Likelyhood of Factory Turbo?
08-03-2005, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by staticlag
I wonder if anyone has ever turbocharged a lawnmower?
That would be pretty sweet....
That would be pretty sweet....
http://gprime.net/video.php/flyinglawnmower
08-03-2005, 08:38 AM
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the 13b in the cosmo is more similar to the 13b in the FC ( I have taken them apart), diferent intake diferen turbo and larger intake ports but the rest is almost identical to the older 13b, the 13b-rew have completly diferen electronics and a lot of internal parts are diferent.
08-03-2005, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rotary crazy
the 13b in the cosmo is more similar to the 13b in the FC ( I have taken them apart), diferent intake diferen turbo and larger intake ports but the rest is almost identical to the older 13b, the 13b-rew have completly diferen electronics and a lot of internal parts are diferent.
08-03-2005, 10:32 AM
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it is very diferent I think is an evolutionary step from the 13b in the fc to the 13b-rew in the fd, but Im no expert, guitarjunkie or RG can give you a bether idea.
all of this parts are diferent:
- intake manifold
- turbos
- intercooler
- intake ports( are much larger)
- ignition coils ( very similar to the fcs)
- water pump
- exaust ports (are smaller)
- exaust manifold
- engine suports
- oil pan
- etc.
I have one of this cosmo engines at home as well as a REW apart and a 20b
all of this parts are diferent:
- intake manifold
- turbos
- intercooler
- intake ports( are much larger)
- ignition coils ( very similar to the fcs)
- water pump
- exaust ports (are smaller)
- exaust manifold
- engine suports
- oil pan
- etc.
I have one of this cosmo engines at home as well as a REW apart and a 20b
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08-03-2005, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by l008com
Rotary lawn mower, I have a 6.5 HP go kart and I'd love to swap a rotary on it. But even more than that, i want a rotary outboard motor on the family speedboat. Seems like boats are perfect for rotaries :-D
08-03-2005, 05:20 PM
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well it says here that there is a pissibility of turbo, that it cvang o well read it.....
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...x8-extreme.htm
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...x8-extreme.htm
08-04-2005, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Atkins Rotary has a rotary powered lawnmower. I think there is a vid on their website.
Its also only a single rotor 13B, runs on popane. its fast though!
08-04-2005, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by yukio@jic-magic
No that's not it. We swapped it out for a more "potential" turbo 13b because we needed a car to make huge amounts of power for time attacks and drifting and that it's extremely time consuming for us to get a Renesis figured out. We needed something that can get the power down and not deal with things breaking.
On top of that, we mainly do suspension, and exhaust parts, not engine tuning. We aren't in the market to make a turbo kit or a supercharger for the Renesis. We just wanted a powerful, great handling, and good looking RX-8 that can break time records and win drift events. It should be out in full force within the fall/winter time. :D
On top of that, we mainly do suspension, and exhaust parts, not engine tuning. We aren't in the market to make a turbo kit or a supercharger for the Renesis. We just wanted a powerful, great handling, and good looking RX-8 that can break time records and win drift events. It should be out in full force within the fall/winter time. :D
exactly my point- couldnt take the time to do something with the renesis which would actually benefit the community. you dont have tuners there i can understand that to a degree. if you break it you are out alot of time and money. you want to promote your suspension etc. but you should have just gone out with the stock engine then. you still could have showcased your suspension. but now your car is saying "dont buy this car cause' you cant get power out of it without changing the engine" which discourages people from buying it which decreases your customer base for the parts you are trying to sell.
You couldnt have partnered with greddy or petit for a Turbo or Sc. you could have worked out a deal where you pay part of their price and then advertise them on your car. Petit im sure would have been happy to have the developement dollars and you would have your faster 8 and helped other 8 owners by helping to get an FI option on the market.
Like Acosta- they swapped an engine also and they promote how fast their rx-8 is- but how many people have 60k around for swapping a 20b in?
anyway thats just my opinion
08-04-2005, 10:28 AM
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I completely agree. JIC will not get any credit for this car. Just look at what happened to acosta's 20b 8, got lots of publicity at first but no street cred. The fact is, the renesis has loads of potential but the aftermarket just waits for the owners to do the r&d and it should be the other way around.
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