Originally Posted by rotaryfan2 (Post 1877771)

Do me a favor read the whole thread start to finish next time, not just the last post where I let my frustation get the better of me.

Thanks

Originally Posted by CarAndDriver (Post 1877820)

Maybe you should EDIT the offending post?

Originally Posted by CarAndDriver (Post 1877827)

I smell a lawsuit.

Originally Posted by VASasha (Post 1878957)

It's becoming apparant that most of the trolls reside on the forum. Nobody is twisting anybody's arm to post replies. I'm sure that if this post was as big an issue as some are making it out to be, then surely mods would delete threads like this. Afterall, this is a forum. Let it be one and if somebody wants to ask a question that has been answered many times, let them. No reason to be rude about it.

Originally Posted by da96boss (Post 1878899)

Wow...theres some fairly rude people on this forum...it almost wants to make me stay away from rotorys...well that and also i like the power of a v-8 :-) where $2k can get you a good 100 hp gain (just about)...besides all he did was just ask what he can get for 2 grand!

Originally Posted by shaunv74 (Post 1877780)

Again seriously, all this info. is out there. If you're really not a troll why don't you tell us what the answers are at this point you should know...

Originally Posted by rotaryfan2 (Post 1879632)

No troll here really, that term always puzzles me as were all trolling for answers in one way or another.

If your really interested I'll let you know what I come up with. I'm still trying to make up my mind.

I talked to Mike at RB today, he helped me out alot, nice guy. Agency and Borla Im still trying to get ahold of.

Want to talk to a few other also. So when my current condition allows it I'll get it done.

And hopefully my friend will be happy.

Originally Posted by eforer (Post 1877720)

Other than nitrous, nothing will come close to netting the kind of gains you/him are looking for. At least for under 2k. Forced induction is the only other way to get big gains, but realistically you can't do it for under $6,000.00. Trust me, I've looked.

You mentioned you are interested in doing intake/exhaust mods. There isn't much improvement to be found in chainging these components. Search around and you'll see that your looking at nominal, negligible or non-existant gains. The stock components are very well sorted.

I am closing in on my 3rd month of RX8 ownership. I have a modest budget for mods. I'll list the mod and the reason(s), I'm doing them. Hopefully it will prove helpful. You'll see I'm not spending much on power mods as it takes a huge investment to get anywhere significant. Your better off investing in the suspension as you can make some worthwhile improvements there without breaking the bank. I also bought the lotek gauge pod and prosport oil temp, water temp and oil pressure gauges. The $250.00 investment is worthwhile IMO as you can keep on top of your cars health, especially at hot summer track days.



Motor/Drivetrain

1) Agency Power Underdrive Pulley: The main reason I bought this is that it helps with water pump cavitation improving cooling at high rpms and hot track days. I have yet to install, its sitting in a box next to me right now. It may also net some negligible performance gains, but I'm not anticipating much.

$100.00

2) Racing Beat Street Flash: I'm on the fence on this one as I'm awaiting the release of the Access Port. That said, the reason I was planning on the flash is the lower temperature on/off of the cooling fans along with some modest performance increases (again pretty negligible). The mazport cooling mod costs about half of the racing beat flash and improves cooling in much the same way. The flash only costs $150.00 more and offers some slight increases in performance. To me it seems worth it. Again, I'm not expect much of a noticeable difference.

$350.00 with shipping

Both of the above made sense to me because they provide a sort of double benefit: Improving cooling and modest performance gains.

Eventually, I'd like to a lightweight flywheel. The gains are probably the best for the money, but the install is difficult or costly if done by a professional.

$800.00-$1000.00 including install

Suspension:

Dampers: I'm thinking either koni's or Tokico D-specs. Either will help with the underdamped rear suspension along with generally improving the already exceptional handling of the car.

$500.00-$600.00

Springs: Still haven't picked a set, but there are some good deals to be had on either tein h-tech or s-tech springs. I don't want to go too stiff as the 8 is my daily driver and the roads in NE are terrible.

$150.00 - $200.00

I've settled on not doing threaded body (ride height adjustable) coilovers as the tein basics (the only one's in my price range) don't offer adjustable damping. It would be nice to get corner weighted perfectly though with them.

Sway Bars:

Haven't really settled on anything yet. Thinking racing beat front and rear with endlinks:

$500.00

Wheels and Tires:

I'd love to do a set of 9.5" wide Enkei RPF1s, but that will cost around $1300.00. Its not in the budget right now.

Tires:

Falken Azenis RT-615 or Kumho Ecsta MX. I have to decide how little tread life I'm willing to live with. With stock rims, I'm planning on doing 235/40/18, as its a good trade off between a slight increase in width without compromising sidewall stiffness (like some have said 245s do).

$700.00

Without the Enkei wheels, the total is under 3k for all of the above. This became a much longer post than I initially intended, but I was having fun thinking about my car/mods.

Originally Posted by rotaryfan2 (Post 1877649)

There seams to be some confusion. I saw that thread I know about all the fly wheels, the pipes, pulleys and everything freakin else you can do to this car.

So I ask the simple question just to get a few opinions, and this turns into me being lazy. Looking at this forum till 2am last night isn't exactly what I'd call lazy.

I've done research which I always do on any forum, on any sublject before I even decide if I'm going to join the forum, so I can post a question.

I've looked at this forum for I don't know how long, and just decided last night that it's time to get a few opinions. So I joined, asked the question, all so I could be accused of making YOU PEOPLE MY BITCH, and then be called LAZY!!!

F#@K YOU!!!

I'm the guy who's waisted his time.

I'll be sure to let my friend know, he shouldn't have bought a car that is so delicate, that the people who think so highly of them are to afraid to give any good opinions on what mods to do first.

Save for a good few.

Originally Posted by rotaryfan2 (Post 1898411)

It was fun for a little while.