Dyno Results Compilation
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Looks like I'll be dynoing my car on 2-28. I have a B-stock 6MT '06 RX-8 with fresh spark plugs & wires. I have a green air filter and the Mazdaspeed version 2 exhaust. It'll be on a dynojet where the owner tells me that a stock '05-'06 Mustang GT puts down 250-260whp. I'll get a print out which will include afr's and I'll add my dyno plot to this thread. Should be going with a buddy who'll be dynoing his '00 Acura NSX.
Quick question - what gear should I have them dyno the car in? I was thinking 4th???
Quick question - what gear should I have them dyno the car in? I was thinking 4th???
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Looks like I'll be dynoing my car on 2-28. I have a B-stock 6MT '06 RX-8 with fresh spark plugs & wires. I have a green air filter and the Mazdaspeed version 2 exhaust. It'll be on a dynojet where the owner tells me that a stock '05-'06 Mustang GT puts down 250-260whp. I'll get a print out which will include afr's and I'll add my dyno plot to this thread. Should be going with a buddy who'll be dynoing his '00 Acura NSX.
Quick question - what gear should I have them dyno the car in? I was thinking 4th???
Quick question - what gear should I have them dyno the car in? I was thinking 4th???
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Thanks.
Really? My car has 45K miles. What's the life expectancy of the OE coils? I thought the spark plugs and plug wires were the parts that needed to be replaced every 30K miles or so (I change these annually as I drive about 20K in a year).
Really? My car has 45K miles. What's the life expectancy of the OE coils? I thought the spark plugs and plug wires were the parts that needed to be replaced every 30K miles or so (I change these annually as I drive about 20K in a year).
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I drive an early 2006 GT and swapped coils out just recently at 42k. The coils in my car were original revision (same as those that were apparently fouling prematurely in the earlier cars). The old coils can last anywhere from 10k to 100k miles from what I've read around the board. My old ones didn't seem to have any issues with them, but I swapped them out anyway with the 2nd revision ones.
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Well I think I'll put her on the dyno as is on my current coils and the new spark plugs and plug wires. If my numbers are way out of whack, I'll repalce the coils later this Spring. Otherwise, later this year I'll replace everything together (coils, plugs and wires) as I build the car for STX. Thanks folks.
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They're just not designed to handle the frequency that the rotary fires it's plugs at so they wear out faster than they would on a comparable piston car. Each plug/coil is firing twice per 720 deg. of crank vs. once on a piston motor.
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Thanks for the info. I can get them for around $21 as a Mazdamotorsports member. I've just seen posts by members like swoope who went 70K+ on their original coils with no issues/misfires. The car pulls hard and evenly to redline after doing the plugs & wires.
You guys are killing my weekends...
You guys are killing my weekends...
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You wore me down Shaun - coils are ordered! I actually went with Finish Line Performance (Rosenthal Mazda) as they're in VA and I'll get them mid-week. MazdaMotorsports is on the other side of the country and they would have taken 7-10 days to get here. New coils will go on next weekend and I'll dyno the car the weekend afterwards!
P.S. Hope to get an honest to goodness baseline. Later this year I'll start building the car for the STX class with upgrades that will include headers, full exhaust (with high flow cat), pro-tuned Cobb AP, etc. I'll then re-dyno the car at the same shop next year around this time.
P.S. Hope to get an honest to goodness baseline. Later this year I'll start building the car for the STX class with upgrades that will include headers, full exhaust (with high flow cat), pro-tuned Cobb AP, etc. I'll then re-dyno the car at the same shop next year around this time.
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#441
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You wore me down Shaun - coils are ordered! I actually went with Finish Line Performance (Rosenthal Mazda) as they're in VA and I'll get them mid-week. MazdaMotorsports is on the other side of the country and they would have taken 7-10 days to get here. New coils will go on next weekend and I'll dyno the car the weekend afterwards!
P.S. Hope to get an honest to goodness baseline. Later this year I'll start building the car for the STX class with upgrades that will include headers, full exhaust (with high flow cat), pro-tuned Cobb AP, etc. I'll then re-dyno the car at the same shop next year around this time.
P.S. Hope to get an honest to goodness baseline. Later this year I'll start building the car for the STX class with upgrades that will include headers, full exhaust (with high flow cat), pro-tuned Cobb AP, etc. I'll then re-dyno the car at the same shop next year around this time.
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Not to be entirely too picky, but that is an awfully "interesting" plot.
Or, I guess I should say "uninteresting" in that it lacks any of the typical features of this engine.
Is that just the smoothing algorithm?
I mean, the "standard" plot is something to die for!
I think any N/A RX-8 owner would kill to see an output like that.
I know I've never seen it.
Or, I guess I should say "uninteresting" in that it lacks any of the typical features of this engine.
Is that just the smoothing algorithm?
I mean, the "standard" plot is something to die for!
I think any N/A RX-8 owner would kill to see an output like that.
I know I've never seen it.
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yup, engine dyno that's why it looked different