Well the gauges are there for safety. Just glance at it as often as you glance at your gas. Learn how it behaves, and if your turbo starts feeling different, or your car's personality changes, check your boost gauge immediately and see if its where it should be at.

Doesn't boosting RX-8s provide very little power due to your side exhaust ports?

 

i think when it's done "correctly" it actually adds quite a bit of torque and HP, though this comes at the expense of MPG and some degree of questionable long term engine reliability. a couple of forum members here have had very good success going turbo. but, overall, i think more ppl have had blown engines than success- due to them not doing things right and perhaps being a bit greedy on the realistic amount of boost they should've been going for.

 

see thats what i'm talking about, i don't want to do that xtra
looking just to make sure the kit i just spent 7 grand on
does not blow my engine to hell.
if i spend that much the thing should be darn perfect,
like factory installed turbos just drive it and love it.

 

MMs IS GETTING RID OF HIS TURBO?

 

^^ what?!

 

Yep!

I just bought it

 

 

Mazdamaniac does not have ANY gauges in his car.

 

CEASR!!!! you lucky son of a #@$#@%#@^%2 !!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm jealous.

 

yah, besides the cost, u also have to decide if getting even worse MPG and questionable long term reliability are worth the risk. to some ppl it's worth it, to some ppl it's not worth it.

 

I fully agree with you, I feel the same way.

He probably should have at least a boost gauge.

The extra wear and tear on my engine is not worth it to me. If it weren't on my daily driver I would take the time to consider it.

 

MAN I FEEL LOST, the next meet is way to far awawy, someone spill the beans!?

 

It all comes down to cost, cost, cost....cost of the kit, cost of the maintenance, and cost to your engine. It was not worth it for me...I quickly got the idea of the fast and furious blow off valve sound when the Greddy kit initially came out and no shops in the area (including rotary only shops) were willing to do it for less than $3000 (plus the kit). No thanks.

Detrich....you are smart to stay stock.

All I can say on this is I have modified every vehicle I have ever owned, and that the 8 was the first ever car I tried to do performance mods to. All I can truely say is money wasted. I should have stayed just with the appearance stuff. Now, I have to say I learned so much more about cars in the process, and I am grateful for the knowledge, but it really did nothing for the car....and who knows if it contributed to the small problems I had with the car...who knows.

 

but but but.... Performance mods are SO MUCH FUN!!!

 

 

what did cesar win?

unrelated, but the 2.02 software update to the iPhone makes it work better it seems.

 

When you quote a post, there is a little blue arrow next to the person's name that links to the original post. Click the link in the quote that I quoted.

 

you know that hood really looks good on a winning blue

 

sweet el'cezar! congrats! nothing like getting a $700+ hood for free! and on your birthday!

so are you gonna paint it? or keep it raw carbon? either way would look great!

 

Happy birthday Shaz......I know you are beating up your car right now, but you'll enjoy it once your all done with the install...


go shorty, its your berfday.....

 

are you going to be painting your Varis hood Jedi, or leaving it carbon?

 

I wish I had a Varis.

 

Hope about a bar of soap?

 

soap on a rope?

 

Thursday
Deadline day

Stress till 3pm, then the day is OVER!!!!!!!!

I think I am gonna rip out a fence later today. Make more room to park cars.