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Old 12-11-2005, 02:25 AM
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Just buy straight from turboxs!!!!
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Old 12-11-2005, 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by army_rx8
^to be honest i've never bought from them..never liked there prices

and i'd have to wait to get a thrid party dyno off this..after everythign racingbeat said abotu the exhaust for our car...i dunno those gains look too good to be true.
thats what i said and usually would think...the only problem is i was sitting in the car when they did the dyno pulls so i saw every single one and what the computer documented after each run...and yeah if theres a problem with VR can't people just buy direct from turboxs?
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Originally Posted by army_rx8
and i'd have to wait to get a thrid party dyno off this..after everythign racingbeat said abotu the exhaust for our car...i dunno those gains look too good to be true.
you can believe/trust turboxs- they are as open about testing as any company out there
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Old 12-12-2005, 11:01 AM
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13hp

201-176 = 25hp = :bs: IMO.
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Old 12-16-2005, 02:41 PM
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what about the results on polak's car?
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Old 12-17-2005, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
what about the results on polak's car?
Do you have a link to Polak's new results. The one I saw had new clutch & flywheel, intake & Turbo XS & got about a 10 whp improvement.
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Old 12-17-2005, 04:02 AM
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it is here

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...&page=11&pp=15

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Yeah, that's the one I'm talking about. He went from a RB Cat back to a Turbo XS unit & a Turbo XS midpipe & got 10 whp. Nathan even posted another/their dyno of Polak's car with the RB cat back vs. TXS Exhaust & TXS midpipe & it looks like a 9 whp difference. Am I missing a post/thread somewhere else that is showing 20+ whp gain ? Not hating, just wondering.
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Old 12-17-2005, 04:28 AM
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think it had something to do with the rb cat back didnt align right with something.

i will look some more.

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Wow!

That is an agressive sound.

How many db does it run at with the pipe and catback?

Polak mentioned: "Note* silencers were removed from the XS catback, mainly b/c they don't look good in there."

Keep that in mind when watching the videos.
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The car is crying for a turbocharger as 130-140 ft/lbs is just doesn't cut it. The car handles so well that it’s a shame the car is underpowered from the factory. It would be nice to give the car at least as much motivation as my Elise (Armaant can attest to what that would feel like as he drove it while he was here), but an even better goal would be to make the car accelerate somewhat like one of our stage 2 STIs (Armaant got a ride in one of those). I’ve driven a lot of cars, and own one of the best handling cars in the world, and I am still impressed with the RX8. I just think it needs a little more go.

We’ll start with a small and manageable turbocharger and work our way up from there. I’d hate ruin the balance of the car by adding an overly large turbocharger.

Update:
The RB cat-back will not fit with the TurboXS race-pipe. We are just going to swap the RB cat-back out for the TXS cat-back out and continue our testing.

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Originally Posted by Fanman
Am I missing a post/thread somewhere else that is showing 20+ whp gain ?
The 25hp gain for the exhaust/midpipe was on a different members car (armaant). Post is here. Not sure why Polaks car showed less, his dyno runs weren't as consistent.
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Old 12-17-2005, 05:11 AM
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suspect issues with vdi.

dont know how it played out.

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my question is would the midpipe fit w/greddy exhaust and would i be getting a check engine light if I install this midpipe...?

my car is an auto rx8 !
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midpipe should fit...i havnt herd of the CEL coming on though
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Originally Posted by VividRacing.com
midpipe should fit...
Actually, the TurboXS midpipe wasn't compatible with the RB catback exhaust due to the 3" size of the midpipe (polak's test fit).
Looking at the midpipe connection and the metal gasket donut, I would say the TurboXS midpipe would only work with the TurboXS exhaust. But the TurboXS exhaust will fit onto the stock cat.
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Here's pics of why the TurboXS midpipe will only work with the TurboXS exhaust.
The metal gasket connection is too big to fit onto the stock/most aftermarket exhausts.
This is comparing it to the B&B midpipe which has smaller piping.

Now, the exhaust should be compatible with any midpipe.
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Old 12-19-2005, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by adrian-1
Here's pics of why the TurboXS midpipe will only work with the TurboXS exhaust.
The metal gasket connection is too big to fit onto the stock/most aftermarket exhausts.
This is comparing it to the B&B midpipe which has smaller piping.

Now, the exhaust should be compatible with any midpipe.
great info,

nicely done.

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Old 12-19-2005, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Fanman
Do you have a link to Polak's new results. The one I saw had new clutch & flywheel, intake & Turbo XS & got about a 10 whp improvement.
i count 10 with the complete system over his RB gains which were about 5 from memory so hes' got 15 over his stock runs.

Originally Posted by PoLaK
take the 172 rb run with a grain of salt is was the first run of the day after that one I think the ecu switched its thinking and started to advance timing.

The first sets of RB exhausts when something like 172, 185,186,187,188,190 so after that first run we were fairly consistant.

The Turbo XS just catback stuff was consitant as well something like 190,191,192,193,194

The XS catback with race pipe was even more so something like 194,193,194,195, etc.

Nathan email me those sceenshots when you get some time tomorrow mark87G@comcast.net
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so this probably won't bolt up to the HKS catback either then? :-/
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no the race pipe is 3 in unless the hks is 3 in it wont but the bb with bolt to it. i have the the bb cat pipe and turbo xs exhaust and i feel good power from 6500 plus going to the dyno this week to see the numbers
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with all respect i dont believe just changing ur exhaust your gona get 13hp to the wheels, this car must have other mods, like header ecu upgrade and intake. wondering its really anyoing loud or a nice deep roar like the z
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TurboXS is any honest and reliable company that make excellent products. Their parts actually make real HP gains from what I have seen. I used them on my old WRX. Any exhaust can make a big difference in performance if built/tuned correctly. These guys know what they are doing.

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good reviews all the way around. but longer and fatter tips (4-inch) will get my money.
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i agree
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