Turbo on RX-8

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I'm not really a big fan of turbocharging the Renesis. I think I've made that pretty decently known in this thread already. On one hand I wish the Rx8 had more power, but on another I just wish it had less weight. The power is plenty enough to be fun stock, it just feels like it needs to go on a bit of a diet. The more I drive the car the more I get confirmation of this. Obviously this is all my opinion.

There will always be the power hungry out there, and I can understand that and appreciate that. I'm glad to see the Renesis finally putting out some decent numbers, but the cost efficiency just isn't there. I'd rather do a three rotor swap and keep it all motor with a big street port, or do a 13B-RE or REW swap into it with a big street port for the kind of money it takes to even make 350 horsepower out of the Renesis. And with any of the other three engines built like that it would be well over the 350 mark.

I just think that the Renesis is a fantastic engine naturally aspirated, and it should stay that way. Do intake, bridge it if you must, throw on some exhaust, get it tuned and you should have ample amounts of power. Get rid of the catalytic converters if you don't have emissions testing. If you want gobs of power, do an engine swap.