Pettit Super Charger Owners
09-20-2009, 02:30 PM
#6153
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well im currently using 20w50 and it is knocking alittle at idle also so idk if it is that. i cant call Cam because it is Sunday. and the grind noise is 4 to 5 rpm now and only when i am in boost. still cant narrow it down at all so im blind at this point.
09-20-2009, 08:53 PM
#6154
the noise at idle is normal--what else is happening---no clue. Does it happen on free reving?
Maybe the idler pulley?
rote i had about 12K on it but i would not count this as a blown engine because of how it happened. Dang 2 cent fuel line part.
I am thinking guys that we need fuel pump help also.Most fp are designed to produce approx 30% more than the engine requires----well i think we are past that. After break in i am going with the kenne bell.
OD
Maybe the idler pulley?
rote i had about 12K on it but i would not count this as a blown engine because of how it happened. Dang 2 cent fuel line part.
I am thinking guys that we need fuel pump help also.Most fp are designed to produce approx 30% more than the engine requires----well i think we are past that. After break in i am going with the kenne bell.
OD
09-20-2009, 09:32 PM
#6156
lol----since mazda stores their parts at John Deere and some of fords assembly lines run mazda vehicles through them on some days --figured why the heck not.
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD
09-21-2009, 04:21 AM
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lol----since mazda stores their parts at John Deere and some of fords assembly lines run mazda vehicles through them on some days --figured why the heck not.
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD
Well Denny, you DO have the inter cooler ice box from a Mustang, maybe you were planning on adding Mustang parts a little at a time.
PS: Rick DID build a new "Rotary" not a "Boss 302"?
Also, a question/idea.
Our air intake temperature sensor is installed in the Pettit UIM (or at least mine is), which is aluminum and mounted to the engine block; I am planning on moving my temp sensor to the super charger side of the hump hose to provide a more valid temperature reading on the air charge instead of the block and intake temperature.
09-21-2009, 09:14 AM
#6158
Rotary engine addict
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Just get some spacers cut, and you will also have to get longer bolts, while your at it get stainless instead of the MS Zinc coated(gets ugly and frosted after a while) McMaster Carr is where I sourced all my hardware...
Then mount the bar on the front side of the brace stands,,,,
Then mount the bar on the front side of the brace stands,,,,
just have a look...
My engine bay isn't really clean yet as I am doing some mod...
09-21-2009, 09:19 AM
#6159
lol----since mazda stores their parts at John Deere and some of fords assembly lines run mazda vehicles through them on some days --figured why the heck not.
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD
besides it fits my requirements--cheap and easy------uhhh no honey i am NOT talking about you again---damn! i have to stop talking while i try to type.
OD
09-21-2009, 10:24 AM
#6160
hey 1st a tank then who knows --i likw the mustang gt old school looking wheels too--they fit on a 7----hmmmmm.
just finished one motor mount for myself and working on some others--ended up not being just rip out the guts and pour poly in kind of thing.Looking for a mustang bolt to fit it!
OD
just finished one motor mount for myself and working on some others--ended up not being just rip out the guts and pour poly in kind of thing.Looking for a mustang bolt to fit it!
OD
09-22-2009, 04:34 PM
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hey 1st a tank then who knows --i likw the mustang gt old school looking wheels too--they fit on a 7----hmmmmm.
just finished one motor mount for myself and working on some others--ended up not being just rip out the guts and pour poly in kind of thing.Looking for a mustang bolt to fit it!
OD
just finished one motor mount for myself and working on some others--ended up not being just rip out the guts and pour poly in kind of thing.Looking for a mustang bolt to fit it!
OD
Keep it up and you will wind up with a 429 RX8....
09-23-2009, 04:09 PM
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Or stay rotary....
Pratt & Whitney J58
The only problem would be getting disqualified for not remaining in contact with the ground on longer straights....
/And getting banned from the dyno.
Pratt & Whitney J58
The only problem would be getting disqualified for not remaining in contact with the ground on longer straights....
/And getting banned from the dyno.
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09-23-2009, 04:35 PM
#6166
Now here's a rotary you might get under the hood, and you'd have that "supercharger whine" to boot. 
Rent your RX-8 services to NASCAR for track drying excursions. 
Allison T56
Hell, it might fit at that!
Rent your RX-8 services to NASCAR for track drying excursions. Allison T56
Hell, it might fit at that!
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09-23-2009, 05:16 PM
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Now here's a rotary you might get under the hood, and you'd have that "supercharger whine" to boot. Rent your RX-8 services to NASCAR for track drying excursions.
Allison T56
Hell, it might fit at that!
Rent your RX-8 services to NASCAR for track drying excursions. Allison T56
Hell, it might fit at that!
19.0 in wide and 22.5 in high; 40.8 in long....
I pity the clutch and you can forget the stock transmission.
You better get a very large resonated mid-pipe
I wonder if it can be tuned for Methanol; to run colder and be "green"? LOL
09-23-2009, 09:15 PM
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09-24-2009, 05:46 AM
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Just get some spacers cut, and you will also have to get longer bolts, while your at it get stainless instead of the MS Zinc coated(gets ugly and frosted after a while) McMaster Carr is where I sourced all my hardware...
Then mount the bar on the front side of the brace stands,,,,
Then mount the bar on the front side of the brace stands,,,,
Thanks for the pic, Rote. I can fab that up in my shop. BTW, is that paint or powdercoat on your sc?
09-24-2009, 08:54 PM
#6172
whines all the way home
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Man the second person that thinks Im Rote8,,, Im Rotr8,,, its all good though
Flat Black high temp paint,,,, Good Luck Zen,,,
Another Shot,,,
Flat Black high temp paint,,,, Good Luck Zen,,,
Another Shot,,,
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