i read today that the new rx-8 thats comin out is gonna be n/a and have the same power output as the old twin-t ones due to relocated intake and exauhst ports and larger ports. so whats the deal on this car...? yay or ney?

 

Welcome to last year.

And my vote is YAY!

 

haha i know im late but o well.

 

I'd say yay, but give it a few more years. Let them build up on what they just made.

 

The intake ports are in the same spot, but the exhaust ports are moved. They're also more or les the same size.
The RENESIS can achieve more power from the relocated exhaust ports since it eliminates all the overlap from the "old" style of rotary.
Some people say a turbo won't react a well though since the exhaust gases have to make two 90 degree turns to get out of the engine instead of blasting straight out.
There's already talk of a turbo version to come out in 2004-2005. The main factor being how well the RX-8 is accepted when it's unveiled.

 

I'm thinking it will react EXTREMELY well to turbos due to it having no overlap.... Overlap causes lots of powerloss in the *old* rotary engines when turboed.


As far as the 90* bends......who cares......the exhaust mani on a FD is a fuckin maze of bends and trap doors. If it can get out effectively on that thing......side exit ports shouldn't be a problem (IMO)

 

That's what custom pipes are for. Glad I didn't go through the trouble of trying to gut my pre-cats. I'm just going to replace them w/ downpipes that do away w/ the 90 degree bends.

 

He wasn't referring to the exhaust manifold....he's talking about the internal exhuast ports.

 

oh, my bad.

 

so any release date or price one it, i really like and quite possibly will try and get it when it comes out. But i really dont like those rear doors, id have them welded shut or something.