant was boiling over a bit, but as soon as i pulled it out of the garage, and a test run down the street to cool it off, everything went back to normal. Maybe I could of pulled 200whp if the temp. was around 60-70F, regardless i'm satisfied for now!*

For the mods i have:

1. Turboxs headers back exhaust (no cats).. small exhaust leak somewhere, I need to purchase a new set of gaskets. Not a big deal.

2. Aem Cold Air Intake

3. Agency Power Underdriven crank pulley

No tune, as of yet. Access port soon, then another dyno, then turbo, then the finally dyno and tune..


My best: Max rwHP was 192.3 & Max Torque was 135.5

Old 10-22-2008, 05:54 PM
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Just wanted to add my recent dyno...background, '04 w/ 37xxx miles on the rebuild, bad coils, bad plugs, low compression (down 10psi from my last comp check in Aug since Feb), Redline drivetrain fluids, K&N Typhoon V2, HKS Hi-Power exhaust. Temp and humidity on graph.

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Mine has 190whp according to dynolicious
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2008 Mazda RX8 40th AE

Dyno'ed 177whp @ 8200rpm and 134 wtq @ 5700rpm on a Dynojet yesterday, I'll hopefully get the graph scanned up soon.
Old 11-02-2008, 12:15 AM
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^Not bad, that's what my wife's '08 Civic Si dyno'd. I'm just glad I dyno'd better than her, would have never heard the end of it. LOL
Old 11-02-2008, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RevLimitLaunch
2008 Mazda RX8 40th AE

Dyno'ed 177whp @ 8200rpm and 134 wtq @ 5700rpm on a Dynojet yesterday, I'll hopefully get the graph scanned up soon.
to be honest that is pretty disappointing for a new car.. i'd have expect ~190.
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eh i wasn't too disappointed. with each run the car made more power. it has pretty low miles on it too which they believed was a case. i'm going to go back in a month and see if anything changes.
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Originally Posted by alz0rz
to be honest that is pretty disappointing for a new car.. i'd have expect ~190.
Dynos are tools. They are all calibrated differently. They should not be used as absolute measures across dynos. Only comparative on the same dyno.
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Originally Posted by shaunv74
Dynos are tools. They are all calibrated differently. They should not be used as absolute measures across dynos. Only comparative on the same dyno.
much agreed. my base numbers aren't what i'm worried about, it's the numbers i put down after i start doing anything aftermarket to the car that i want to see as an improvement.
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Originally Posted by RufusVonStorm
Here's what my factory coils looked like:

FAIL
Old 11-25-2008, 09:52 AM
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183 HP
130 TQ

Am i missing something

I have

Sr motorsport flywheel
MM cobb
midpipe
Greddy exhaust
sr pulleys
ignition solution
redline fluids swapped
CAI
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Originally Posted by 05rx8mazda
183 HP
130 TQ

Am i missing something

I have

Sr motorsport flywheel
MM cobb
midpipe
Greddy exhaust
sr pulleys
ignition solution
redline fluids swapped
CAI

Get the OEM Flash and Ignition back and you will see 195/140
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Originally Posted by kennyfrc1
Get the OEM Flash and Ignition back and you will see 195/140
Interesting!

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Originally Posted by kennyfrc1
Get the OEM Flash and Ignition back and you will see 195/140
wouldnt the ignition make a better imrpoovement and the MM tune cobb as well???

where are you getting this from? just curious
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Originally Posted by 05rx8mazda
wouldnt the ignition make a better imrpoovement and the MM tune cobb as well???

where are you getting this from? just curious
You would really only know if you did back to back tests on the same dyno under the same conditions.

Dyno's are best used as a tuning tool for relative comparisons, not absolute numbers.

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Originally Posted by kennyfrc1
Get the OEM Flash and Ignition back and you will see 195/140
Uh, no.

Originally Posted by kennyfrc1
FAIL
Nope. Meaningless.
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wow, figured somebody would have upped the ante by now
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wow, figured somebody would have upped the ante by now
Meaning?
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meaning....his 222 hp dyno is still "king"?
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they are still chasing their tails.
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Oh, I get it.
Yeah, 225 is still the benchmark. That's where the Koni cars are sitting.
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meaning that I only expected it to be bested by now


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