Truck may be totaled considering getting back into the rotary game
04-06-14, 10:27 PM
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Truck may be totaled considering getting back into the rotary game
I had been really thinking of putting the truck up for sale and building a single turbo RX-8 on the Renesis engine. Well the truck was hit by a drunk on an ATV ******* around so it might be totaled.
Anyways what my question is is if anyone on here might know more about the Renesis then the people on rx8club... I can't find any info at all. I know the exhaust ports are pretty crap due to emissions but what I can't seem to find is if porting and then premixing is enough to make it a lot more reliable and good with a turbo. Mainly just wondering what I can do to make a strong turbo Renesis.
Anyways what my question is is if anyone on here might know more about the Renesis then the people on rx8club... I can't find any info at all. I know the exhaust ports are pretty crap due to emissions but what I can't seem to find is if porting and then premixing is enough to make it a lot more reliable and good with a turbo. Mainly just wondering what I can do to make a strong turbo Renesis.
04-07-14, 03:26 PM
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what they said, the renesis can handle boost but only in small amounts. that is why there are so few who are in the 300+whp club and stay there. the one test engine i am building for a customer has modified 13B turbo housings so that the exhaust can leave the engine via the peripheral exhaust before the side ports.
04-09-14, 05:11 PM
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Thanks for the info guys
Keep me informed on that if you remember, I'm curious about this. I knew they had terrible exhaust flow and didn't like the way they removed the one exhaust port... If only we could add them hehe.
Worst case scenario I might consider a 13btt engine with meqasquirt. But I don't know what it takes to make that work... I would obviously prefer an FD but a nice one is getting harder and harder to find and the good ones are quite expensive still. The RX-8 chassis is a fun one anyways.
what they said, the renesis can handle boost but only in small amounts. that is why there are so few who are in the 300+whp club and stay there. the one test engine i am building for a customer has modified 13B turbo housings so that the exhaust can leave the engine via the peripheral exhaust before the side ports.
Worst case scenario I might consider a 13btt engine with meqasquirt. But I don't know what it takes to make that work... I would obviously prefer an FD but a nice one is getting harder and harder to find and the good ones are quite expensive still. The RX-8 chassis is a fun one anyways.
04-10-14, 08:49 PM
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i will try to document the results but the credit would go to John at Goopy since he recommended i try it. basically they're just S5 TII rotor housings that i had milled the coolant seal channels into and ported for early exhaust timing and using his 2mm renesis apex seals.
i can envision it might be good for around 500whp reliably but still not suited for high boost like the older engines are.
i can envision it might be good for around 500whp reliably but still not suited for high boost like the older engines are.
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