Hello!
It is me posting again in this quiet side of the forum.
From the end of October i am looking to put the car in the workshop yet again looking to chase more power.
I am planning to fit an FD engine to the beast in hope to achieve more poke and save myself from the pain of maf based tunes....

Like all the people i did believe that while going forced induction one of the first mods i need to do is fit a W/M injection to help with knock,cooling,premature ignition and so on.
While i monitor the intake temps straight on the charge pipe and egt's just after the turbo i found out one...

The car-2009 RX8 S2,stock motor with 15k miles,all of those boosted.
The engine was purchased brand new from Mazda in Jan 2020 and was boosted from the first mile.
When purchased this car the original engine's compression was in low 7'ns but i taught while doing this great amount of work id be...

While i was itching to upgrade my Greddy setup i have found out that somewhere in the country there is an RX8 with a custom top mounted kit that did not pass the tuning phase due to wastegate routed wrong so the engine went bang at 18 psi🤷‍♂️I found the owner which was a top guy made him an offer...

Ladies and gentlemen,good evening:)
Thank you for welcoming me to your club.
My name is Silviu and i live in the NW of England.
I bought this lovely R3 in 2019 and the first thing it came to my mind was this thing needs a turbo
Since then the vehicle had 3 turbo setups on it and since in the...

I've searched the forum, taken some time to look at the US forum also & if I'm honest I cant find any actual reports of people that have NOS installed & what its like to live with day to day - nothing that is relevant in the last 5 years or so anyway.

I've seen a few threads on here - V8 Power's...

Following the power on a budget, I have purchased a NOS kit.

This is going to be very much a long term project with before and after dyno readings :thumright:

Anybody up for helping/ advising on the project would be great

Cheers all

Dan

Hi

has anyone tried installing a small turbo to provide power up to 4K? I love the NA from 4K-8.5K. Wondering if this would make the install of turbo cheaper etc?

Cheers

I am very seriously considering supercharging my track day rex using the DNA set up.
My engine has been freshly rebuilt with streetporting and bridgeporting on the tertiary.

I will loose my warranty coverage on the rebuild for starters.
In view of this how reliable should a well maintained...

Hi Guys

What MPG are you getting with a Turbo?

I am having a debate with myself on facebook about the OMP and boost, going something like this!

What does the omp do with the vacuum signal from the inlet manifold? Im told it needs not to see boost so would have to be pre turbo which causes abit of an issue with my rear turbo idea as I will have...

Can anyone recommend a good rotary tuner in my neck of the woods? I'd love to get Pip from WGT to tune my turbo '8 but it is rather a long way...

Cheers all!

:mod bit: moved here as its this sort of thing :)

Hi guys, I am planning to swap in the 13b from the fd rx7 and run it with a holset hx40 at 1.5 bar boost. Few things first, this is my first time working with a rotary but i have lots of experience building other cars and doing conversions. the only side im not so hot on is the electronics and...

Hello guys I was doing a lot of research but still left confused. I will do DIY turbo project and now want to find the turbo that will suit me the best car is 192ps what size turbo should I be looking at I would like to see +-300whp

Thank you

Hi I'm considering buying the Mazda edit software and leads like phil has as I am going to turbo my Rex in the new year, will I need a piggy back ecu or is this something I can manage with Mazda edit.

Many thanks, Andy

I know people recommend supercharger over turbos but super chargers don't appeal to me. The question I have for now is what turbo can I put on my PZ with ought doing too much else. So simply, what can it handle stock?

Right sorry if this is in the wrong place but what is the best way to go about turboing a rx8 dont just say with lots of money lets actually talk about what to do / what is needed ?

Well I have taken a punt and bought that supercharger kit that was for sale in the selling section.

So watch my project thread there will be exciting times ahead.

My plan is to first obviously fit,remap and generally iron any issues.
Once ran for about 6 months I'm going to drop my engine and...

I know this is a long shot but before I take the car to the garage

Last night I fitted new d585 coils leads n plugs, started the car and it ran beautifully, I mean really well and it was a fantastic drive. 25 mins in and the new supercharger belt snapped ( bought from motor factors, new one on...

Ok so I supercharged my 8 with the blitz kit, after 20 miles the belts have gone from good to mangled. Any ideas what caused it?

Also when putting light air pressure through the inlet, turning charger by hand, I can hear air escaping from the rear actuator on the inlet manifold, the one above the...

HI guys would like to ask some advice on which to get for my rx8 a turbo or supercharger kit? I have read up on both and both have up sides and down... what one would you put on your 8? am in the process of getting a engine rebuild with hot start problems so was thinking to get this work done at...

Mad!

Anybody know any tricks for removing the fuel pump those annoying tabs on the sides to be exact.

Well it seems I have a problem with my intercooler piping caused by the pinch point caused by the steering collar on rhd vehicles.
I think compressor discharge piping will be oki. However the compressor inlet the centre of the turbo is the problem.

The supplied piping is 75mm o.d alumuminum...

Hi Guys

there is an issue with the car after the install that i'm quite sure is due to the car over boosting,
could any of you with a boosted solution (or more knowledge of a turbo set up on a rotary) please advise me where you plum the boost controller
into, even a diagram would be great (or...

I am planning to run a Greddy turbo setup on my 8 however I suspect the intercooler may be too small for my plans.
So I guess the question is, does anybody know what size intercooler we may be able to fit in the bay while keeping it in a front mount setup.

While V mounts look awesome I don't fancy...

If so, would like to here about the experience ;)
What kit did you use, who fitted it?

Mooching about looking for information for my project. I found this and felt compelled to share it. It's Turbonetic's Technical Data but it's basically a How to Turbo guide. Very useful.

Turbonetic's Technical Data

This is a subject I've been looking into quite a bit, it appeals to part of me that once wanted to design mad race engines and looks to be very useful for Turboing in general and turboing rotaries in particular.

Rotaries are great motors, they’re tiny, they flow lots of air and they can be...

As the title says here are a few useful videos which should help to explain some of the components in a turbo setup and how to do a DIY install. More experienced grease monkeys won't need to view these but if you're new to the world of turbo and set up they may help to explain some of the concepts...

Well thought I would open up our new section with a simple thread.
I will try to keep it updated.

So simply I would like to know what your running or planning to run on your rotary.
Seems the popular choice is the Greddy kit for turbo's anyway but there are lots if choices out there now

Lets keep...

any real life experience with these at all guys?

pros and cons would be good (not including costs as we have gone this far i don't think money is a factor if we want it we shall spend it...)

from all i have read a looked at they seem like a good idea all apart from the small area of the cooler...