Any San Bernardino area RX owners?
Good VTEC or bad vtec?
How does the RX-8 respond to porting, by the way? Did you port the intake side or exhaust? Is there any torque to be gained? less than 200 tq is just not much fun, IMHO...
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How does the RX-8 respond to porting, by the way? Did you port the intake side or exhaust? Is there any torque to be gained? less than 200 tq is just not much fun, IMHO...
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the motor wasn't broken in yet, so power should come up a bit. 9% overall gain with improved fuel economy. all i basically did was make the engine more efficient. it's not sucking in a bunch more air, it's just using the air it does suck in more efficiently. i'll get more aggressive with the next one i port. this one was a documentary style job.
primary ports were extended just a bit, but total port closing timing was about the same on the auxilliarys. most of the work was done on the exhaust runner entry, but i did clean up the intake at least.
this was on an otherwise stock car. we'll do an ecu, tuning, exhaust and some other stuff to see what kind of difference they make with the porting. i wanna try to hit 35-40% whp gain with all the mods and still pass smog, with improved fuel economy, and believe it or not, LONGER ENGINE LIFE.
no torque graphs because the rpm pickup was all nutty. we had to base the hp from the speed plot.
and good or bad vtec? dunno, depends on if you like that sound. it's a little raspy, but livable.
the motor wasn't broken in yet, so power should come up a bit. 9% overall gain with improved fuel economy. all i basically did was make the engine more efficient. it's not sucking in a bunch more air, it's just using the air it does suck in more efficiently. i'll get more aggressive with the next one i port. this one was a documentary style job.
primary ports were extended just a bit, but total port closing timing was about the same on the auxilliarys. most of the work was done on the exhaust runner entry, but i did clean up the intake at least.
this was on an otherwise stock car. we'll do an ecu, tuning, exhaust and some other stuff to see what kind of difference they make with the porting. i wanna try to hit 35-40% whp gain with all the mods and still pass smog, with improved fuel economy, and believe it or not, LONGER ENGINE LIFE.
no torque graphs because the rpm pickup was all nutty. we had to base the hp from the speed plot.
and good or bad vtec? dunno, depends on if you like that sound. it's a little raspy, but livable.
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Originally Posted by GUITARJUNKIE28
http://rotaryheads.com/dyno/rx8_streetport/
the motor wasn't broken in yet, so power should come up a bit. 9% overall gain with improved fuel economy. all i basically did was make the engine more efficient. it's not sucking in a bunch more air, it's just using the air it does suck in more efficiently. i'll get more aggressive with the next one i port. this one was a documentary style job.
primary ports were extended just a bit, but total port closing timing was about the same on the auxilliarys. most of the work was done on the exhaust runner entry, but i did clean up the intake at least.
this was on an otherwise stock car. we'll do an ecu, tuning, exhaust and some other stuff to see what kind of difference they make with the porting. i wanna try to hit 35-40% whp gain with all the mods and still pass smog, with improved fuel economy, and believe it or not, LONGER ENGINE LIFE.
no torque graphs because the rpm pickup was all nutty. we had to base the hp from the speed plot.
and good or bad vtec? dunno, depends on if you like that sound. it's a little raspy, but livable.
the motor wasn't broken in yet, so power should come up a bit. 9% overall gain with improved fuel economy. all i basically did was make the engine more efficient. it's not sucking in a bunch more air, it's just using the air it does suck in more efficiently. i'll get more aggressive with the next one i port. this one was a documentary style job.
primary ports were extended just a bit, but total port closing timing was about the same on the auxilliarys. most of the work was done on the exhaust runner entry, but i did clean up the intake at least.
this was on an otherwise stock car. we'll do an ecu, tuning, exhaust and some other stuff to see what kind of difference they make with the porting. i wanna try to hit 35-40% whp gain with all the mods and still pass smog, with improved fuel economy, and believe it or not, LONGER ENGINE LIFE.
no torque graphs because the rpm pickup was all nutty. we had to base the hp from the speed plot.
and good or bad vtec? dunno, depends on if you like that sound. it's a little raspy, but livable.
thats sweet dude, not bad for still beinge street legal. (well we all hope)
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Dave!!!!!! DUDE!!!!! there you are. i called you last week. yeah man you guys need to come out here, you should come with us on the run on the 15th. bring Tom!
anyways. got to go, give me a call.
