Get the new engine, sell all your aftermarket parts, sell the car if you aren't upside down on the loan, and work on getting yourself out of debt. This car is just putting you deeper in the hole every day.

 

Sadness.
I don't know what feeling is worse - waiting for the other shoe to drop or hearing it hit the floor.

 

The cause.....2004 rx8.....shitty......

Yea.....its getting stripped this weekend hopefully i get the new engine

 

Uh, no.

 

I know lol....im just saying...so many engines have blown for 2004 ....

 

I can't believe you even posted that in response to my statement.

There are no light trees, and no staging lines. No accurate form of measurement of speed, nor anything that can be taken as concrete evidence in the form of some sort of "base-line."

I'm not saying these kits don't perform, I'm just saying there is little proof that they do. what you showed me is hardly the kind of proof anyone serious about dropping coin on a kit with intentions of using it sole for performance basis.

Most people with RX8s who have turbo kits just have them because they'd feel embarrassed to buy the exhaust BOV simulators from ebay. That and they might need a little more help accelerating past Accords merging onto the freeway.

 

there are VERY FEW folks that have this turbo right now. and i doubt you'll see MM rushing to the strip to see what he can lay down just to sell this stuff. its a liability to sell it for what it CAN DO. its beng sold under the pretences of it WILL DO XXXXX, anything more than that, your on your own.....

i also think that most of the targeted market is smart enough to figure out on their own what COULD be done with the turbo in terms of power/times/etc

 

lol

if anything Jeff undersells his stuff. I think his sales pitch is something like "yo. This might make 20 hp more than the greddy turbo."

 

WTF LOUIE.

Sorry to hear it bro... Sounds like this is going to force you to part out your car and if you get the new engine under warranty it may work out all the better for you in the long run.

 

Thanks for the concern bro...yea im hoping this works out for the best...i pray it is lol...

 

Man Louie that really sucks! I was hoping to make it up your way in the next month or so, hang out, and take our cars for a little spin. Let me know if you need any help with anything!

 

exactly

 

Not to rub salt in Louie's wounds, but I think 4 days is a new record.

 

Hold the phone we still have Taj to come ......

 

shhhh wtf..................

no, mine didn't make it,,,,,,,unfortunately I blew the engine while not completely installing my turbo

it was fun though

/sarcasm

 

Sorry to hear it man.

TO ALL: This is a fairly good example of how far this engine can go as-is. I'm no expert but I would recommend against pushing it farther than this.

 

oh god thats bad -_-

 

Hardly. The motor didn't break from load.
It popped from a hole in its tuning somewhere.

 

You have obviously never produced a kit, a service or a product for a serious car community...

It is standard practice to show proof of what your product is capable of in the rear world. No one cares about dynos, they are only good for tuning and there are too many variables to use them as the end all tale.

You take aproduct, you slap it on a car, you see improvements in acceleration, speed, longevity, power band, etc.

Best place is a drag strip, if you do drive train and suspension mods, best place is a track. (of course mixing them both is nice)

This is just how it has been for.. I don't know, EVER?

 

Why is this turning into an arguement? This is not the thread to do this.

--Jonathan

 

Well, you are welcome to purchase products based on this method of evaluation.
And, should you ever find yourself producing a system yourself (or, at minimum, understanding the dynamics of marketing), you can make whatever mistakes you like.

 

TREX - thats the key.... this isnt marketed as a 350+whp job, if you can make it do that, good on ya.

just like the Greddy kit isnt marketed as a 9psi 270+ whp kit, but many ppl could do it.......

 

^ it's marketted for better gas milage

 

increased throttle response.

 

Dude , bro.. i feel real sorry for you. Did you have to pay someone to take off the turbos and revert back to stock? Or what? Hope things work out , so what is the safe zone for most turbo kits? Seems like anything passed 300whp is pushing it