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12-31-2008, 10:54 AM
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Well I have not turned too gray yet but it's coming - I gained a few more with the economy melt down and my 8.
I managed to accomplish(with lots of help) all the mods for '08 also. My '09 mods will be less agressive. Yes I have a list all made out.
There's nothing like celibrating a New Year in Vegas
. The roads crossing the strip from Sahara to Tropicana are going to close starting a 1pm. The whole 3 miles will be one big party with guys jumping fountains in their motor cycles, guys doing flips with their trucks and one great big fireworks show. The roads will stay closed untill 4am tomorrow.
I managed to accomplish(with lots of help) all the mods for '08 also. My '09 mods will be less agressive. Yes I have a list all made out.
There's nothing like celibrating a New Year in Vegas
. The roads crossing the strip from Sahara to Tropicana are going to close starting a 1pm. The whole 3 miles will be one big party with guys jumping fountains in their motor cycles, guys doing flips with their trucks and one great big fireworks show. The roads will stay closed untill 4am tomorrow.
01-01-2009, 12:10 PM
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Londons Yellow Peril
By the way here is the first polished install on a heavily modded (and lovely coloured!) RX8 in the UK.
Lovely Polished Supercharger
Lovely Polished Supercharger
01-01-2009, 12:42 PM
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funny that you posted this "Popular Reasons of Turbo Failures" with four main points:
-Foreign objects passing the compressor or turbine. Last time it crossed my mind any foreign objects making its way through your blower would also have ill effects
-Bad oil(contaminated, wrong spec). Seems that this also applies to your blower, as well as over/under filling and any other generally stupid stuff
-Overspeeding and/or overheating. Since the turbos/kits availible today no longer require being run out of the efficiency ranges(like the Greddy) to make acceptable power this should never be a turbo issue for us. In fact your blower runs a much higher risk of this kind of failure in just trying to make the torque the greedy kit made
-Repairs not according to manufacturer spec and/or using copy parts. Gee, ya think? I wonder what would happen if your blower wasnt repaired to spec, oh i forgot - your blower is magical and defies all common sense
The truth of it is, the 4 main points listed will cause failure of almost anything, motors, pumps, compressors, turbines, blowers, hydraulics... anything
get real man
By the way here is the first polished install on a heavily modded (and lovely coloured!) RX8 in the UK.
Lovely Polished Supercharger
Lovely Polished Supercharger
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01-01-2009, 12:51 PM
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01-01-2009, 01:01 PM
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They cant belittle failures from the early days because the tuning capability wasnt there. That'd be like an F-22 pilot saying how bad F-4's sucked(sure they did, but that pilot was still a kid/baby when others were flying F-4's and tech/knowledge was advancing) Yes i am saying that if you guys were around in the earliest days of EMB and EMU that the number of tuning related SC to TC failures would be proportionate to the number of SC to TC owners
They can belittle some of the Greddy failures that were mechanical, cause well - the greddy turbo sucks. its all we had and at least there was an effort. Some of the greddy failures they can't belittle - i'd like to see them run their compressor that far out of its efficiency range and see how long they last.
01-01-2009, 01:50 PM
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By the way here is the first polished install on a heavily modded (and lovely coloured!) RX8 in the UK.
Lovely Polished Supercharger
Lovely Polished Supercharger
how long did it take for all the polishing,,,
01-01-2009, 02:01 PM
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ok guys....its 2009....
lets give it a whirl and try and get along....i believe that everyone who has done FI on their car did it for the same reason...but please correct me if im wrong...
'to make the car run like it should have from the factory' or a reasonable facsimile...
we dont need to measure ***** sizes, do we??
have a great year everyone...and hopefully NO ONE will blow an engine in 2009...whether it be turbo'd or SC'd....
i love you guys!!!
lets give it a whirl and try and get along....i believe that everyone who has done FI on their car did it for the same reason...but please correct me if im wrong...
'to make the car run like it should have from the factory' or a reasonable facsimile...
we dont need to measure ***** sizes, do we??
have a great year everyone...and hopefully NO ONE will blow an engine in 2009...whether it be turbo'd or SC'd....
i love you guys!!!
01-01-2009, 02:07 PM
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01-01-2009, 02:11 PM
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01-01-2009, 02:17 PM
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Welcome back guys (brettus, paulmasoner, mysql and the rest of the fanboyz). I feel like home again. BTW over 11k miles since my SC self-install, still FI and on the original engine. I’m using the cash I’m not spending on my renensis repair for a well deserved vacation this summer and while at it I won’t be wondering if my car will start when I get back to my house. However, I get a bit upset when the draw bridge gets stuck and I have to use a paddle boat to get across the moat. Does damn Florida gator can get pesky at times. 
01-01-2009, 02:19 PM
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Welcome back guys (brettus, paulmasoner, mysql and the rest of the fanboyz). I feel like home again. BTW over 11k miles since my SC self-install, still FI and on the original engine. I’m using the cash I’m not spending on my renensis repair for a well deserved vacation this summer and while at it I won’t be wondering if my car will start when I get back to my house. However, I get a bit upset when the draw bridge gets stuck and I have to use a paddle boat to get across the moat. Does damn Florida gator can get pesky at times.
or am i having an oldtimers moment?
