Thinking adding a turbo any tips?
#26
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That is a complicated question and I suggest getting the book linked in the first post of my build thread, that would be a good read for getting a basic understanding of turbocharging.
#28
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It is, we have only had one set locally with coil failures in almost 8 years and BHR replaced them without hesitation. My personal kit was installed in 2009, I have never had an issue. Quite a few of us installed our kits around that time actually. There have been thousands of those kits sold over the past 7 years, everything has a failure rate and in the case of the BHR kit, it is very low. I have installed a dozen BHR kits at least.
#29
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Two are run at over 10psi of boost, the rest are NA with one Pettit build taking place now that has the BHR. I would love to take that bet but seeing as all the cars are running fine right now, that would be a lot of work for nothing.
#32
You gonna eat that?
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#33
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Doesn't jump=not healthy
Jumps = healthy
The testers that look like a spark plug tend to give results like that ...no grey area .
The ones that just have a big gap to jump can be a little less conclusive as sometimes you get strong vs a weak spark .
The thing is , with the unhealthy ones , you wouldn't even know there was an issue until you try running high boost . So it would never show up on an N/A car.
Last edited by Brettus; 06-24-2016 at 04:49 PM.
#35
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Yes, a lot of people choose the Base Sport 6 speed (No DSC, etc) RX-8's because they are lighter and because most disable the DSC anyway. Pretty much all the autox and track guys I can think of run Base Sports.
Last edited by 9krpmrx8; 06-24-2016 at 05:38 PM.
#36
You gonna eat that?
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when I mention the SB kit.
Fwiw, I was very happy with my BHR kit on my NA GT.
#38
Does anyone know of a small turbo kit for the 8 not a big giant top mount bigger then the engine lol because i think something like that would be beneficial for what i want more than massive hp gains something super quick spooling for faster acceleration and a small bump in top speed everything fi seems like go big or go home i dont think i even need 300 hp just want to hit the gas and go quicker
Or can i tune the bigger kits to be super conservitave not break 300 horses and not abuse a stock engine with tremendous power
Or can i tune the bigger kits to be super conservitave not break 300 horses and not abuse a stock engine with tremendous power
Last edited by tbiggybig; 06-28-2016 at 09:56 AM.
#39
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Does anyone know of a small turbo kit for the 8 not a big giant top mount bigger then the engine lol because i think something like that would be beneficial for what i want more than massive hp gains something super quick spooling for faster acceleration and a small bump in top speed everything fi seems like go big or go home i dont think i even need 300 hp just want to hit the gas and go quicker
Or can i tune the bigger kits to be super conservitave not break 300 horses and not abuse a stock engine with tremendous power
Or can i tune the bigger kits to be super conservitave not break 300 horses and not abuse a stock engine with tremendous power
#40
Did i really? I thought it used a bigger turbo..... so i can go with that one and aim for more reliability then power? But still get wayy better acceleration?
Last edited by tbiggybig; 06-28-2016 at 11:02 AM.
#43
I will look into greddy more thank you i hope this works out the way im expecting lol
#45
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Any body ever come across this one?
http://www.rx8performance.com/products/rx-8performanceturbokit
Nvm found some traces of it.
http://www.rx8performance.com/products/rx-8performanceturbokit
Nvm found some traces of it.
Last edited by tbiggybig; 06-28-2016 at 10:31 PM.
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