My Bro wants extra power on his RX-8. But there are a couple of problems, the Greddy kit has some questionable quality and the pettit superchager is mucho dinero ($$$) A remote mounted turbo would circumvent emission problems and be a bit cheaper any recommendations on such a set up?

 

hmm, usually i dont think those remote units are a good idea, but for the rx8 it might be. theres a TON of room where the muffler goes, and it already generates a ton of heat back there.



make the boost pipe out of copper, and you might not even need an intercooler...



hmmm....

 

make anything out of copper and its gonna be way too expensive.



kevin.

 

lol, yeah, but we want something thats gonna exchange the heat!

 

with proper ducting you could make an undercar v or h mount, think of the air velocity down there it'd be perfect



Kevin.

 

remote mount turbos on vettes are the **** these days!

 

Cool thanks for the thoughts guys. We all know rotary engines run hot so there should still be a ton of energy at the muffler to run the turbo.

 

there was a recall, because the muffler/exhaust starts melting the car, heat is fine. tons of room too, stock mufflers HUGE.

 

wtf is a remote turbo?

 

a turbo mounted on the rear of car , replace the muffler for a tubo



i saw a setup on a corvette sounds sweet makes good power also