Originally posted by path914:
Just a comment on your future purchase. If you think that an RX-8 will have more potential, I would caution you to read through their forums thoroughly. I think your current car has more potential despite its FWD handicap. Its doubtful that any forced induction will ever come out for the RX-8 that is reliable or remotely affordable ($9k+).

I would suggest looking into the G35, 350z, GTO, 03-04 Cobra if I were you. IMHO of course...



Appreciate the comment, but I'm already pretty active on RX8Club. There's already people running high 13s with nothing more than an untuned cheap ($2900) GReddy turbo (actually, he ran a 14.0 with only 3PSI due to a leak, so I presume a high 13 is easy with the normal 6-7psi). With adequate tuning mid-13s are expected out of that turbo @ 7psi and around 250whp.

But I don't plan on getting that turbo. SSR has a turbo with 300whp on their 'base' model that's $4500 plus a variety of 'upgrades' that push towards an expected 400whp for about double that. I'm personally looking at a turbo kit from PTP Motorsports (a shop not far in Austin) expected to be roughly the same as SSRs in price and performance.

Reliability of the Renesis is of course at question, and no one can really say for certain how it will hold up. But I'm more concerned with the strength of the transmission in the RX-8 when it comes to forced induction than I am the engine.

It's not set in stone though, so it could change. Everytime I download a clip of a GTO making a pass, I want one all over again. Particularly one with longtubes.

I'm not a fan of the Z or G, nor the VQ engine with its' weak bottom-end, so they're out. The GTO, like I said, I really like. If I could just get over the looks there's a high probability of buying one. But I'm not a huge fan of the looks and the wife really dislikes them. And the Mustang is out just because this is Mustang country and I don't want something that literally tens of thousands have in the local area. The same with the new Mustang -- there's three White '05 GTs and a Lime Green '05 GT 'Vert just in the small <50 car parking lot in front of my apartment.

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