25th anv. TWIN turbo, 6 speed?!!?!?
03-13-03, 06:10 PM
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Originally posted by 1988 10th AE
Heh.. two boost gauges.. I guess he likes watching needles move! What a load... The twins on the FD were not true twins one was smaller to boost faster at low rpm's so as to reduce boost lag. The bigger turbo would kick in at higher rpm's for more power. 13bpower is right on! So where does this guy live? FD's haven't been produced in the US since 1995.
Heh.. two boost gauges.. I guess he likes watching needles move! What a load... The twins on the FD were not true twins one was smaller to boost faster at low rpm's so as to reduce boost lag. The bigger turbo would kick in at higher rpm's for more power. 13bpower is right on! So where does this guy live? FD's haven't been produced in the US since 1995.
Originally posted by 13bpower
There is no reason to have 2 boost gauges. They are reading the exact same thing. Just because you have 2 turbos doesn't mean you have 2 different 'boosts'. Any one who has 2 boost gauges in one car is a moron.
There is no reason to have 2 boost gauges. They are reading the exact same thing. Just because you have 2 turbos doesn't mean you have 2 different 'boosts'. Any one who has 2 boost gauges in one car is a moron.
Originally posted by wan
I have 2 boost gauges in my car. One is stock and the other is aftermarket.
I have 2 boost gauges in my car. One is stock and the other is aftermarket.
There is a point to having two boost gauges in a car. Typically, one goes before the intercooler, and one goes after the intercooler. This way, you can find out the exact pressure drop across your intercooler, and how running time and ambient heat would effect such efficiences.
Of course, anyone using this would probably use a dual-needle pressure gauge, and would be seriously concerned with running their system as efficeintly as possible (hardcore racer), but the fact remains that there is indeed a point to having two boost gauges.
Would you tell a professional racer that he was a moron and a ricer b/c he had two boost gauges?
03-13-03, 06:24 PM
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Originally posted by getbent69
The reason you won't see a turbo on the RX8 from japan is they restrict their engines to 208Kw. The RX* is about 186Kw already, putting a turbo on it from there would be a waste if it was restricted (although the JC Cosmo was 208Kw but if you removed the restriction it would go 240Kw easy).
Are different engines in the 2 Rx8's or one is just detuned for better economy?
The reason you won't see a turbo on the RX8 from japan is they restrict their engines to 208Kw. The RX* is about 186Kw already, putting a turbo on it from there would be a waste if it was restricted (although the JC Cosmo was 208Kw but if you removed the restriction it would go 240Kw easy).
Are different engines in the 2 Rx8's or one is just detuned for better economy?
03-13-03, 10:32 PM
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Originally posted by getbent69
Are different engines in the 2 Rx8's or one is just detuned for better economy?
Are different engines in the 2 Rx8's or one is just detuned for better economy?
03-13-03, 10:56 PM
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The article I read said that there were going to be two available engines in the US....the base model was to have around 170 hp and the option was 247. I don't recall what mag it was in I will hafta check, but it specifically said two engines. Not a big deal anyway--the car is just coming out and there are already a shitload of forums, tech sites, and performance people getting their panties in a knot, so it wont be long before someone turnes an 8 into a 10 second car. I just wanna drive it....but I wouldn't give up my 7 for one!!
03-14-03, 01:38 AM
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your guy seems to be same kind like one here in CZ
he does have 89 NA and calling it 250 hp twin turbo.....even we tried him to explain there is no turbo under his hood (we looked good
. he still belive that he got 250hp twinturbo.....everyone does have right to believe to what he wants.... ;o)
he does have 89 NA and calling it 250 hp twin turbo.....even we tried him to explain there is no turbo under his hood (we looked good
. he still belive that he got 250hp twinturbo.....everyone does have right to believe to what he wants.... ;o)
03-14-03, 02:05 AM
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yeah, the auto version of the 8 is detuned...I specifically went to the site and did the little 'build your car' thing, just for the hell of it, as for the 25AE, please punch this idiot...or at least correct him...if he doesn't have the car, tell him to find it and point it out to you, if he says it isn't possible ask him why not, keep doing this kind of crap till he gives in, he will, trust me, I know, i do it to people all the time who seem to think that all RX's are turbo models (I love proving that one wrong, just gotta pop the hood on my vert, lol)
03-14-03, 10:11 AM
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Alright. RX-8 Info:
The manual version has ~250hp and a 9000rpm redline. 3 intake and two exhaust ports for each rotor. This is the RENESIS motor.
The automatic version is changed because the torque converter in it could not handle 9000rpm - it revs to about 7500rpm. That's why it only has 210hp. (It does have more peak torque than the manual, though.)
The car runs a 14.5 @ 95.x, btw. (All this info is from the new Road & Track.)
The manual version has ~250hp and a 9000rpm redline. 3 intake and two exhaust ports for each rotor. This is the RENESIS motor.
The automatic version is changed because the torque converter in it could not handle 9000rpm - it revs to about 7500rpm. That's why it only has 210hp. (It does have more peak torque than the manual, though.)
The car runs a 14.5 @ 95.x, btw. (All this info is from the new Road & Track.)
03-18-03, 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by 13bpower
Any one who has 2 boost gauges in one car is a moron.
Any one who has 2 boost gauges in one car is a moron.
- Pete (I am not kidding, but I am sure the dude in question was full of BS)
03-25-03, 09:13 PM
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my bad guys...i KNOW the guy had an FC, and i didnt even think about the years, lol...but it was just ticking me off the more i hear people talking about his car. he's a teacher at my school and i guess he just didnt have a clue about his car.
dont think im stupid, i mean i was 99% sure that all of it was BS, i was just asking to see if maybe there was some way he could be confused so much to think that. i dunno how he could mistake it for a 6 speed, and all that. owell, he just ddint know i guess...haha
dont think im stupid, i mean i was 99% sure that all of it was BS, i was just asking to see if maybe there was some way he could be confused so much to think that. i dunno how he could mistake it for a 6 speed, and all that. owell, he just ddint know i guess...haha
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