Hey

I'm kinda of a newbie to this rotary scene. i love my 8 but it just isnt fast enough. i was wondering what you guys think of the SSR turbo kit. Also if there is something i should start looking in to or know. I'm trying to learn as much as possible.


Thanks For the Help

 

At $6,700 for just the parts you will find very little non-vendor based information on that Kit here. But a search for ‘ SSR+Turbo ‘ will get you started in the right places. As a newbie to the rotary you will need to find and pay for the expertise to install and tune it. If your not mechanically inclined this can become a $10,000 mod for you. Adding a turbo to this car is not a bolt on for most and voids the warranty. If this is a route you can afford to do you need to spend lots of time reading the threads on the Greddy turbo that are all over the place. In one of those threads you might find an owner near your that has a turbo, or a shop by you that has done a turbo for an RX-8.

 

Wow expo. Great response. Its a little refreshing to have someone help-out a newb instead of flaming. You are truly bad as can.

Bravery, start by asking yourself how fast you need it to be. Then ask yourself how much time and effort you are willing to put into learning about and working on your 8. If you are willing to do your homework, have some mechanical inclination, and can trouble shoot, you can get a fine turbo on your car for about $4k and be putting down close to 300HP.

 

thank you both, im trying to to build a nice streetable 8 with some power to prove that Evos and Sti's dont have all the fun. i truelly am a car guy at heart and i do know some thing about cars. i want to learn as much as i can also. I'll be taking your advice and anyone elses if they want to help.
* also anyone with Turbo 8 around Woodfield, IL
I have few ideas on parts but not much since this is my first 13B, i can also use a little help
Thanks for the Help again

 

Ask yourself how much you need. We have a kit that can get you to about 260-300 whp for about $5K when all is said & done (Greddy). We will shortly have kits that will give you 350+ whp for about $10K when all is said & done. SFR/SSR has their kit, PTP Motorsports will have theirs coming out.

 

SSR is the same as SFR and there is a thread right here talking about it. there is also a previous thread from when they first started, following the progress until the thread i linked to . this thread closed