Later guys.
hey everyone..... sorry its been a while..... had to work at that darn tattoo expo......anyways..... as speeddemon stated earlier, i now have a 1 of 1 carbon fiber hood, the only one in existence at the moment.... they said its the carbon version of the old re amimeya hood.... tell me what you guys think...
oh yeah..... i also got sponsored by this company..... gtp motorsports (a.k.a importfan.com)
http://www.importfan.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=1871
oh yeah..... i also got sponsored by this company..... gtp motorsports (a.k.a importfan.com)
http://www.importfan.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=1871
That's some cool stuff, GuitarJunkie. It would be really interesting to see (and hear) how the Renesis engine responds to supercharging.
nice hood , vipers. The small vents remind me of a certain Subaru that I used to own.
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nice hood , vipers. The small vents remind me of a certain Subaru that I used to own.
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Originally Posted by GUITARJUNKIE28
hope? you sound like you don't trust me.
the cat will have to go back in when it gets smogged, but that's it.
the cat will have to go back in when it gets smogged, but that's it.
of course i trust you. i simply ment that you hadent had it on a sniffer test yet, but i am sure it will pass. i trust your judgement.
Hope you can make it to the Jan 15th meet.
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This was posted on the RX-8 site. just wanted to do the same here.
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I guess you can consider this a bump.
just a reminder that there is a meet this Sat:
When
Jan 15th 8:00 A.M.
Location
Pirate City Tattoo Parking lot accross from Pep Boys on E street In San Bernardino
Who
all rotary and rotary curiouse people and cars
Why
cause its fun
What are we going to do
dont really know yet, figured we would play it by ear, and just do what everyone feels like doing at the time. just hang...... sure...... go on a drive..... sure, what ever.
also we will most likley hang out in the parking lot untill 9:00 to give people time to show up. i know one person in paticular that is coming from far and would really like it if we dont just leave right away in case he is running a couple minutes late.
more direct directions
168 S. E street
Sanbernardino 92401
across from pep boys, so if you see a big pep boys sign, your there!
I put a map at the bottom of the web page
http://www.piratecitytattoo.com/door/
if any one needs to get ahold of me, just send me a PM.
___________________________________
I guess you can consider this a bump.
just a reminder that there is a meet this Sat:
When
Jan 15th 8:00 A.M.
Location
Pirate City Tattoo Parking lot accross from Pep Boys on E street In San Bernardino
Who
all rotary and rotary curiouse people and cars
Why
cause its fun
What are we going to do
dont really know yet, figured we would play it by ear, and just do what everyone feels like doing at the time. just hang...... sure...... go on a drive..... sure, what ever.
also we will most likley hang out in the parking lot untill 9:00 to give people time to show up. i know one person in paticular that is coming from far and would really like it if we dont just leave right away in case he is running a couple minutes late.
more direct directions
168 S. E street
Sanbernardino 92401
across from pep boys, so if you see a big pep boys sign, your there!
I put a map at the bottom of the web page
http://www.piratecitytattoo.com/door/
if any one needs to get ahold of me, just send me a PM.
sweet ****....im hoping to have all my **** taken care of by tomorrow so my tranny should be installed and i should be able to make it out.....i know the way too so that makes it better.....really hoping to be able to come....parker
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damn! why didn't i see this thread before. anyways I live in Hemet and I go everywhere. I go out that way all the time to go to big bear. I cant make this meet because my car is on jack stands. The clutch is gone and now im waiting for my ACT clutch. So ill be working on my car on sat. Oh my name is Jacob but my friends call me Jake. I have a blue (needs paint job) 87 Na with a new motor. everything is stock...
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Originally Posted by 87rx7jp
damn! why didn't i see this thread before. anyways I live in Hemet and I go everywhere. I go out that way all the time to go to big bear. I cant make this meet because my car is on jack stands. The clutch is gone and now im waiting for my ACT clutch. So ill be working on my car on sat. Oh my name is Jacob but my friends call me Jake. I have a blue (needs paint job) 87 Na with a new motor. everything is stock...
anyways, hope you can make it next time! and you are more then welcome to come hang out more then just the meet.
anyways, talk to you later.
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Just so everyone one kinda knows how many people we have "for Sure" the total is 8. could be more, might be less. but it sounds like 8 for sure.
Just thought you all might want to know.
Just thought you all might want to know.
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Originally Posted by vipers
damn..... alot of people who cant make it...... bummer..... well, thats why we do this every month......
true... true.....
Vipers and several other people have mentioned that we should try to make it later. the only reason i vote for 8, is because the last three meets its seems like a lot of people have plans around noon or so, so i figure if we make it at 8:00 then this gives us a little more time.
anyways, we will talk about it more on sat. and yes still meeting at 8:00 at least for this time.