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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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SeriousSam wrote:
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Damn you Brett, now I'm really interested! The 300-350 range is where I've been thinking I'd like this car to end up, I want a really solid road car that can do a handful of track days each year, so that's an ideal range - perhaps one size smaller would suit my current goals, but that would give me some headroom for future improvements if I wanted to push it a bit further. Now I need to have one of those conversations with the wife...
Good luck Sam, I am sure Soph will be sympathetic to your dreams but will it be a yes?
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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Well she's agreed to me spending basically 2 grand on some fancy suspension bits, and if next quarter's commission looks good I may be able to wangle some more. We shall see
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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SeriousSam wrote:Well she's agreed to me spending basically 2 grand on some fancy suspension bits, and if next quarter's commission looks good I may be able to wangle some more. We shall see
That's a good result. £5k for a rew crate engine should be an easy sell then Image

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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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You say that as if we didn't have to remortgage the house in order to finish said house. Let's say we have conflicting priorities on this one, hence my reason for wanting to keep it all modular - a couple of grand here and there, we can do. 30 grand to complete the car in one shot, not quite so likely to get approved!
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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SeriousSam wrote:
Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:28 am
Damn you Brett, now I'm really interested! The 300-350 range is where I've been thinking I'd like this car to end up, I want a really solid road car that can do a handful of track days each year, so that's an ideal range - perhaps one size smaller would suit my current goals, but that would give me some headroom for future improvements if I wanted to push it a bit further. Now I need to have one of those conversations with the wife...
Mine's at 320-330whp on a bone stock Renesis on pump gas. Fully spooled by 3000rpm in 3rd and 3600 in 2nd.
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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Any more on this? Pretty good stuff so far, need more of this sort of thing on here.
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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I thin Brettus is at the point of providing manifolds and a supporting tune to folks but no more
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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Have recently sent one more manifold out to the US . This was a one off that I just about had to beg to get finished .
Otherwise the are several more waiting at the engineers for machining. All the castings made (waiting for finishing) are spoken for .
Will get those out and wait for the installs and feedback before getting any more made.
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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Almost there :

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Marvellous

do all of these have homes ? whats the price if I may ask ?
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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I understood that is the case. only if someone ditches the order which I doubt will happen. he had a lot of trouble getting these made.

Thought you could DIY it with the design principle he outlined (ie what was the main design idea) from box stainless tubing and a lot of welding gas :D .
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Milos_Balunovic wrote:
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I understood that is the case. only if someone ditches the order which I doubt will happen. he had a lot of trouble getting these made.

Thought you could DIY it with the design principle he outlined (ie what was the main design idea) from box stainless tubing and a lot of welding gas :D .
just use a C channel, some plate and a glue gun. :thumleft:
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Lemon wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 12:59 pm
Milos_Balunovic wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 12:47 pm
I understood that is the case. only if someone ditches the order which I doubt will happen. he had a lot of trouble getting these made.

Thought you could DIY it with the design principle he outlined (ie what was the main design idea) from box stainless tubing and a lot of welding gas :D .
just use a C channel, some plate and a glue gun. :thumleft:
That may be how you fix your lights Stu but…….
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Re: 400whp turbo setup from NZ

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ChrisHolmes wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 2:52 pm
Lemon wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 12:59 pm
Milos_Balunovic wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 12:47 pm
I understood that is the case. only if someone ditches the order which I doubt will happen. he had a lot of trouble getting these made.

Thought you could DIY it with the design principle he outlined (ie what was the main design idea) from box stainless tubing and a lot of welding gas :D .
just use a C channel, some plate and a glue gun. :thumleft:
That may be how you fix your lights Stu but…….
nah, last time i used the glue gun was to fix the blinds...
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Brettus wrote:
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Almost there :

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Hopefully lots of people who snagged one of these up will posted some result and fitted pictures! They look great.
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350matt wrote:
Mon May 16, 2022 11:59 am
Marvellous

do all of these have homes ? whats the price if I may ask ?
Yes they do ............unless someone changes their mind. Given how long it's taken that is a distinct possibility.
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Well , one of those is on its way to the UK . Can't say who it's going to. Don't think he is a regular on here but I'm sure he'll make it known once he has it up and running .
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Bad news ...... The manifold was hit by VAT and customs charges totaling over $300US.
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You can avoid excessive VAT and customs charges by making sure that you choose the most appropriate commodity code when describing the goods.

See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/finding-com ... or-exports

One-off or small-scale production items can often be labelled as Trade Samples, Test & Development Prototypes, etc
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warpc0il wrote:
Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:15 am
You can avoid excessive VAT and customs charges by making sure that you choose the most appropriate commodity code when describing the goods.

See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/finding-com ... or-exports

One-off or small-scale production items can often be labelled as Trade Samples, Test & Development Prototypes, etc
Ah ..... many thanks for that warpcoil !
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Another one is on the way to UK . Someone prominent on the FB pages who knows how to put a good system together so should be great.

Meanwhile it's winter here and mine is absolutely flying on just 10psi (over 350whp from the logs) ..... all i could ever want for really. But I'm getting a built for boost engine done anyway ................... so it will do 13ish psi on pump gas and just shy of 400whp.
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What do reccommend for building a Renny for boost ?
the REW tip seals I presume, increasing oil pressure and a bigger fuel pump?
what clutch and transmission do you use?
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Pretty simple .....under 300whp ...bone stock is ok ...
350whp+ : rx7 apex seals , rx8 corners with slotted plugs , balanced , dowelled , incr. oil pressure
Clutch is very dependant on how you want to use the car ..... I just use an exeddy stage 1 HD, but if I wanted to do burnouts and clutch kicks ...something more substantial would be in order.
Gearbox ... rx8 5 speed has been good to me.
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One of the two manifolds that made it's way to the UK is currently being fitted and I'll probably be tuning it. Hope to see it up and running before xmas !
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