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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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http://www.rx7.com/RPGReddyRX8exhaust/index.html



sounds NICE.... def looks like its faster.... with it...
Old Mar 6, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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I sellt he greddy RX-8, haven't heard it yet though.
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 12:26 AM
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racing beat claims you can't get that much HP gain out of the RX-8, even with a straight pipe and aftermarket exhaust. but, whatever, sounds good and seems fast.
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 12:28 AM
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but, they do have dyno charts to back it up...



man, just think about gains like that coupled with forced induction. i'll take 5 rx-8's then.
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 12:31 AM
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from racing beat:



The following table lists the measured power gains from various aftermarket components. Testing has been conducted on the Racing Beat engine dyno with both pre-production and production Renesis engines.



1. Intake – enlarging the oval inlet to the factory air box - +2 HP (this modification eliminates the VFAD intake duct.) Developmental work is still being undertaken.

2. Headers – approximately 4 HP peak power gain.

3. Mufflers – muffler & connecting pipe - 2-3 HP.

4. Removing the muffler from the car (engine) – about 4 HP.

5. Remove catalytic converter and resonator from the engine completely, and replacing with "cat" replacement tube – max benefit 8 HP – regardless of what muffler is used (or even no muffler).



"The muffler "off" will yield about 4 HP, with a very loud exhaust note. With it "off" the car, the noise is unbelievable! We find 2-3 HP peak RPM maximum improvement from our exhaust, or any competitive system that we have tested. So someone can see from these numbers, it is quite difficult to get a lot more HP from this engine. The max potential with a header and race exhaust would be around 10HP."



make you wonder how rotary performance can get 12 more hp than racing beat...
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 12:35 AM
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this racing beat exhaust combo might be cheaper, though. looks similar in setup as the rx-7.com stuff, only 12 hp lower?!?!



something aint adding up







http://www.racingbeat.com/resultset....rtnumber=16397
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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I have a MP with Borla system and it rocks at high rpm and with an intake it really gets loud
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 11:22 AM
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Greddy clip:



http://cisgroupintl.com/yuri/greddy.MP4



vs stock at



http://cisgroupintl.com/yuri/tornado.MP4



Taken with a digi cam so excuse the quality but it does give ya an idea. A little louder and deeper than stock unless your WOT, then it's noisy in the high RPM range, 90Db if I remember right.
Old Mar 8, 2004 | 11:30 AM
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RB claims very low numbers for the 8, yet other companies that have decent reputations have claimed higher numbers and shown some dyno charts for them. But your best bet for a 8 right now is a e-manage and tuning as that, mixed with a new firmware version for the car's ECU (currently version L) and a good tuning map have given almost 40HP (37 at last dyno with stock intake, Borla exhaust)
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