alienRX8

yeah thats not going to happen haha

SideOfBacon

friendship broken!

dmc27

Still working on it? What happended?

alienRX8

Well I should get it back today so I will let you guys know what is up with it. Still have to take it to the dealer for the shock thing after though

moritsune

did your luck turn around? how have you been? Myself, internet went down and i bent a rim. Oh and i got laid off due to lack of work Hurray job applications...................................... ...

alienRX8

Well my car is ok now. Got the shock changed by warranty. And installed everything successfully, now I just need to get the tuning done. The car feels ok so far. We shall see what happens.

otakurx

sweet glad to hear things are looking up

notorque

sooo, in your opinion, is the greddy kit plus hairdryer upgrade worth it? because right now i have some disposable income, and its between hymee's SC ($7500) and your type of setup. but having been paying attention i dont know about the hassle of the turbo.........insight please?

alienRX8

The greddy kit plus hairdryer is very worth it. The car feels very close to stock in idle and general feeling. The drivability is improved a lot since now you have torque so I find myself driving in 6th gear a lot now. It may be a bit of hassle to get everything done but once its done it is great.

Take note that I am only running 5psi since I still dont have my tuning done fully. So I think it will be even better once I go up to 9 or 12 psi.

Razz1

You need to send the RX8 back to the mother ship.

Galaxcy travel takes its toll.

alienRX8

hahaha yeah thats why I leave it chillin in Puerto Rico.

blackenedwings

Best of luck alien! I hope I'm able to get my setup with the hairdryer up and working pretty soon. I'm craving boost like a junkie looking for a fix.

alienRX8

yeah it has been frustrating a couple of times but the RX8 is such a nice drive that every time I drive it I just fall in love with it again. I cant wait to get that tune from Jeff in and get those psi up :D

blackenedwings

You are running 5 psi higher than me.

alienRX8

^^^ yeah but then I cant go over 6k rpms cause I go lean

blackenedwings

Bah, no need to go over 7.5k anyway... your torque >>>>> mine. I'll get there someday. Jeff says I should have my turbo by the second week of April so... Gotta start getting my final bits in place so I'm ready to go.

alienRX8

to tell you the truth, I love how the car is but I had more fun driving it when it was N/A since I could rev it to 9k and that was half the fun, I cant wait to be able to rev it high again and feel like im actually racing haha.

alienRX8

right now I sometimes feel like an old lady driving

05rex8

iTrader: (7)

hate to say it, and I'm sure your aware, but with mm doing the tuning, don't expect to get it done too quickly...I'm sure it took awhile to get your turbo shipped to you too....not to mention injectors, couplers, etc...

so......yeah

alienRX8

yeah I know it may take some times but its the only option I have and also the only tuner I trust right now so ill keep playing the waiting game so that I can have a working car hehe

05rex8

iTrader: (7)

you don't have any PR buddies that can tune it for you? show them the accesstuner software and have them make a calibration

from the crazy stuff I've seen from there, I'm sure you could find someone

alienRX8

I have tried to show it to one of the top tuners here but noone likes to tune renesis engines here because they are afraid that they will break and honestly Im afraid of giving it to a tuner that doenst have as much exp on a renny. I mean we have awesome tuners here for rotaries just none that deal with the AP. If I had the Interceptor then that would be another story

moritsune

grats on getting everything but the tuning worked out. it will work itself out in time

alienRX8

yeah just have to be patient, which is a bit hard hehe, but not impossible